It is a condition of your Hunting Licence that you complete your Hunting Licence Take Return for the previous season. The return is due by the 30th November to ensure you receive a Reissue Application Form in January for the upcoming open seasons.
Until we receive your Hunting Licence Take Return, there will be a block on your capacity to be reissued with a Hunting Licence.
Even if your take was zero, you must record a zero take against the game species you purchased a licence to hunt, excluding wallaby.
More information about Hunting licences is available via the Hunting Licences page.
How to provide your Hunting Licence Take Return
Online
Return the information online by visiting the Hunting licence portal. Returns can be submitted online from the 1st of July.
Post
Post by completing and sending the Hunting Take Return Form and Map to the return address detailed on the form.
Hunting Take Return Form and Map (PDF 560Kb)
Please ensure you complete the form in black or blue pen and have signed the form.
Important details
Your Hunting Licence Take Return can only be entered in a single transaction. If you have several species listed under your Hunting Licence that require you to provide a take return, or if you have purchased a Fallow Deer licence, please provide your Hunting Licence Take Return only after you have finished hunting for the year.
If you need to vary the details you have provided in your Hunting Licence Take Return please contact Wildlife Services or submit your revised Hunting Licence Take Return to the address detailed on the form with a cover letted explaining the reason for variation.
Please note: Applications for a Hunting licence start from 1 February each year.