Hunting Legends

Hunting Legends – Archie Kitto – Carrying Out the Very Best – Part Three

Leaving Makarora early in the morning, the journey soaked up about nine hours of travel along the Haast Pass trail.

Hunting Legends – Archie Kitto – Carrying Out the Very Best – Part Two

No doubt the stalking success the Kitto team enjoyed in the country bordering the Matukituki Valley attracted them back season after season, and in 1922, Archie was again triumphant in his determination to acquire a trophy.

Hunting Legends – Archie Kitto – Carrying Out the Very Best – Part One

Over a period of 33 years, few stalkers can claim to match the stunning success achieved by Archie Kitto as a result of his hunting in Otago and South Westland.

Hunting Legends – The Life and Times of John Faulks Makarora Farmer and Hunter – Part Two

Faulks’ association with the Makarora Valley had made him popular with a number of early stalkers – men like John Forbes, Carlisle Studholme and Major Robert Wilson...

Hunting Legends – The Life and Times of John Faulks Makarora Farmer and Hunter – Part One

Red deer from Scotland were released at Firewood Spur on Morven Hills Station in the Lindis Pass, Otago in 1871.

Hunting Legends – Further Along the Track with Bill Axbey – Part Two

Hunting Legends – Further Along the Track with Bill Axbey – Part One

The tough, hard life of a government shooter sorted individuals out in a swift and unforgiving way, being a combination of battling against the wilderness, the solitude and the weather.

Hunting Legends – Recalling the Times of the Earliest Otago Guides – Donald McLennan and Jim Buckley – Part One

We’re going to look way back at a couple of pioneering individuals who, although they were themselves Otago deerstalkers, should be better remembered for helping fulfil others’ dreams of bagging a trophy red deer.