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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

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According to our fortnightly hunter harvest surveys, harvest and hunter effort was fairly typical this season.

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Both Barrels June 2022

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A common saying amongst anglers is that 90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the fisherman - similar is true for hunters.

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Both Barrels May 2022

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Miracles do happen, for the first time in many years the opening weekend was not calm, sunny BBQ weather.

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Both Barrels April 2022

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The game bird season is almost here, and Fish and Game monitoring data is indicating we have yet another cracker season ahead.

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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

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We hope everyone who was able managed to get out at least once more throughout the 2021 season.

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Both Barrels June 2021

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Time sure has flown as we already have just less than a month of waterfowl season to go – make sure you get out and make the most of it!

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Both Barrels May 2021

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Opening Weekend 2021 was another stunning, beautiful day perfect for barbecuing in the sun but not so much for the duck hunting.

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Both Barrels April 2021

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This season is looking like another fantastic one: overall the mallard count is very similar to our last aerial count completed in 2019, which was the highest count we have...

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Both Barrels March 2021

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With less than six weeks to go until the game bird season, we welcome our readers of Both Barrels for 2021, the place where we keep you up to date...

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Both Barrels July 2020

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During the day, mallards will often rest up underneath willows located on the margins of our rivers.

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Both Barrels June 2020

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Opening weekend was a great success in Southland with plenty of birds about.

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Both Barrels May 2020

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From our Spring brood counts and ongoing wet Summer we have seen plenty of mallards, paradise shelduck and black swans getting around this season.

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Southland Both Barrels July 2019

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We hope everyone had a great end to their waterfowl season in Southland.

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Both Barrels South Island Roundup

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The waterfowl 2017 season has been and gone. We hope you managed to get out on a few hunting adventures this year and filled the freezer with enough duck to...

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Both Barrels North Island Roundup

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Heath Worsfold’s truck with a nice pheasant and a happy pup named Sneak.

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Southland Both Barrels July 2017

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There are only a few days left of the 2017 waterfowl season! Hopefully you've been out and experienced a few good hunts, and have the freezer stocked up with ducks...

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