Rod & Rifle – Volume 47 Issue #5
Dive into Rod & Rifle Vol 47 Issue 5 for Wild Fiordland adventures, bowfishing snapper, Raukūmara stags, chamois hunts, and the recent Arms Bill updates.
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True Wilderness on the Coast
This story began in 1908 when red deer from Warnham Court were brought to New Zealand from England and released into the Poulter River area.
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The Struggle Stick Strikes
A few weeks prior to this trip, Samuel Harrison (knifemaker in Christchurch) gave me a two-piece takedown longbow.
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The Highs and Lows of Hunting
Craving nostalgia, I chose to target a valley that I hadn’t been to in a long time with the hopes of securing one of the most elusive public land animals: a 10″ chamois buck or doe.
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Chamois Hunt
I can hear the red stag roaring in the bush. They rub their antlers on the trees.
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Improving My Bow Skills
When I began bowhunting, there were a few things that took me by surprise.
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First Time Lucky Sika Hunt
As Feonn and I walked along a flat river bank in open bush, a squeal rang out through the bush and we both stopped.
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Having a Buck Each Way
Ecologist and champion of the recreational hunter, Cam Speedy, has been advocating for many years that managing deer to reduce numbers will result in fatter, more vocal deer that grow better antlers, and hopefully the forest will also benefit.
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Three Chamois in the Sinkhole: A father-and-son mission to the tops
I’d been waiting for a window in the unseasonably rainy weather for most of the summer holidays.
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Wild Fiordland
After travelling around the globe, I’d have to say Fiordland National Park truly is one of the most amazing places I’ve ever been to – and a place that, for years, I’ve dreamed of exploring in my own boat.
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Redemption on the Ridge
With intentions of starting to get a bit of fitness in before the roar, and to scope out some new country where a few stags might be hanging around late summer, a mate and I decided to commit to a few days heading deep into the Main Divide.
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