For many hunters, myself included, the most exciting and busiest time of the year is not just the red Roar itself but the weeks leading into late March/early April.
I grew up stalking red deer with Dad from the age of four, but it wasn’t until I was seventeen that I chased sika for the first time; it was during a summer trip into the Kaimanawa Forest Park with my good friend Bruce.
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