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Both Barrels July 2023

Mot River rooster

Don’t put away your shotgun just yet, while the regular season is drawing to a close and there is still time to bag some late-season mallards, quail, pūkeko and swan...

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Both Barrels June 2023

flooded hollow

July is the time to do some scouting and find quiet spots where mallards will be hiding away.

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Both Barrels May 2023

Submerged maimai

Instead of the usual sunny skies in the top of the South, hunters were greeted with rain and wind on the Opening Day of the 2023 game bird season.

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Both Barrels April 2023

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Opening weekend and the 2023 game bird season is fast approaching.

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Both Barrels March 2023

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Welcome to our first Both Barrels of the 2023 hunting season.

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Both Barrels July 2022

Grey duck credit Geoff Irvine

Do you hunt or fish in the Molesworth? If so, please take note.

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Both Barrels June 2022

Eves Valley

Fish & Game’s Lawson Davey successfully saw through the completion of the Eves Valley wetland.

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Both Barrels May 2022

Paddock hunters2

We had two teams out on what was a very typical top of the South Opening Weekend – fine and calm.

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Both Barrels April 2022

Wairau Lagoons

With the 2022 game season knocking on the door, it sure is an exciting time to be a game bird hunter.

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Both Barrels March 2022

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Both Barrels will start in earnest in April, giving all hunters access to some of the best minds in game bird hunting in New Zealand.

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Both Barrels July 2021

Jack Gauld1

With the regular season done and dusted now its now time to turn our attention to what’s still on offer.

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Both Barrels June 2021

Tom Darling

There are heaps of hunting blocks available to book in the Tasman Pine Forests upland game area.

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Both Barrels April 2021

Forestry quail 1

Fish & Game are pleased to announce we have secured an arrangement with Tasman Pine Forests to provide a great upland game hunting opportunity in Tasman.

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Both Barrels July 2020

Troy lagoons

For this season your elected Fish & Game Councillors approved an extended swan season.

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Both Barrels June 2020

Lawson Waimea

Our compliance efforts on Opening Day this year concentrated on public land hunting around the Waimea/Motueka area.

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Both Barrels May 2020

Wams map

We only have a few days till the start of the unique 2020 game bird season.

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Special Lockdown Edition Both Barrels April 2020

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Over the first two weeks of the lockdown, Fish & Game have been scenario planning around what form the game bird season might take.

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Nelson/Marlborough Both Barrels July 2019

Rabbit Island quail

With the regular season all but done and dusted for 2019, quail and pukeko are still on the menu for a while yet.

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Nelson/Marlborough Both Barrels June 2019

Phil Bradfield

Jet setting mallard ducks have featured in the bags of two Nelson based hunters recently.

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Nelson/Marlborough Both Barrels May 2019

Brian Cooper

Opening Day of the game bird season has been and gone, and, true to form, the day was calm and clear, meaning modest bags were the norm rather than the exception.

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Nelson/Marlborough Both Barrels April 2019

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Crispy May mornings are a signature of early winter in the top of the south.

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South Island Roundup - Both Barrels 2018

Ace game bird chef Phil Hazeldine presiding over a wild game feast.

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