Stay safe this duck season
Duck-shooters are being encouraged to keep off the booze until after locking their guns away as the season begins.
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A duck-shooter’s paradise
A duck-shooter’s paradise
Otago bird shooters can look forward to a bountiful harvest with the highest number of paradise shelducks recorded in 32 years of aerial monitoring.
‘Greylards’ make up most of Otago gamebird harvest
‘Greylards’ make up most of Otago gamebird harvest
Almost 74,000 game birds were shot in the Otago region in 2021, Otago Fish & Game says.
At home on the range: Back-country skills teach life lessons
At home on the range: Back-country skills teach life lessons
It’s a long way to the chop... if you want to catch it yourself. Lisa Scott meets the Upper Clutha Deer Stalkers Club and asks them for their favourite recipes.
Hunting a family pastime
Hunting a family pastime
Hunting is not just a sport.
Deerstalkers’ hut given green light
Deerstalkers’ hut given green light
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association North Otago branch is building for the future.
Shooting tradition continues
Shooting tradition continues
For a good 30 minutes, blizzard conditions appeared to prevail in a small part of South Otago yesterday, as the "Norman-ator Mark 2" made short work of plucking about 260 ducks.
Duck-shooters advised not to delay buying ammunition
Duck-shooters advised not to delay buying ammunition
Duck-shooters are being warned to buy ammunition early this season because of a suspected supply shortage and retailer changes.
Easter Bunny Hunt accounts for almost 12,000 rabbits
Easter Bunny Hunt accounts for almost 12,000 rabbits
The message could not be any clearer — when it comes to Central Otago and Wanaka’s countryside there is only one bunny welcome at Easter.
Lengthy wait for gun licence angers hunter
Lengthy wait for gun licence angers hunter
A furious southern hunter waiting more than a year for a gun licence is among thousands caught up in a backlog of stalled applications.
Catlins hunters pig out
Catlins hunters pig out
The Catlins Boar Hunt returned for its seventh annual outing over the weekend, 84 people entering to hunt the wild beasts in the Clutha wilderness, and the chance to be rewarded for their efforts.
Info sought after illegal shooting report
Info sought after illegal shooting report
More information is being sought following reports of unlawful duck-shooting activity on the Clutha River near the Roxburgh Gorge Trail during the season's opening weekend.
A tradition worthy of respect
A tradition worthy of respect
What makes a country? Is it simply the piece of land and its borders that define it? Is it the accent its people have, or a unique language? Is it what its people like to do, how they act, their...
Game bird hunting season starts with a bang - or a few
Game bird hunting season starts with a bang - or a few
Southlanders woke to a perfect day for the start of the game bird hunting season on Saturday- perfect for ducks, not the shooters, due to high cloud.
Mai mai's creature comforts
Mai mai's creature comforts
Earnscleugh man Dave Baird is not quite able to shoot ducks from his front porch, although he does not have to go far to do so.
Ritual continues as duck season opens
Ritual continues as duck season opens
For more than two decades, Laura Douglas has been getting up at the crack of dawn and braving the cold to mark the start of the duck-shooting season.
Hunting guide living dream life
Hunting guide living her dream life
Hawea-based Stacey Shuker is one of only a handful of qualified female hunting guides in New Zealand. She talks to Sally Rae about life in the hills.
Nice weather for ducks, not duck-shooting
Nice weather for ducks, not duck-shooting
The weather forecast for the opening of duck-shooting season this weekend is good news for the region's game birds.
'Blaze blue' taking off as safer hunter colour
'Blaze blue' taking off as safer hunter colour
''Blue is the new orange.''
Secret snaps reveal elusive Fiordland moose
Secret snaps reveal elusive Fiordland moose
Four photographs of moose taken by a hunter in Fiordland almost 60 years ago have finally been revealed publicly. Fred Stewardson (78), of Hikurangi, in Northland, took the photographs on a...