In 1994, I was given a Ruger .308 for my 21st birthday. Over the next few years, I joined my two uncles and older brother on annual deerstalking trips, flying into the Whirinaki Forest.
One deer species in New Zealand that holds something special for many hunters, and gains some of the highest respect for the challenge it brings to harvest, is the rusa.
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