We the undersigned Tasmanian farmers believe changes need to be made to deer management in Tasmania. Tasmania currently imports a significant quantity of wild fallow deer meat from inter-state to meet domestic demand. The Tasmanian deer population is increasing despite the issue of over 15,000 crop protection tags per annum, a large percentage of which are not used. (2017 Legislative Council Govt. Administration Committee Report on Fallow Deer)
We would like to support a change to the current system that would enable an allocation of crop protection tags to be issued for the commercial harvest of Tasmanian fallow deer for domestic consumption.
Changes to the system would achieve the following:
- · Enable farmers greater choice in the management of feral deer on their properties – Farmers can choose an appropriate mix of recreational and commercial shooters to best suit their agricultural pest management practices.
- · Socially acceptable and sustainable utilisation of a natural resource – reduction of deer being killed and their meat going to waste.
We request the Tasmanian government to allow commercial use of feral deer in order to deliver to us improved capacity to manage deer damage to our assets and decrease the current waste of an inherent natural resource.
Updates
November 1, 2017
The deer population is still destroying our crops while perfectly good meat goes to waste on our land. Email your local representative today to demand they stop ignoring this massive waste of a resource.
November 1, 2017
The momentum behind this campaign is picking up serious speed. Call your local representative today and tell them that we are ready to turn this waste into a sustainable resource.
32 Comments
The population is out of control and the amount of damage to fences, trees and crops is immense. An intelligent solution to a growing problem.
We are trying to grow young trees in tree guards we might as well give up if we don't do something to control the deer.
We are at Birralee and have a herd of around 50 females eating us out. It’s ridiculous and must be changed
When is the government going to pay us land owners, for agistment of their protected, introduced species?
The growth in the number of feral deer in Tas. Is exponential.This is because Fallow Deer breed annually,even in adverse conditions,and can survive to 20 years of age.This means that a doe can reproduce herself up to 18 or 19 times.
Deer are becoming a serious pest in the Tasmanian environment and needs to be managed more effectively. It is a win win equation if the deer numbers are reduced and the resource is used to benefit the Tasmanian economy.
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We the undersigned Tasmanian farmers believe changes need to be made to deer management in Tasmania. Tasmania currently imports a significant quantity of wild fallow deer meat from inter-state to meet domestic demand. The Tasmanian deer population is increasing despite the issue of over 15,000 crop protection tags per annum, a large percentage of which are not used. (2017 Legislative Council Govt. Administration Committee Report on Fallow Deer)
We would like to support a change to the current system that would enable an allocation of crop protection tags to be issued for the commercial harvest of Tasmanian fallow deer for domestic consumption.
Changes to the system would achieve the following:
- · Enable farmers greater choice in the management of feral deer on their properties – Farmers can choose an appropriate mix of recreational and commercial shooters to best suit their agricultural pest management practices.
- · Socially acceptable and sustainable utilisation of a natural resource – reduction of deer being killed and their meat going to waste.
We request the Tasmanian government to allow commercial use of feral deer in order to deliver to us improved capacity to manage deer damage to our assets and decrease the current waste of an inherent natural resource.
Updates
November 1, 2017
The deer population is still destroying our crops while perfectly good meat goes to waste on our land. Email your local representative today to demand they stop ignoring this massive waste of a resource.
November 1, 2017
The momentum behind this campaign is picking up serious speed. Call your local representative today and tell them that we are ready to turn this waste into a sustainable resource.
32 Comments
Its a Major Problem Where I Am I Thought Kangaroos And Possums Were Bad Enough ,No Point In Putting In New Pasture Paddocks !
The population is out of control and the amount of damage to fences, trees and crops is immense. An intelligent solution to a growing problem.
We are trying to grow young trees in tree guards we might as well give up if we don't do something to control the deer.
We are at Birralee and have a herd of around 50 females eating us out. It’s ridiculous and must be changed
When is the government going to pay us land owners, for agistment of their protected, introduced species?
The growth in the number of feral deer in Tas. Is exponential.This is because Fallow Deer breed annually,even in adverse conditions,and can survive to 20 years of age.This means that a doe can reproduce herself up to 18 or 19 times.
Deer are becoming a serious pest in the Tasmanian environment and needs to be managed more effectively. It is a win win equation if the deer numbers are reduced and the resource is used to benefit the Tasmanian economy.
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Its a Major Problem Where I Am I Thought Kangaroos And Possums Were Bad Enough ,No Point In Putting In New Pasture Paddocks !