Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

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Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

Post by Hunt2eat » 18 Mar 2022, 1:04 pm

Hey,

Cant find any reference online about deer hunting in Vic with a shotgun.

I thought I had seen something about minimum cartridge and scope requirements but cant find it.

Can anyone assist?

Thanks,
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Re: Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

Post by bladeracer » 18 Mar 2022, 1:24 pm

Hunt2eat wrote:Hey,

Cant find any reference online about deer hunting in Vic with a shotgun.

I thought I had seen something about minimum cartridge and scope requirements but cant find it.

Can anyone assist?

Thanks,


They don't list shotguns, only rifles and smoothbore guns. Rifled shotguns aren't legal under this law ;-)

Minimum 20ga., 245gn slugs only and must have sights, not a bead. No requirements regarding velocity or energy.

https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/deer/deer-hunting-laws
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Re: Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

Post by deye243 » 18 Mar 2022, 2:05 pm

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Re: Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

Post by bigpete » 18 Mar 2022, 5:13 pm

deye243 wrote:
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Yup pretty easy to find really
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Re: Deer hunting in Victoria with a 12 gauge

Post by bladeracer » 18 Mar 2022, 5:59 pm

bigpete wrote:
deye243 wrote:
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Yup pretty easy to find really


Unless you are searching for the word "shotgun", which most people would be.
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