Blond Bay Hog Deer

04/08/2026

The 2027 Blond Bay Hog Deer Ballot is OPEN.

Hunt Blond Bay, Boole Poole or Snake Island — the best public-land Hog Deer hunting opportunity on earth.

🎟️ Just $25 gets you in the draw.

👉 Enter now: https://tinyurl.com/Hoggie27

05/06/2026

On the ground at Boole Poole this morning.

With the 2026 hunting periods now concluded, members of the Blond Bay Hog Deer Advisory Group joined representatives from Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLAWAC) and Parks Victoria to spend the morning on Boole Poole discussing future opportunities and priorities for the area.

A key focus of the visit was scoping a potential additional hunters’ camp to support access and improve the experience for participants in the ballot system, while ensuring any future infrastructure is appropriate to the landscape and broader management objectives.

The morning also provided an opportunity to discuss wider deer and land management priorities across the area, including how hunting opportunity, conservation outcomes, access and on-ground works can continue to complement one another into the future.

Thanks to GLAWAC and Parks Victoria for the constructive discussions and willingness to get out on country and work through ideas together.

25/03/2026

Nick sent through this report on his Snake Island adventure
Great stag mate

“Thank you for organising the ballot!!
Had an epic time on Snake Island! Spotted 8 hoggies all up, 5 of which where in a clustered run”

“Had this stag cruise past at 20m on tuesday arvo while I was up in the tree stand
Headed back up wednesday chasing a hind, she finally showed right at about 5pm but got spooked when I was chambering a round
Unreal experience
Fingers crossed I get lucky in the ballot again!”

05/03/2026

Kieth got it done early at Blond Bay period3 on this beautiful stag

Some Victorians/Australians don't realise how lucky we are to have such access to public land and hunting opportunities basically second to none in the world!
My hunt started with a couple of phone calls to a mates mate who had hunted on BB twice, then a day of scouting over summer, the training course, then the actual hunt, I was making my way to where I planned to hunt, but after 10 minutes I ran into this stag feeding out in the open, he quickly made his way back into the bushes and looked back at me, so my only option was a head shot.
Fortunately i'd been out practising and fine tuning my .270 on the Saturday before the hunt.
Cheers Keith
P.S The velvet stripped of perfectly!👌

04/03/2026

Daniel had a great tkme on Snake Island period 3

“Hey guys ended up tagging out on a
6 1/2 year old stag in 3rd period on snake island after two days in the stand and not seeing a single deer until he walked out on last light,
Fantastic experience and will 100% be putting my name into the draw again”

03/03/2026

Logan wrapped the up the week early at blond bay, tagging out on a great stag after periods of heavy rain

01/03/2026

Briefing for period3 underway in Bairnsdale

01/03/2026

Get your entries in for the second best public land hunting ballot in Australia 😉

🦌The public land hunting ballot period starts today! 🦌

🏆 Good luck and happy hunting to all our ballot winners. 🏆

Want a chance to enter the 2027 ballot? 🤞🤞

Become an R-licenced hunter. Visit the NSW Government website to find out how
🔗 https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/hunting/hunting-licences/restricted

25/02/2026

Another great stag from Snake Island period 2
Jack connected on the last day👌

“After a 4 day grind on Snake Island, it all came together on the last evening just minutes before last light
Period 2, 2026 going 15”

24/02/2026

Clint had the ultimate success on Snake period 2 with a ripper trophy

“I finally got drawn in the ballot after 10years of entering it!
I was in the second period on snake island, shot the stag late arvo coming into a hind on a small clearing
Stag measures 15 3/4”