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With over 43,000 members, SSAA Victoria is the largest shooting and hunting organisation in Victoria, Australia. The organisation represents the broad interests of recreational shooters and hunters through frontline advocacy, education and providing shooting and hunting opportunities through an extensive network of ranges and innovative, professional hunting programs such as ’Conservation and Pest Management’ and ’Farmer Assist’.
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Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
The once-in-a-decade overhaul of Victoria's Wildlife (Game) Regulations has implications for the 60,000 Victorians who hunt deer, duck and quail.
Proposals put forward for consideration by the government include transitions away from lead-based ammunition for all game hunting, allowing handheld thermal devices for deer hunting, locking in Wednesday openings and 8 am starts for the first week of duck season and some left-field ideas, including blaze orange deer decoys.
In this episode SSAA Victoria's Barry Howlett, David Laird and Daryl Snowdon go through the comprehensive submission the Association made to the review and explain where we landed on the big issues, and why.
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Jim Harding from Winchester Australia joins us to discuss the growing excitement about SHOT Expo 2024.
This will be the first major shooting expo in Australia in five years and the largest expo of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Melbourne Showgrounds 19-20 October 2024.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Duck and quail seasons for 2023 are done and dusted, submissions are in for the Select Committee Inquiry, and public hearings have commenced.
This episode looks at:
- Duck opening
- SSAA Victoria’s Submission
- The public hearings so far
Episode features SSAA Victoria Hunting Development Manager David Laird, CPM & Training Development Co-Ordinator Daryl Snowdon, RTO Manager Fady Khalife and Communications Manager Barry Howlett.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
A deep dive (no duck pun intended) into the politics that are driving decisions about duck and quail hunting in Victoria in 2022, including:
- The Select Committee Inquiry into native bird hunting
- Wounding as an issue
- The duck season decision
- Duck season 2023
- The quail season decision
- Other challenges on the horizon
Episode features SSAA Victoria Hunting Development Manager David Laird, CPM & Training Development Co-Ordinator Daryl Snowdon and Communications Manager Barry Howlett.
SSAA Victoria
The Sporting Shooters Association of Australia – Victoria (SSAA Victoria) is the state's largest body representing the interests of Victoria's quarter of a million recreational shooters and hunters.
Established in 1948, SSAA has a membership of 210,000 nationally and 43,000 in Victoria.