While glassing a few deer or searching for a nice rainbow trout, spend some time reflecting on 2025; a personal audit as a hunter, angler and member of society is a good way to identify what habits/actions you should take into 2026 and those you shouldn’t.
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Where to hunt? It’s a question that gets asked all the time by hunters young and old. Underpinning this question is usually one’s desire to have success either on the meat and/or trophy front.
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Since the 1920s, each decade has brought about cultural shifts within the New Zealand hunting community. Common reasons for change have been altered legislation, commercial interests (venison recovery), recreational interest and bureaucracy.
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Huntech has recently released the MacKinnon Waterproof Puffer Jacket, which is aiming to bridge the gap between durability and lightweight warmth.
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Walking sticks – should you use them? Unequivocally, yes, you should – if you’re not already! In my opinion, having one or two walking sticks on a hunting mission is one of the best bits of gear you can have besides what’s on your feet.
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On the first day, I was faced with a solid South Westland bush-bash for around six hours. Shortly into the climb, a stag out of nowhere roared several times.
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If you were to boil down hunting to two words, I’d say it’s mostly about movement and glassing.
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Unless you’re on a gentleman’s hunt, spotting and shooting game from a motorised vehicle, you’ll need a pack full of gear, food and a rifle. Everyone has a slightly different way of organising their packs depending on personal preference, season, mission duration and objective.
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For the hunter, this means you can get regular weather updates, log waypoints, be tracked live, send an SOS and message loved ones anywhere, anytime, while in the backcountry.
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Hunting red stags from February to September is the main driver, for some, to get out in the hills and enjoy their time away from the urban jungle.
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At the start of summer, I’m usually looking to build my conditioning with a few 2000m vertical missions.
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Throughout my adulthood, the mountains have been a place for building character, creating memories and living life to the absolute fullest.
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