Illegal hunters pose risk to primary producers

Bryce Eishold
July 3 2020 - 6:30am
CONUNDRUM: Omeo producer Simon Lawlor stands by a fence damaged by wild deer in 2019 but says deer populations are attracting illegal hunters to the area.
CONUNDRUM: Omeo producer Simon Lawlor stands by a fence damaged by wild deer in 2019 but says deer populations are attracting illegal hunters to the area.

Rum cans strewn across the roadside and tyre tracks through Simon Lawlor's paddocks are evidence of the damage hunters are causing for both primary producers and the environment.

Bryce Eishold

Bryce Eishold

Senior Journalist

Bryce is a senior journalist with Australian Community Media's Stock & Land where he reports on all aspects of agriculture. Bryce is also the president of the Rural Press Club of Victoria. Email Bryce at bryce.eishold@stockandland.com.au.

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