Both Barrels - June 2016.
With the game bird hunting season now half way through, hunters in many regions are reporting duck numbers are up after a good breeding season.
The better numbers have resulted in a subsequent improvement in the number of duck dinners that hunters have been able to serve to their families and friends.
For many North Island licence holders, the season for mallard, grey and shoveller ducks closed in June in Auckland/Waikato, Eastern and Hawkes Bay regions.
Taranaki and Wellington close on July 3, leaving Northland the only North Island region open to duck hunters for the rest of the month.
In contrast, all South Island regions are open through to the end of July...read the full report here.
P.S. This month's cover picture - Areas of rough cover in gullies and coastal country can hold reasonable numbers of pheasant like this part of the Taranaki.
P.P.S - If you think you've got an image worthy of featuring on our 'cover', email it to Don Rood for consideration.
