Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021. Days may be restricted at some game reserves.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset on the permitted days.
Specific conditions and exclusions applicable to each game reserve are listed below.
Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
Closed to hunting in 2021.
Bucks Lake Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Chowilla Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset on the following open season dates:
- Saturday 20 March 2021
- Sunday 21 March 2021
- Saturday 1 May 2021
- Sunday 2 May 2021
- Saturday 15 May 2021
- Sunday 16 May 2021
- Saturday 29 May 2021
- Sunday 30 May 2021
- Saturday 26 June 2021
- Sunday 27 June 2021
Exclusions
The open season applies to the whole reserve, subject to the following exclusions:
- For safety reasons, all of the area within a 500 metre radius centred upon the Chowilla Homestead, shearing shed, Lock 6 on the River Murray, the Chowilla Creek Regulator, Pipeclay Weir, Slaney Weir and Coombool Outstation (homestead) including any portion of creeks or waterbodies within 500 metres of these sites.
View a map of Chowilla Game Reserve indicating the areas where open season hunting can occur.
Currency Creek Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Lake Robe Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Loch Luna Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset on the following open season dates:
- Saturday 20 March 2021
- Sunday 21 March 2021
- Saturday 1 May 2021
- Sunday 2 May 2021
- Saturday 15 May 2021
- Sunday 16 May 2021
- Saturday 29 May 2021
- Sunday 30 May 2021
- Saturday 26 June 2021
- Sunday 27 June 2021
Exclusions
The open season applies to all creeks and associated backwaters of the reserve, subject to the following exclusions:
- A 500 metre radius of any house or outbuilding, and within 300 metres of any road or bridge.
- A 500 metres radius of the homestead (E 442325, N 6216583) of Section 706 McIntosh Division Hundred of Cobdogla Irrigation Area.
All lines are geodesics based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
View a map of Loch Luna Game Reserve; indicating the areas where open season hunting can occur.
Moorook Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset on the following open season dates:
- Saturday 20 March 2021
- Sunday 21 March 2021
- Saturday 1 May 2021
- Sunday 2 May 2021
- Saturday 15 May 2021
- Sunday 16 May 2021
- Saturday 29 May 2021
- Sunday 30 May 2021
- Saturday 26 June 2021
- Sunday 27 June 2021
Exclusions
The open season applies to the whole reserve, subject to the following exclusions:
- The western boundary of Sections 474, 475 and 476, Hundred of Moorook, County of Albert, adjacent to the Kingston-Loxton Highway.
- An area of Wachtels Lagoon being the land and water contained within and bounded by a line commencing at E 442748, N 6210926, then south-easterly to E 443079, N 6210458, then south-easterly to E 443268, N 6209307, then westerly to E 442454, N 6209208, then north-easterly to E 441377, N 6209958, then north-easterly to the point of commencement.
All lines are geodesics based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
View a map of Moorook Game Reserve; indicating the areas where open season hunting can occur.
Mud Islands Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Poocher Swamp Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Tolderol Game Reserve
Period of season declared for hunting
Duck open season begins 15 minutes prior to sunrise on Saturday 20 March 2021 to 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Times permitted for hunting
Hunting is permitted between 15 minutes prior to sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset each day of the open season.
Exclusions
The open season applies to the whole reserve, subject to the following exclusions:
- The area of Tolderol Game Reserve being the land and water west of a line commencing at E 332052, N 6084977, south to E 332014, N 6083738.
All lines are geodesics based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
View a map of Tolderol Game Reserve indicating the areas where open season hunting can occur.
