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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read More“Good Luck” were Joe’s parting words before swinging the Toyota out of the Walls Whare carpark, leaving me with my pack and rifle.
Read MoreThroughout my years of exploring and venturing into the wilderness, I’ve always had an infatuation with the West Coast.
Read MoreIn the early morning gloom, the sun peeked its face over the tops of an Eastern North Island range.
Read MoreThe 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 ...
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreThe High Country and the fascination of hunting it – particularly the Mackenzie Country – took a keen hold, and the possibility of finding a trophy ...
Read MoreOn 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!”
Read MoreI 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...
Read MoreEver since I met my wife’s family five years ago, I’d been promising these North Islanders a Southern Alps hunt.
Read MoreThis trip had been in the planning for some months; originally it was meant to be in the peak of the Roar.
Read MoreWhen 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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