Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh said the $4 million bounty would be open over the next four years.

The bounty will reward Victorian farmers and hunters with $10 for each fox and $50 for each wild dog that is killed from October 1.

Hunters will need to submit an entire fox scalp, including both ears and the skin surrounding the eyes and the nose in an air-dried, fresh or frozen condition to collect the reward.

To collect the reward on wild dogs, a single piece of skin including the skin and fur running from the snout, including the ears, along the animal’s back and the tail is required.

Member for Swan Hill Peter Walsh said there were 21 collection points across regional Victoria for fox scalps and eight collection centres for wild dogs, which will open on October 17.

“Specialist DPI staff will visit each location monthly in order to collect the skins and pay the bounty,” Mr Walsh said.

Any Victorian can collect the fox bounty, however only landholders in designated wild dog control areas and financial members of the Sporting Shooters Association Victoria, Field and Game Australia and the Australian Deer Association will be eligible for the wild dog bounty.

Full details of the Victorian Fox and Wild Dog Bounty, including terms and conditions and monthly collection times, are available at www.dpi.vic.gov.au/bounty or by contacting the DPI Customer Service Centre on 136 186.

Foxes collection centres are located locally at Bendigo and Swan Hill.