Max’s brother Arthur was also employed as a government shooter, and in 1954, he was working the Hokitika/Whitcombe Valley country, which Max knew so well.
The superb red deer trophy taken by Rupert Carlyon from the Landsborough Valley in 1921 grabs a stellar spot amidst the finest heads ever taken in New Zealand, and while it’s a well-known ‘royal’, the stalker himself and his hunting adventures remain virtually unknown.
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