Both Barrels
North Canterbury

Both Barrels June 2025 - North Canterbury
Season Overview – One Month In We're now a month into the 2025 gamebird hunting season, and it’s been action-packed for hunters across the region.
- North Canterbury
- 19/06/2025
Both Barrels May 2025 - North Canterbury
Opening Weekend Wrap-Up Opening weekend is behind us, and what a start to the season it was!
- North Canterbury
- 22/05/2025

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