Both Barrels
North Canterbury

Both Barrels April 2025 - North Canterbury
Mallard Count Dabbling duck monitoring flights across the Canterbury Plains indicate duck numbers are in line with the long-term average, so hunters should expect a similar season in regards to duck…
- North Canterbury
- 17/04/2025

Both Barrels July 2024 - North Canterbury
As we approach July 28th, the end of the hunting season for many game birds in our region, there are still excellent opportunities ahead.
- North Canterbury
- 23/07/2024

Both Barrels June 2024 - North Canterbury
We are now one month into the gamebird hunting season and unfortunately in North Canterbury, we haven’t quite had the rainfall which most hunters have been waiting for as some…
- North Canterbury
- 20/06/2024

Both Barrels May 2024 - North Canterbury
Opening Weekend Summary Blue skies and calm conditions were the common theme for the weekend across the region, making hunting challenging.
- North Canterbury
- 23/05/2024

Both Barrels April 2024 - North Canterbury
Find the Water, Find the birds Only a few more sleeps left until we all hit the maimais on Opening Morning. North Canterbury duck numbers are looking good.
- North Canterbury
- 22/04/2024

Both Barrels July 2023 - North Canterbury
With only two weekends left here in North Canterbury to hunt for most of our game birds, it is a good opportunity to get take a newbie out hunting.
- North Canterbury
- 17/07/2023

Both Barrels June 2023 - North Canterbury
July is great for hunting July is the last month of our main three-month-long hunting season in North Canterbury.
- North Canterbury
- 20/06/2023

Both Barrels May 2023 - North Canterbury
Above: Matthew Garrick and Whio after a successful day hunting Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere.
- North Canterbury
- 15/05/2023

Both Barrels April 2023
It’s only a few days till Opening Morning, and it's pretty exciting to see good mobs of ducks flying about around the region.
- North Canterbury
- 19/04/2023

Both Barrels March 2023
Welcome to our first Both Barrels of the 2023 hunting season. There are only 45 sleeps till Opening Morning! ! !
- North Canterbury
- 22/03/2023
- Richie Cosgrove