In the following season of 1954, Roy Large and Frank Delaney had the companionship of Newton McConochie who joined them for a return trip to the Waiatoto.
Claiming trophies of all New Zealand’s game animals is known as the ‘Grand Slam’ and is the reserve of few hunters. For Vern Wilson, his quest for this honour closed in 1990 when he shot his final animal, a sambar stag.
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