Both Barrels
Both Barrels April 2024 - Hawke's Bay
All signs are pointing towards a bumper game bird season for 2024.
- Hawke's Bay
- 21/04/2024
Both Barrels April 2024 - Auckland/Waikato
Hopes are high for a bumper duck season: Prospects: Climate in particular spring rainfall is a critical component to overall duck production and the last two breeding seasons have been great.…
- Auckland/Waikato
- 21/04/2024
Both Barrels April 2024 - Northland
Take a Mate Hunting For only $5: 2024 game bird licence holders can take a mate hunting who has not purchased a game bird licence within the last THREE years.
- Northland
- 21/04/2024
Both Barrels April 2024 - Central South Island
Welcome to the 2024 Game Bird Season Opening Day is Saturday the 4th of May. At 6:45 am, it’s game on.
- Central South Island
- 21/04/2024
Both Barrels March 2024
A fantastic spring breeding season and mild summer around the country has meant most regions are reporting good duck numbers.
- F&G NZ
- 19/03/2024
- Richie Cosgrove
Both Barrels July 2023
Don’t put your shotgun away just yet! North Island hunters still have some fantastic upland game hunting options available to them.
- 17/07/2023
Both Barrels July 2023 - Southland
Above: Southland Fish & Game field officer Ben Febery plucking a late-season mallard for the table.
- Southland
- 17/07/2023
Both Barrels July 2023 - Otago
Above: Bente, A delightful and determined Deutsch Drahthaar, gives up her quarry to the boss, David Dodd.
- Otago
- 17/07/2023
Both Barrels July 2023 - Central South Island
Above: Gundogs Tilly and Maverick after a solid day retrieving at Wainono Wetland Reserve-photo by Steve McKnight The traditional game bird hunting season is ending shortly in the Central South Island…
- Central South Island
- 17/07/2023
Both Barrels July 2023 - North Canterbury
With only two weekends left here in North Canterbury to hunt for most of our game birds, it is a good opportunity to get take a newbie out hunting.
- North Canterbury
- 17/07/2023