High Country Chaos
With a week to go, the weather changed tack; our scheduled departure day had to be put back a day, and while I was bored shitless for the day at home with nothing to do, I had to take it on the chin.
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Vortex Ranger HD 3000 10×42 Laser Rangefinding Binoculars Review
As someone who spends the majority of his time hunting the tops, I find longer shots are a common occurrence
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Hunting Tips for the Tops
Hunting is a pastime where there are no hard-and-fast rules – there’s no book on what is and isn’t allowed as you’ll find in sports.
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How to Apply for a Ballot Block
Here in New Zealand, when it comes to big game hunting, we’re lucky that we’re able to hunt year-round on public land and target a number of different species.
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How Hunting Helps Mental Health
People hunt for different reasons. For some people, it’s purely to put meat on the table; others want a big rack of antlers on the wall and will spend countless days in the wild searching for ‘the one’.
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Capturing the Moment
Everyone knows the saying, “a picture speaks a thousand words,” and in this case, I had no pictures.
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Maximising Your Meat Usage
Most hunters will understand that it’s hard to put into words that feeling you get when you shoot your first deer.
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Homemade Sausage Recipe
There are a multitude of recipes out there for sausages. If you’re attempting to make them for the first time, I’d suggest you buy a flavour mix. These mixes have everything you need in them already – you only need to add meat, fat, water and cases.
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Back into the Valley of Stags
Fast forward 12 months and good mate Anto and I were heading back to see if we could top that previous trip.
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Getting the Hunters Club Call-Up
For my Roar trip this year, I was lucky enough to be asked to join good mate Anto on the West Coast. The catch?
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Scouting for the Roar
I’ve been asked on a number of occasions, “How do you know where to go hunting in the Roar?” Sometimes, it’s just pure dumb luck ...
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