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Late Season, Best Season?

Every year when Opening rolls around and the duck season starts again, everything kicks off with a hiss and roar. The excitement has been building for months, and then it’s finally here; the preparation, the gear and the stories have all been adding to the anticipation of what could be.

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Pheasant Season 2024

The North Canterbury pheasant season used to happen on one weekend per year. For the last few years, because pheasant numbers appear to be on the increase, it’s been over three weekends per year – the first weekends of June, July and August.

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Pheasant Fixation

Upland game bird hunting has always been my greatest hunting passion. As a young lad, I loved it when my dad and his friends returned from a day of quail and chukar hunting in Central Otago.

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A great day with mates on big water.

Of Seasons Past

A cold gust of wind blows upriver, the sky is full of dark grey looming clouds, and you can see steam billowing from the truck exhaust in the red glow of the taillights.

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