Both Barrels
Hawke's Bay

Both Barrels June 2025 - Hawke's Bay
Well Opening weekend seems like a distant memory now, while we all hoped for some good heavy rain to fill up ponds and dams, most places are still very dry…
- Hawke's Bay
- 23/06/2025

Both Barrels May 2025 - Hawke's Bay
Well, opening weekend has been and gone and whilst it wasn’t cold and wet, it was still showery, cold and windy, and the rain on the Friday before definitely helped;…
- Hawke's Bay
- 20/05/2025

Both Barrels April 2025 - Hawke's Bay
Well, Opening weekend is not many sleeps away now!
- Hawke's Bay
- 22/04/2025

Both Barrels July 2024 - Hawke's Bay
Well, the duck hunting season is over for another year, and at our Hawkes Bay base our pair of swans are already nesting and the mallards are paired up looking…
- Hawke's Bay
- 23/07/2024

Both Barrels June 2024 - Hawke's Bay
After such a calm clear opening weekend and start to the gamebird season in general, it was great to finally see some significant rain and wind on the 19 and…
- Hawke's Bay
- 20/06/2024

Both Barrels May 2024 - Hawke's Bay
Challenging Openening Weekend Opening weekend dawned with clear blue skies and calm weather across all our region, making for challenging hunting and the need for sunblock rather than wet weather gear.…
- Hawke's Bay
- 23/05/2024

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 2023
The Countdown is on! Fourteen more sleeps to go before the day dawns on the best opening day we’ve ever had.
- Hawke's Bay
- 19/04/2023

Both Barrels March 2023
Welcome to our first Both Barrels of the 2023 hunting season. There are only 44 sleeps till Opening Morning! ! !
- Hawke's Bay
- 22/03/2023
- Richie Cosgrove

Both Barrels July 2022
Another Waterfowl Season Been and GoneAnother waterfowling season is behind us here in Hawkes Bay, and you would have to say it was a fairly standard season.
- Hawke's Bay
- 19/07/2022