The Landsborough Valley and Lord Belper – 100 Years Past
When Lord and Lady Belper sailed for England on the steamer Aorangi on May 12, 1925, they took with them a swag of seven excellent red deer trophy heads.
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Max Curtis – No Ordinary Hunter – Part 2
Usually, most shooters with the choice hankered for the bright lights of town, but Max and Percy wished to undertake a trophy hunt for themselves.
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Riding the Echo Down
With a trio of previous hunting books to his credit, author Peter Ryan has captured a creditable readership with his exemplary writing style
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Max Curtis – No Ordinary Hunter: Part 1
Our earliest paid cullers worked for the Acclimatisation societies, where these shooters were encouraged to spare trophy-potential deer, and destroy inferior and ill-conditioned animals, in an effort to protect the future status of the herds and the revenue that stag seasons generated for cash-strapped societies.
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Hunting Legends – The Halcyon Days oF Roy Large and Athol Hood – Part 3
In the following season of 1954, Roy Large and Frank Delaney had the companionship of Newton McConochie who joined them for a return trip to the Waiatoto.
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Hunting Legends – The Halcyon Days oF Roy Large and Athol Hood – Part 2
On Thursday, March 28, 1953, the Blenheim party of Roy Large, Athol Hood and Frank Delaney returned to the Waiatoto for the new season.
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Hunting Legends – The Halcyon Days oF Roy Large and Athol Hood – Part 1
If any Otago valley can boast consistency in giving up some of the finest red deer heads stalkers could wish for, it has to be the Young River – while in South Westland, the location with a parallel reputation would be the Waiatoto River.
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Hunting Legends – Vern Wilson’s Wild Places – Part 3
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.
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Hunting Legends – Vern Wilson’s Wild Places – Part 2
Invariably with the passing of time, a lot of keen hunters turn their sights towards fallow deer, as the lure of a paddle-shaped antlered head appeals to many.
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The British Empire Exhibition – Wembley 1924 and the New Zealand Deer Heads
Precisely 100 years ago in 1924, the British Empire Exhibition, a trade show, was held at Wembley in England. It included a display of some of New Zealand’s finest deer-stalking trophies, and they attracted worldwide attention.
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Just a Little Hunting Story – Book Review
There’s more than the title suggests within the pages of this book by Peter and Dawn Carter – the hunting adventures the duo share with the reader are diverse and widespread.
Read MoreHunting Legends – Vern Wilson’s Wild Places – Part 1
Claiming trophies of all New Zealand’s game animals is known as the ‘Grand Slam’ and is the reserve of few hunters. For Vern Wilson, his quest for this honour closed in 1990 when he shot his final animal, a sambar stag.
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