NSW hunting survey says there’s big bucks in bucks

Alex Druce
Updated July 13 2017 - 7:28am, first published 5:05am
A survey of 2500 recreational hunters for DPI’s Game Licensing Unit predicts NSW Game Licence holders has added $119 million to the gross state product, and supported 860 jobs since March 2016.
A survey of 2500 recreational hunters for DPI’s Game Licensing Unit predicts NSW Game Licence holders has added $119 million to the gross state product, and supported 860 jobs since March 2016.

NSW hunters’ pursuit of deer and ducks – and also pigs, rabbits, dogs and foxes – pumps a pretty penny into the state’s coffers, according to fresh research funded by the Game and Pest Management Trust. 

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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