Off the Beaten Track: Hunting Tales from the New Zealand Back Country
It’s often said that should you be unable to go hunting, then the next best thing is reading about it.
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Through the Telescope with Guide Donald Bell – Part Two
The pinnacle of Bell’s career as a guide had to be the season of 1925 – many will know it as ‘Lord Belper’s year’, for it’s widely recorded as such.
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FLY-FISHING IN NEW ZEALAND – What you NEED to know
Should you ever have the desire to fly-fish our superb rivers and are a newcomer to the sport, then this book – a ‘how-to guide’ – is perfect reading.
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The Deer Cullers’ Mailbox
The old board-and-batten mailbox stood beside the Lewis Pass Highway for over 50 years helping to provide government-employed shooters ... a link with family and the wider world.
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Through the Telescope with Guide Donald Bell – Part One
During the 1920s, which are now considered to be the ‘Golden Years’ of New Zealand’s deer stalking history, there were some enterprising individuals ...
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Jungle Blues
Should the fisher be someone who enjoys a relaxed and lighter read, then Stu Tripney's Book Jungle Blues may fulfil the order.
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Legends – Gary Joll’s Trophy Dream – Part Three
In 1968, five hunters flew by floatplane into Fiordland, touching down on pretty Lake Te Au with the intention of climbing towards the Irene River Valley ...
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Legends – Gary Joll’s Trophy Dream – Part Two
Early April 1959 found Gary sitting in the cockpit of a well-worn Cessna 180, with the legendary pilot Tex Smith, leaving Queenstown’s Airport ...
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The Great Unknown – Mountain Journeys in the Southern Alps
Books on transalpine climbing and tramping the wilderness regions of New Zealand don’t come any better than this publication.
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Legends – Gary Joll’s Trophy Dream – Part One
The High Country and the fascination of hunting it – particularly the Mackenzie Country – took a keen hold, and the possibility of finding a trophy ...
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Back to the Big Country
I recall with pleasure the happy days spent hunting the big country beyond Lake Tekapo some 26 years ago.
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Legends – Stalking with the Deans Brothers of Canterbury – Part Three
The winds of change by the 1930s had caught up with the red deer. The government had already carried out shooting forays, but now the elimination of deer was ratcheted up a notch.
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