North-west Tasmania's annual duck count has begun to determine hunting's effect on the local bird population. A number of hunters are among the volunteer counters and say they are taking part because ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment resource and conservation general manager ...

Tasmania’s recreational duck hunting season starts in the first week of March. Duck hunting has been banned in three Australian states and South Australia and Victoria have implemented shortened ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mr Darke, who has been hunting ducks for 40 years and is part of Field Hunting and Conservation Tasmania, ...

The Tasmanian Government has again been urged to ban duck shooting. Animal lobby group, Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania, protested against the practice in Hobart this afternoon. The group's Catherine ...

RSPCA Tasmania is calling for the state government to provide greater data transparency into duck populations, and phase hunting out over the next three years.

A Tasmanian duck hunter says all the shooters he knows eat every bird they shoot and very few, if any, would take home their allowed daily limit of 10 during the hunting season. Mr Darke, who has been ...