2025 Public Land Male Deer Ballot

​2025 Public Land Male Deer Ballot

​The 2025 Public Land Male Deer Ballot is now closed.  

The number of hunting groups per Reserve is managed to balance hunter experience and the safety of all Reserve users. The 2025 ballot was oversubscribed, so there will be some Hunting Groups that unfortunately will not receive a hunting allocation for the 2025 adult male deer season.  

NRE Tas is committed to providing public access to public land for the purpose of recreational hunting and has sought to identify how to increase hunting opportunities across the public land estate.  

2025 Ballot Results

Results of the 2025 adult male deer ballot are available below.  The tables present the hunting ID number received following submission of an application.

Buxton River Conservation Area

​​Hunting party number

​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

​Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​127
​240
​162
​26
​20
​245
​Party 2
​106
​225
​210
​49
​246
​194
​Party 3
​96
​179
​95
​31
​242
​165
​Party 4
​47
​251
​90
​22
​204
​​215


Great Western Tiers Conservation Area

​​Hunting party number

​​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

​​Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​68
​167
​249
​98
​205
​135
​Party 2
​202
​11
​197
​250
​94
​87
​Party 3
​83
​211
​16
​102
​187
​33
​Party 4
​244
​159
​80
​221
​196
​​122

Greater Western Tiers Conservation Area - Parsons and Clerk Mountain​​

​​​Hunting party number​

​​​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​44
​166
​132
​73
​181
​253
​Party 2
​115
​158
​61
​100
​70
​3
​Party 3
​81
​28
​184
​160
​111
​54
​Party 4
​6
​15
​107
​79
​9
​​4

Central Plateau Conservation Area - Breton Rivulet - Mother Lord Plains

​​​​Hunting party number​

​​​​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​50
​220
​227
​161
​163
​154
​Party 2
​190
​248
​191
​58
​14
​130
​Party 3
​232
​183
​140
​153
​69
​36
​Party 4
​72
​233
​89
​17
​56
​252

Five Mile Pinnacle Conservation Area​

​Hunting party number​

​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​189
​256
​200
​145
​124
​64
​Party 2
​239
​154
​201
​55
​105
​151
​Party 3
​63
​113
​195
​91
​71
​27

​Great Lake Conservation Area - Tumbledown Creek - Gunns Marsh​

​​Hunting party number​

​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

​Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​92
​131
​18
​129
​213
​76
​Party 2
​235
​236
​174
​217
​93
​35
​Party 3
​51
​171
​207
​134
​243
​186
​Party 4
​32
​142
​230
​185
​86
​146

​Top Marshes Conservation Area

Hunting party number​​

​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​172
​43
​226
​48
​193
​66
​Party 2
​99
​67
​218
​74
​65
​52
​Party 3
​223
​104
​101
​19
​39
​110

Tooms Lake Conservation Area​

​Hunting party number​​

​​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​108
​234
​8
​208
​128
​152
​Party 2
​231
​192
​222
​157
​85
​109
​Party 3
​224
​199
​84
​188
​7
​255
​Party 4
​206
​21
​178
​148
​5
​46

​Castle Cary Regional Reserve​

​​Hunting party number​​

​​​Saturday 1 March - Tuesday 4 March

​​​Wednesday 5 March - Tuesday 11 March

​​Wednesday 12 March - Tuesday 18 March

​Wednesday 19 March - Tuesday 25 March

​Wednesday 26 March - Tuesday 1 April

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April

​Party 1
​12
​237
​119
​180
​176
​173
​Party 2
​177
​116
​37
​120
​156
​82
​Party 3
​121
​137
​155
​123
​25
​133
​Party 4
​169
​118
​238
​117
​97
​​112


Frequently asked questions​

I can’t see my Hunting Group ID – what does that mean?

Unfortunately, your ballot application to hunt adult male deer was unsuccessful.  Should you be interested in hunting antlerless deer across the same Reserves, please monitor this webpage for information in late February 2025.

My Hunting Group was offered a Reserve and hunting period we didn’t ask for?

Some Hunting Groups were allocated Reserves and/or hunting periods not identified as a preference based on the submission received. If this is the case, your Hunting Group was not successful in the draw based on your preferences, and instead your ballot entry was drawn against unallocated hunting periods following the allocation of preferences. 

Can I change group members, the Reserve or period offered to our hunting Group?

Unfortunately, not – the results of the ballot are final.  You can however update personal information including contact details, vehicle information etc. by using the contact details at the bottom of this page.

What happens next?

Hunting Group Leaders will be sent an information package including the Game Authority that confirms your allocated Reserve and hunting period.  This will be sent via the preference selected in your ballot application (email/mail). Please contact us if you don’t receive a Game Authority by 20 February 2025.

My Game Authority is inconsistent with the allocation table, or personal details are incorrect.

Please contact Game Services Tasmania using the contact details at the bottom of the page.


Reserve Infor​mation​​​

For maps of each reserve, please visit the ​​​​​​​Public Land Ballot R​eserve Access Summary webpage.

Contact

Public Land Deer Hunting Ballot

Game Services Tasmania
GPO Box 44,
HOBART, TAS, 7001.