Both Barrels
Southland
Both Barrels May 2021
Opening Weekend2021was another stunning, beautiful dayperfect for barbecuing in the sunbut not so much for the duck hunting.
- Southland
- 17/05/2021
- Richie Cosgrove
Both Barrels April 2021
Season prospectsThis 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…
- Southland
- 15/04/2021
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…
- Southland
- 17/03/2021
- Richie Cosgrove
Both Barrels July 2020
Hunting ‘willow mallards’During the day, mallards will often rest up underneath willows located on the margins of our rivers.
- Southland
- 17/07/2020
Both Barrels June 2020
Opening WeekendOpening weekend was a great success in Southland with plenty of birds about.
- Southland
- 11/06/2020
Both Barrels May 2020
Great season expected! 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
- 20/04/2020
Special Lockdown Edition Both Barrels April 2020
What F&G has been working on during the lockdownOver the first two weeks of the lockdown, Fish & Game have been scenario planning around what form the game bird season…
- Southland
- 7/04/2020
Southland Both Barrels July 2019
We hope everyone had a great end to their waterfowl season in Southland. Birds were in good condition over the latter part of the season, perfect for the table.
- Southland
- 23/07/2019
Southland Both Barrels June 2019
PuddlesAll this wet weather has created lots of puddles for mallards. Saturated soils push the worms to the surface where ducks can dabble and pick them up with ease.
- Southland
- 18/06/2019
Southland Both Barrels May 2019
Opening weekend wrap upResults from our annual game bird harvest survey put our opening weekend harvest at 13. 8 mallards per hunter.
- Southland
- 15/05/2019