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TBB1May2021. A successful opening day pheasant hunt photo Craig Munro
Both Barrels May 2021

Opening weekend roundupFollowing the delayed and constrained opening last year following lockdown, it was great to see friends and family groups coming together to enjoy their opening weekend hunting.

  • Taranaki
  • 17/05/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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TBB1April2021. The January 2021 moult counts indicate there will be plenty of paradise for hunters on the Taranaki ringplain this season.
Both Barrels April 2021

Duck numbers look promising for Saturday 1st MayUnlike eastern areas of the country, Taranaki has been blessed with good autumn rains and most ponds and wetlands will be well topped…

  • Taranaki
  • 15/04/2021
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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…

  • Taranaki
  • 17/03/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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TBB1July2020. 6 month old Tia with a well conditioned mallard from this season photo Murray Dobbin.
Both Barrels July 2020

With Sunday July 12 marking the end of the hunting season for ducks in Taranaki, our hunter survey telephone interviewers report that most hunters have been happy with how the…

  • Taranaki
  • 17/07/2020
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TBB1June2020. Hunters enjoy their opening morning at Lake Herengawe in the Waverley area.
Both Barrels June 2020

Opening weekend a mixed bagOpening day dawned with low cloud cover in many parts of the region and this provided a good hour or two of hunting before it cleared…

  • Taranaki
  • 11/06/2020
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TBB1May2020. Record numbers of paradise shelduck were counted on the Taranaki ringplain during the January 2020 moult
Both Barrels May 2020

Game bird season begins May 23With NZ now in Alert Level 2, hunters can look forward with anticipation to the duck and pheasant hunting season kicking off at 6.

  • Taranaki
  • 20/04/2020
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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…

  • Taranaki
  • 7/04/2020
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TBB1 Aug19 Mallards enjoy the morning sun on a wetland east of Stratford.
Taranaki Both Barrels July 2019

Following the end of the hunting season for ducks we’ve seen good numbers of mallards during recent wetland visits, indicating that there is a strong base population of birds going…

  • Taranaki
  • 23/07/2019
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TBB1Jun19. Pukeko breast meat makes great eating.
Taranaki Both Barrels June 2019

Season wrap upFinal results of the game bird hunter survey are not yet in, but it’s looking like the 2019 season for ducks was about average.

  • Taranaki
  • 18/06/2019
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TBB1May19. The fine and calm conditions meant pond shooting was fairly slow on opening weekend
Taranaki Both Barrels May 2019

Opening weekend a mixed bagThe generally fine and calm conditions that greeted hunters on opening day undoubtedly favoured the ducks.

  • Taranaki
  • 15/05/2019
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