Editors Letter – January/February
As the dust settles on yet another Sika Show, its success made me think about how far we’ve come over the last ten years.
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NZDA Hunting and Wildlife Summer – a COLFO Update
As we reach the year’s end, the team of dedicated Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) volunteers reflects on a long year of advocacy.
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How Hunting Helps Mental Health
People hunt for different reasons. For some people, it’s purely to put meat on the table; others want a big rack of antlers on the wall and will spend countless days in the wild searching for ‘the one’.
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Should We Get the Lead Out?
Research into lead fragments from bullets in game meat has encouraged us to explore using copper bullets for meat hunting.
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The British Empire Exhibition – Wembley 1924 and the New Zealand Deer Heads
Precisely 100 years ago in 1924, the British Empire Exhibition, a trade show, was held at Wembley in England. It included a display of some of New Zealand’s finest deer-stalking trophies, and they attracted worldwide attention.
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The Story of Svord Knives
The farm workshop was filled with all sorts of junk, and behind a shelf, I found a World War II bayonet. As a 9-year-old, I’d never seen anything like it before.
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Editors Letter – October/November
For this issue, I had the pleasure of reviewing the new Ruger American GEN II in the short-barrelled, ‘ranch gun’ styled 5.56 calibre.
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I have a circle of hunters and friends who I like to bounce ideas off, so it was great to get strong positive feedback from our last issue.
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I have a circle of hunters and friends who I like to bounce ideas off, so it was great to get strong positive feedback from our last issue.
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There have been a few big changes at NZRod&Rifle head office.
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This issue of NZRod&Rifle has its fair share of hunting adventures.
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The Wallaby Threat – A hop, skip and jump away from our happy hunting grounds
While familiar to hunters, surprisingly, not everyone knows New Zealand has wallabies in the wild, about the damage they do ...
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