Growing up, I was lucky enough to have an uncle who was my outdoors dad. He set the foundations for what I know and love now, and for whatever reason, always took me under his wing and tried to pass on to me his passion for hunting and fishing.
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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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You think to yourself, “This season, I’m gonna hunt, from one end to the other, probably right through.”
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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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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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I’d waited all week for this day. As usual, winter had produced another clear, crisp Southland afternoon.
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In this article, I’ll go over how I choose to approach a hunt in different conditions.
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For years, whenever I thought of paddock hunting, the only thing that came to mind was the layout blind – arguably the pinnacle of paddock concealment.
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With the Roar now behind us, many hunters will be turning their eye to the sky as the other major highlight on the hunting calendar approaches ...
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If you’re a shotgun fan and are pouring hours into research to buy a new gun and can’t decide what to get, this article might help.
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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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Who doesn’t like their slow cooker? A seriously brilliant invention for creating classic, warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart casseroles that you can set and forget.
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