VIC:Vic duck hunting season to be 12 weeks

AAP General News (Australia)
01-12-2011
VIC:Vic duck hunting season to be 12 weeks

MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - Victoria's duck hunting season will be extended to 12 weeks
after above-average rainfall led to increased waterfowl habitat and triggered extensive
breeding.

The season will run from March 19 to June 13, with hunters allowed to shoot a maximum
of 10 game ducks per day, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) announced
on Wednesday.

Kylie White from the DSE said significant rainfall over the past 12 months had increased
habitat for waterfowl including game and bird populations.

"This in turn has …