FORMER Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has recommended shooting wild deer from helicopters in a bid to cull the species. In a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry looking into Tasmania’s wild ...

The Government is trying to strike a balance between the impacts of deer on Tasmania’s agriculture and conservation areas, with the animals’ value in recreational hunting. The State Government has ...

Tasmania's population of feral deer has increased by nearly 20,000 from 2019 to 2024, a survey has found. The Invasive Species Council says the increase shows the government's deer management strategy ...

THE State Government says a new Game Species Unit will be set up to investigate the potential of a wild venison industry in Tasmania. Local game meat producers and chefs have already indicated their ...

DEER sightings near one of Hobart’s key commuter roads have raised fears the feral population could be increasing on the urban outskirts. A number of Mercury readers have reported seeing deer near ...

Hunters call for cheaper, more sustainable solutions to the deer population problem as the aerial culling program begins in Tasmania’s central plateau. Wild deer number have exploded in Tasmania ...

A motion establishing hunters as the primary method of feral deer control – on the grounds it represented a “balanced and practical approach to deer management” – passed the Tasmanian parliament on ...