Hunting Blogs
Community-led Conservation the Way Forward
By Tim Gale – General Manager, NZ Game Animal Council The NZ Game Animal Council (GAC) has been established for over a decade now and in that time there’s been significant…
- 25/09/2024
- Roslyn Simmonds
Fostering future hunters with fun experience
The third weekend of May sees scores of children flock to a central Hawke's Bay farm to try their hand at duck hunting.
- 30/05/2024
- Maggie Tait
Fish & Game Wades Into Hunter Accessibility
Fish & Game is actively trying to provide opportunities for all to go fishing and game bird hunting.
- 30/04/2024
Hunting for Adventure
Written by - Tim Allen This season will be the fifteenth year of venturing outside my region in search of bird hunting adventures, and I can tell you I’ve had good…
- 19/04/2024
Fine-tuning for the First Flight
Written by - Scott Waterman The game bird dog is a massive part of the whole experience of going game bird hunting.
- 19/04/2024
Counting down the days
Written by - Paul Stenning For some hunters the countdown to the 2024 game bird season started the day the 2023 season finished, busily spending the off season on various projects.…
- 19/04/2024
Todd McClay - The new minister for hunting and fishing
Written by - Maggie Tait New Hunting and Fishing Minister Todd McClay lives his life in a suit and tie, jetting around the world negotiating trade deals when not up to…
- 17/04/2024
It's about much more than hunting
Written by - Jacob Lucas Game bird hunters and wetlands are a natural pairing: as areas to recreate, harvest food, and immerse in wild environments, it is no surprise we have…
- 17/04/2024
A kiwi duck hunting classic 50 years on
Written by - Dale Williams There are numerous books about deer hunting in New Zealand, yet duck hunting books are rare.
- 17/04/2024
Semi auto rage and how to avoid it
Written - Greg Duley Cleaning is something a lot of shotgunners don’t even think about until their semi-auto starts malfunctioning, and of course Murphy ensures this always happens when the ducks…
- 17/04/2024