Both Barrels
Both Barrels April 2025 - Hawke's Bay
Well, Opening weekend is not many sleeps away now!
- Hawke's Bay
- 22/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Otago
Eye on the sky for Otago Opening The Otago outlook for the 2025 game bird season looks promising.
- Otago
- 22/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - West Coast
Not Long Now! – Game Bird Season Just Around the Corner The long wait for opening morning is nearly over, with the first Saturday in May fast approaching.
- West Coast
- 22/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Central South Island
Welcome to the 2025 Game Bird Season Opening Day is Saturday the 3rd of May. It’s that time of year again, and the countdown is on!
- Central South Island
- 22/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Wellington
The Countdown Is On! The start of the new game season is only days away and there’s plenty for lower North Island hunters to be excited about.
- Wellington
- 17/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Southland
2025 Southland mallard monitoring results Each year, Southland Fish & Game undertakes mallard monitoring flights across a network of selected wetlands and river transects throughout the region.
- Southland
- 17/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Auckland/Waikato
Band reporting A lot of work from volunteers earlier this year resulted in 2316 birds banded across six sites in the Auckland Waikato region.
- Auckland/Waikato
- 17/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Nelson/Marlborough
Mallard monitoring completed Staff carried out mallard counts in early April at over 60 sites across Tasman, Marlborough and Golden Bay.
- Nelson/Marlborough
- 17/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - North Canterbury
Mallard Count Dabbling duck monitoring flights across the Canterbury Plains indicate duck numbers are in line with the long-term average, so hunters should expect a similar season in regards to duck…
- North Canterbury
- 17/04/2025
Both Barrels April 2025 - Northland
What to expect this season: Northland has experienced yet another drought over the summer. The eighth one in 20 years.
- Northland
- 16/04/2025