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.
The magnificence imparted by his leonine mane and grizzly-like bulkiness was accentuated by the plainness of the surrounding nannies, truly marking him the king of the mountain.
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