Application for Public Land Male Deer Ballot

​​​​Details about the 2025 hunting ballot are available on the ​Public Land Male Deer Ballot webpage.

Ballot Closing Date: 5pm 19 January 2025.

Ballot Draw Date: ballot results will be published on the ​Public Land Male Deer Ballot webpage​ early February 2025​.​

​Authorities to successful hunters will be posted or emailed in​ February.​

Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.






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You need to at least select a first preference. For the best chance of getting a location you prefer, please select values for each preference field below.













Terms and c​onditi​​​ons

​There are several important terms and conditions which successful applicants have to adhere to. 

This includes the Terms and Conditions document  and the permit conditions list below:

 NRE Tas Deer Hunting Ballot Terms and Conditions (PDF 308Kb)

  1. The permit holder must be in possession of a current hunting licence to take fallow deer

  2. Fires are not to be lit. Cooking by gas or liquid fuel stove only

  3. No cutting or removal of living or dead vegetation is permitted

  4. The possession and use of chainsaws is prohibited

  5. Vehicles are to keep to existing tracks

  6. Permit holder is to wear an item of high visibility clothing while hunting (cap or vest)

  7. The authority of this permit is not transferable to another person

  8. The permit holder is to complete the reverse side of this permit and return it to Game Services Tasmania within 14 days of the close of the fallow deer season

  9. This permit must be produced on demand of an authorised officer

  10. Notwithstanding the period specified above the Crown may revoke this permit at any time

  11. The permit holder must adhere to the Hydro Tasmania Terms and Conditions document

Privacy sta​tement​

As we have just collected your personal information, we are required to inform you that this information is collected and stored in accordance with the principles of the Personal Information Protection Act 2004. 

This means that the information will only be used for game management purposes, under the authority of the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulations 2021​. 

You have the right to access or amend any of your personal information collected by the Department. 

Our website has more information about the Department’s Personal Information Policy​.