Big Country, Big Stags – Sometimes It All Just Falls into Place!
As 2022 rolled around, I started to plan my calendar with late March getting the first big circle – the aim was to chase roaring red stags in the Otago high country.
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Ladies Tahr Hunt – Part Two
Twinkling stars in the black of the early morning sky met my eyes when my alarm woke me for our third day of the hunt. The large window above my mattress in the loft offered an amazing view of the sky from my pillow.
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Pursuit of Excellence: The future of game management – Part 2
Do I want a suboptimal outcome for the hunting and conservation of our beautiful backcountry, or do I want the best outcomes that enable world-class hunting?
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Going Lightweight for Small to Medium Game
I was on the lookout for a replacement rifle for my Howa 1500 .223 to use as a goat, wallaby and smaller deer rifle.
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Ageing Tahr on the Hoof
The magnificence imparted by his leonine mane and grizzly-like bulkiness was accentuated by the plainness of the surrounding nannies, truly marking him the king of the mountain.
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The Fallen Stag – A Cruel Fate
It was that time of year again: the annual SSAANZ Southern Traverse. The traverse is a crossing of the Alps east to west and something I look forward to each year.
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Hunting Hacks and DIY
After a recent hunting trip, it dawned on me that I really needed to pull finger and sort out a better location at home to hang game animals while processing the meat.
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‘Low-vember’ Success
When I started hunting 10 years ago, I read a lot of content in this magazine and whatever other media I could to learn about hunting.
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Hunting Legends – The Wilderness and Trophies of Fraser Cooper
John Fraser Cooper was born on June 11, 1921 and raised in the mid-western rural district of Canterbury, near Pleasant Point.
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Bucks ‘n’ Gobblers … and those darn parries!
Instagram is a funny app; you can like photos and videos, share them, follow people, stalk people – even win competitions! Lucky for us, my wife, Chelsea, won a competition for a five-day hunt down in Ranfurly at Doctari Hunts over the 2021 fallow rut.
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Ageing Fallow Bucks on the Hoof
With synchronised steps, two fallow bucks strut straight towards the small cabbage-tree clump sheltering me, blinded to my nearness by their unwavering focus on each other.
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Metal in your Meat? A global research study
In 2009, I was cutting the front quarter of an animal apart and found a small lead fragment behind the shoulder blade.
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