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Both Barrels South Island Roundup

The waterfowl 2017 season has been and gone.

  • 21/08/2017
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Both Barrels North Island Roundup

Northland RegionHeath Worsfold’s truck with a nice pheasant and a happy pup named Sneak. The game bird season drew to a close on August 27 in Northland.

  • 21/08/2017
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Both Barrels July 2017

Hunters. . . name the widespread game bird which provides great shooting and doesn’t get targeted nearly enough.

  • 27/07/2017
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Both Barrels June 2017

Now's the time to adjust your thinking: wrap up warm and switch tactics – in most regions, that means forgetting mallards in coming weeks and instead having a crack at…

  • 29/06/2017
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Both Barrels May 2017

Game bird hunters around the country are enjoying one of the best seasons for a long time, with good numbers of ducks reported from all regions.

  • 30/05/2017
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Both Barrels April 2017

With the start of the new game bird season only days away, 2017 appears to be shaping up as one of the best for years.

  • 3/05/2017
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Both Barrels Mar 2017

Get set to hunt some game birds Welcome to this special issue of Both Barrels Counting down. . .

  • 31/03/2017
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Southland Both Barrels May 2016

Mixed fortunes for Opening DayOpening day is probably the only day of the year when I wake up and I’m upset by a lack of wind!

  • 4/01/2017
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Auckland Waikato Both Barrels May 2016

Time to switch - and zero in on pheasants, quail, pooks The mallard, grey and shoveler seasons are now but a memory, and even parries and black swan are off limits…

  • 23/05/2016
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Otago Both BarrelsMay 2016

A fine start to the season with mixed bagsFor what must be the 10th year in a row, Otago hunters woke to clear calm conditions for the Opening Day.

  • 23/05/2016
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