Roaring Ruahine Reds
The last Roar had coincided with Easter weekend. Would it be the same this year?
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Hawkes Bay Heavies
For the last month or so I'd been going out after work, looking for sign of any stags that might have moved into the areas where I knew hinds were living.
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13 lucky for some
“Good Luck” were Joe’s parting words before swinging the Toyota out of the Walls Whare carpark, leaving me with my pack and rifle.
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Stag in the Clag
Throughout my years of exploring and venturing into the wilderness, I’ve always had an infatuation with the West Coast.
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200 DS Record Book Rusa
In the early morning gloom, the sun peeked its face over the tops of an Eastern North Island range.
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What’s my why? Growing up a hunter.
The morning was crisp and clear as I climbed a small spur behind camp in search of my first sika stag. As I reached the top where I’d ventured the night before ...
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Chasing Whitetails
With very few hunting and fishing books coming on the market these days, I couldn’t wait to get into John DeLury’s Chasing Whitetails, sub-titled The Magic of Hunting Stewart Island.
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The Thrill of the Chase – Part three
On my wall at home, right next to a few heads that I’m proud of, hangs a little plaque that says, “Hunting isn’t a matter of life or death. It’s far more serious than that!”
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The Irretrievable Tahr … ?
I had 12 days off work to go see my mate in Christchurch for his 21st. He’s a keen tramper, and we’d been training over winter with the aim of a late winter...
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The Trip of a Lifetime
Ever since I met my wife’s family five years ago, I’d been promising these North Islanders a Southern Alps hunt.
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My First Hard-Antlered Stag … how it all unfolded
This trip had been in the planning for some months; originally it was meant to be in the peak of the Roar.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 1: Treat Every Firearm as Loaded
When I hold a Firearms Practical Licencing Course, I always try to get the participants involved in talking about the ‘why’ behind the seven rules of firearms safety.
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