
The Deer Cullers’ Mailbox
The old board-and-batten mailbox stood beside the Lewis Pass Highway for over 50 years helping to provide government-employed shooters ... a link with family and the wider world.
Read MoreThe old board-and-batten mailbox stood beside the Lewis Pass Highway for over 50 years helping to provide government-employed shooters ... a link with family and the wider world.
Read MoreDuring the 1920s, which are now considered to be the ‘Golden Years’ of New Zealand’s deer stalking history, there were some enterprising individuals ...
Read MoreI’ve been hunting all my life; I was raised on Wainui Station – an 18,900-acre sheep and cattle station on the volcanic plateau in the Central North Island ...
Read MorePositive target identification isn’t just for hunters out in the hills. I’ve done it at a field shoot – misidentified my target.
Read MoreJack had just finished his month-long crutching run down south, which had kept him occupied most weekends, and was eager to head out into the backblocks ...
Read MoreFor the past 18 years, I’ve been lucky enough to be able to be guided in the bush by my grandfather, Ray.
Read MoreA while back, I went for a day hunt – targeting a meat animal – to a little area I know where I’ve always seen a number of deer ...
Read MoreIt’d been a good Roar for me already – I’d shot a decent 11-pointer when hunting with my wife Amanda a few weeks earlier while on our honeymoon.
Read MoreI was woken by the rapid pitter-patter of small feet and excited chatter in the corridor outside my bedroom.
Read MoreAt the start of November, I was called in to the boss’s office at 6.45am … on a Monday, which is never a good sign when I start work at 7am.
Read MoreDrizzle is the dressing on a deer’s salad, so I’ve heard, and it was forecast for showers this afternoon.
Read MoreWhile sitting around the BBQ with a few mates midsummer 2018, the idea arose of a boy’s trip to Fiordland.
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