Hunting News & Events

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Stunning weather greeted around 50,000 game bird hunters around the country this morning.

While the sunshine and light winds across the country might have been in the duck's favour, it didn't stop hunters from celebrating the traditional first Saturday in May, the Opening…

  • 7/05/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Harvest time for free-range food from the sky

The annual duck-hunting season to harvest free-range food from the sky starts on Saturday, May 7, Otago Fish & Game says.

  • Otago
  • 5/05/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Bumper duck counts as harvest nears

Thousands of mallards have flocked to rivers in Otago and Southland only weeks before opening weekend of the 2022 game bird season.

  • Otago
  • 15/04/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Police call for submissions on new rules for Clubs and Ranges

The New Zealand Police are calling for submissions on how gun clubs and ranges operate.

  • 7/04/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Summer hunting for paradise shelduck on offer

For Taranaki game bird hunters who can't wait for the traditional May start of the hunting season to come around, Fish & Game is all set to lay on some…

  • Taranaki
  • 11/02/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Game bird habitat stamp winner for 2022 announced

A photo of a pheasant gliding into land by Tauranga’s Jeanette Nee is the image that will adorn the 2022 Game Bird Habitat Stamp.

  • 2/02/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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CSI Managed Wetlands hunting ballots now open

The opportunity to access some of the best public land areas for game bird hunting in New Zealand starts today.

  • 1/02/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Quacker of a morning greets duck hunters

The weather conditions were in the duck's favour as the sun rose on the 2021 game bird season around the country.

  • 1/05/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Only one day to go till the 2021 game bird season

Around 45,000 kiwis will be counting down the hours on Friday to the start of the 2021 duck hunting season on Saturday.

  • 29/04/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Balloted Wetlands Gate Restrictions 2021 Hunting Season

Hunters entering the below and other Fish & Game managed wetlands require both a game bird hunting licence and a hunting permit issued by Fish & Game/ DOC.

  • Eastern
  • 31/03/2021
  • Eastern
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