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Both Barrels May 2024 - Nelson/Marlborough

Opening Day Wrap-Up Opening Day of the game bird season dawned foggy for many areas, which, as is the usual case, gave way to sunny conditions so by the afternoon hunters…

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 23/05/2024
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Both Barrels April 2024 - Nelson/Marlborough

The countdown is on! Apologies for the delay, the Nelson/Marlborough Both Barrels will be published on Tuesday 23 April.  

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 22/04/2024
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Mot River rooster
Both Barrels July 2023 - Nelson/Marlborough

Above right: Kerry Wratt and Marcus Girvan with a public land rooster.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 17/07/2023
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Both Barrels June 2023 - Nelson/Marlborough

Above Right: Small flooded hollows like this don’t look much but can provide good evening hunting.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 20/06/2023
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Submerged maimai
Both Barrels May 2023 - Nelson/Marlborough

Above Right: Flooded rivers meant some hunters couldn’t reach their maimai or had to abandon ship.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 15/05/2023
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Both Barrels April 2023

Opening weekend and the 2023 game bird season is fast approaching.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 19/04/2023
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Both Barrels March 2023

Welcome to our first Both Barrels of the 2023 hunting season. There are only 44 sleeps till Opening Morning! ! !

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 22/03/2023
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Grey duck credit Geoff Irvine
Both Barrels July 2022

MOLESWORTH SUBMISSIONS – HUNTERS SPEAK UPDo you hunt or fish in the Molesworth? If so, please take note.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 19/07/2022
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Eves Valley
Both Barrels June 2022

NEW EVES VALLEY WETLANDFish & Game’s Lawson Davey successfully saw through the completion of the Eves Valley wetland.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 19/06/2022
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Both Barrels May 2022

OPENING DAY WRAP UPWe had two teams out on what was a very typical top of the South Opening Weekend – fine and calm.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 20/05/2022
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