With 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.
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With all the drama of planning a wedding behind us, Amanda and I thought it would be good to get away from civilisation for a while.
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As one of the Mountain Safety Council firearms instructors, I get to present and talk about the ‘Seven Rules of Firearms Safety’ a lot.
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I was undoubtedly addicted to this secluded North American paradise, captivated by the flora and fauna ...
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“I’m excited, mate!” I called out to Rach. She knew that already – I’d told her about four times since I’d arrived.
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... my mates and I were all off on our summer jobs. A couple of them were working nearby, so naturally we were always keen to jack up a hunt.
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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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Before we start with any new pup, to be totally successful, there are some basic principles we must accept.
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As we lay there in the soggy darkness the sodden ground was shaking like a Baghdad belly dancer, yet there was the frightening possibility that this was NOT an earthquake!
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To the deerstalker, the first signs of Autumn, when the mornings get colder, the leaves change colour, the days get shorter, the first frosts of the year jolt early risers back to reality – all these signs mean only one thing.
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It was 5am and bitterly cold outside and I purposely kept silent and still, hoping that Phil would stay put in his sleeping bag, but no ...
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Having sorted out our party for the roar of 86 into the Kaiweka, then receiving news that one of our party would have to pull out due to a death in his family, just about made my brother and I cancel our trip.
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