For the wapiti bugle of 1980, Vern, accompanied by his friend Peter Townsend, drew the Wild Natives River block, which drains into the top end of Bligh Sound.
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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