Hunting Licence - TAS - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to hunt, take and posess the following animals during particular seasons:

brown quail
ringneck pheasant
muttonbird(short-tailed shearwater)
black duck
chestnut teal
grey teal
mountain duck
wood duck
Bennett's wallaby
Tasmanian pademelon (rufous wallaby)
fallow deer.

Species that can be hunted, alongside the open season in which wildlife can be taken, will be specified on the licence.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence you must:

be more than 14 years old if use of a firearm is required
hold a firearms licence if you intend to take deer, duck, wallaby, brown quail or pheasant
have provided take returns for any previously held licence except for a wallaby hunting licence
have the permission of the landowner if hunting on private land
have passed the waterfowl identification test if you intend to hunt wild ducks.

Duration

1 year

Expiry

31 December

Fees

Task	Type	Business Structure	Amount	Description
Apply	Licence	All	$38.20	Brown quail licence. Fees for 2025-26
Apply	Licence	All	$85.95	Deer licence. Fees for 2025-26
Apply	Licence	All	$38.20	Muttonbird, wallaby or wild duck licence. Fees for 2025-26
Apply	Licence	All	$19.10	Pheasant licence. Fees for 2025-26

Forms

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	Sole Trader	Hunting Licences (Opens in new window)

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	All	How to Legally Hunt Game in Tasmania - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Hunting Licence Fact Sheet - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	Sole Trader	Hunting Licence Return Form (Opens in new window)
Comply	Sole Trader	Hunting Licence Take Return Information (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Nature Conservation Act 2002 Tasmania

Regulation(s) name

Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulations 2021 Tasmania

Approval time

10 business days

Additional information

Requirement to declare prior convictions: all applicants must declare any relevant offence of which they have been convicted during the last 5 years.

Administering agency

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Natural and Cultural Heritage

Wildlife Management Branch

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Wildlife Management Branch

Natural and Cultural Heritage

Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Tasmania
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 44 Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Phone:	1300 292 292
Email:	Gameservicestas@nre.tas.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Wildlife Management Branch

Natural and Cultural Heritage

Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Tasmania
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 44 Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Phone:	03 6165 4305
Fax:	03 6173 0253
Email:	Wildlife.Services@nre.tas.gov.au
Website:	Wildlife Management (Opens in new window)

Supporting information

Game Management (Opens in new window)

Recreational Hunting Licences (Opens in new window)

Hunting Licence - Tasmania