New England and Hunter Valley producers deer woes growing

Lucy Kinbacher
May 30 2019 - 11:00am
Under the Game and Feral Animal Control Act, wild deer are classed as a 'game animal' restricting the abilities to manage them. File photo.
Under the Game and Feral Animal Control Act, wild deer are classed as a 'game animal' restricting the abilities to manage them. File photo.

NSW producers are spending thousands of dollars on ammunition and shooting up to 1000 deer a year as populations continue to fluctuate at an alarming rate.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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