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A rugged East Gippsland gorge park where the Snowy River cuts through Tulloch Ard Gorge, and current notices cover a seasonal deer-hunting-by-stalking window and a separate ground-shooting deer-control program.
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Control operations (ground shooting) targeting deer are undertaken in this area. The Park will remain open to visitors during these operations. For more information about Parks Victoria deer control to protect biodiversity, please visit: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/get-into-nature/conservation-and-science/conserving-our-parks/feral-animals/deer
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Hunting is permitted east of the Snowy River between the 15th February and the 15th December each year. No hunting or carriage of firearms is permitted on the Snowy River or in areas of the park west of the river. Hunting is not permitted in Reference Areas or within 100m of campgrounds and picnic areas. For more information go to https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/things-to-do/hunting The Game Management Authority is responsible for regulating all game hunting activity in Victoria. Visit their website www.gma.vic.gov.au for all information regarding hunting in Victoria, including licences, maps, where and when to hunt and all regulations.
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Stable planning context
Snowy River National Park protects 114,505 hectares of deep gorge country in East Gippsland, reserved in 1979 around the Snowy River as it cuts through Tulloch Ard Gorge on its way from the alps to the sea, with old-growth Alpine Ash forest and rain-shadow Cypress Pine woodland supporting more than 30 mammal species and around 150 bird species. It sits roughly 390 km north-east of Melbourne and is reached from the south via Buchan or Orbost, or from the north via the Barry Way through Jindabyne or the Bonang Road from Bombala — a remote approach in itself, separate from any condition inside the park.
Recorded conditions here are presently two distinct deer-related notices, not one: seasonal deer hunting by stalking is permitted east of the Snowy River between 15 February and 15 December each year, with no hunting or carriage of firearms permitted on the river itself or in areas west of it, and none permitted in Reference Areas or within 100 metres of campgrounds and picnic areas; and, separately, Parks Victoria conducts its own ground-shooting deer-control operations for conservation reasons, during which the park remains open to visitors. ParkReady records both notices as distinct programs with different rules and does not merge them into a single hunting-season claim.
Before visiting, check the official Parks Victoria page for the current stalking-season dates and the river-based east/west boundary, and separately check the ground-shooting deer-control notice and its stated area if visiting outside the stalking season. Review VicEmergency and current conditions for the remote approach roads before setting out, given the distance from Melbourne. This site’s last-check time reflects automated retrieval, not an on-site inspection, and no matching condition here does not mean every gorge track, campground or river section at Snowy River is open.
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