The Aotearoa Game-Bird Grand Slam. Driven by Passion – The Upland Slam
These sights, sounds and smells are the memories collected over my lifetime of upland bird hunting.
Read MoreThese sights, sounds and smells are the memories collected over my lifetime of upland bird hunting.
Read MoreImagine sitting on muddy shorelines of the coast, engulfed in a mist of salt spray and a tangle of mangroves while scanning the horizon waiting for your quarry …
Read MoreFor some of us, pre-season prep work starts at the end of the last season, and for others, it’s two days before Opening Weekend.
Read MoreI remember spending many a weekend at my good friend Joseph’s farm in North Canterbury helping out at lambing and shearing time ...
Read MoreI still get very mixed reactions when people ask me about my duck hunting plans and I tell them I’m planning on hunting an effluent pond.
Read MoreThe world of dog training is full of interesting concepts and gimmicks that may have limited application but seem like a good idea ...
Read MoreWith half a day to go until the 1994 opening morning, the three hunters sat in the small cosy crib grasping their callers. Chris had been teaching young Jim the calls he would need to challenge some of the 20 shooters on the oval lake.
Read MoreOn a cold Saturday morning, a couple of well-dressed hunters stroll across a paddock; a large, perfectly conditioned Labrador criss-crosses ahead, tracking the lines hares had run the night before.
Read MoreIt’s a cool winter morning … that one weekend you managed to dodge the work around the yard to go and have a bit of fun at the end of a long, hard week.
Read MoreI sat tight as the shadows grew bigger; overhead appeared two mallards, landing in front of my father.
Read MoreBefore we start with any new pup, to be totally successful, there are some basic principles we must accept.
Read MoreAn article in the Jan/Feb issue of NZRod&Rifle contains the results of some simple testing I’d done to evaluate the performance of several 20-gauge steel shot loads for duck hunters.
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