THE Game Management Authority (GMA) has recently released the estimates of the 2021 deer harvest in Victoria report, with a 70 per cent increase on the 2020 results.

Results show that 118,900 deer were harvested in 2021 compared to the estimated 69,900 deer harvested in 2020, which was impacted by COVID safety protocols, and was a 49 per cent increase on the long-term average.