Tag: Hunting
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Both Barrels July 2021
We hope everyone who was able managed to get out at least once more throughout the 2021 season.
Both Barrels June 2021
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!
Both Barrels May 2021
Opening Weekend 2021 was another stunning, beautiful day perfect for barbecuing in the sun but not so much for the duck hunting.
Both Barrels April 2021
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...
Both Barrels March 2021
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...
Both Barrels July 2020
During the day, mallards will often rest up underneath willows located on the margins of our rivers.
Both Barrels May 2020
From our Spring brood counts and ongoing wet Summer we have seen plenty of mallards, paradise shelduck and black swans getting around this season.
Southland Both Barrels July 2019
We hope everyone had a great end to their waterfowl season in Southland.
Both Barrels South Island Roundup
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...
Both Barrels North Island Roundup
Heath Worsfold’s truck with a nice pheasant and a happy pup named Sneak.
Southland Both Barrels July 2017
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...