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Both Barrels June 2022
When you take up game bird hunting, you quickly realise that the weather has a large influence on success.
Both Barrels May 2022
It appears opening weekend brought mixed results across the region, with high levels of success predominantly favouring hunters that did their preseason preparation.
Both Barrels April 2022
The long wait until opening morning is nearing an end as the first Saturday of May rolls around.
Both Barrels March 2022
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.
Both Barrels July 2021
Following a frosty start to the month the recent rain has the birds out moving.
Both Barrels April 2021
Preseason counts have been completed by staff and it looks like we are in store for a great season.
West Coast Both Barrels July 2020
The weather over the gamebird season has been very settled with long fine periods interspersed with shorter periods of rain and strong easterly winds.
Both Barrels June 2020
The long-awaited start to opening weekend on the West Coast seems to have come with a silver lining.
Both Barrels May 2020
While the delayed game bird season has taken some getting used to the good news is that under Alert level 2 hunters will be able to enjoy an almost normal...
Special Lockdown Edition Both Barrels April 2020
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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West Coast Both Barrels July 2019
Following a very settled start the season, with blue skies, frosty mornings and mirror lakes, the weather has really taken a turn for the worst, the birds have become very...
West Coast Both Barrels June 2019
The first of three organised hunts for the 2019 Game bird season was held on the West Coast this month and I was lucky enough to be part of the action.
West Coast Both Barrels May 2019
Weather conditions on the West Coast for opening weekend were pretty good with most hunters experiencing low cloud and moderate winds over much of the weekend.
West Coast Both Barrels April 2019
Believe it or not, it's been a relatively stable spring and summer on the West Coast - excluding one or two significant rainfall events - great to see the Waiho...
South Island Roundup - Both Barrels 2018
Ace game bird chef Phil Hazeldine presiding over a wild game feast.
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