A man has been killed by a deer in north-east Victoria and a woman has been seriously injured.

Paramedics were called to Moyhu, near Wangaratta, just before 8.30am.

Police said it was believed the man and woman had been attacked by a deer on their property. Both suffered critical injuries and the man died a short time later.

Ambulance Victoria said the woman had been treated for upper body and leg injuries and had been flown to the Alfred hospital in a serious condition.

The investigation is ongoing.

In February the NSW government announced a $9m deer control program, after a report by the Natural Resources Commission warned that feral deer could run wild across the entire state, the ABC reported.

Deer were said to be in “plague-like proportions” around Kosciuszko national park on the NSW-Victoria border.