From Field to Plate
One of the most rewarding aspects of harvesting game animals is being able to provide tasty and healthy meat for myself and others.
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Pursuit of Excellence – Part 1
From the moment we first enter this world till that time when we take our last breath, I believe our focus should be on figuring out how we can get every last drop out of our days and live a life that’s full of respect, empathy, unity and love.
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Hard Yards Stag
Having spent every single weekend during Level 3 conducting back-to-back day trips in the Canterbury Region, May brought about Level 2, which allowed for greater exploration opportunities.
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Camp Cook Back Steaks
While this recipe was made for tough old billy goat back steaks in British Colombia, it’s also great for tahr and chamois back steaks or tougher venison steak cuts.
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Getting Our Eye In
With Midge and I both moving to the North Island at the beginning of 2021 for work, we decided this’d be a good opportunity to have a go at some of the North Island deer species that neither of us had hunted before.
Read MoreBarbeque Trimmings
An excellent way to utilise trimming of any meat – makes a tasty meal on its own or can be added to a shepherd’s pie or sandwiches.
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An Eye to the Future
If I was to label myself from a hunting perspective, I’d call myself a ‘meat’ hunter – for several reasons …
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Chimichurri Venison
Add moisture and flavour to any whole steak cut with this chimichurri recipe. This is ideal for hind leg steak cuts such as topside, eye of round or even the silverside!
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Arawhata Magic and Walter Somerville – Part Two
On Monday morning, April 1, 1963, and with the Roar full on, Walter decided to retrace his steps and hunt back up on the bulky Ionia tops; while they would set out together, the intentions were to later split up and hunt alternative country.
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Blue Moon Rainbows
A once-in-a-blue-moon event describes the result of a trip to Lake Coleridge with my brother last June.
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Editor’s Letter – January/February 2022
Phil Caira and I attended the COLFO anniversary held at the NZDA House in Wellington recently; it was a great opportunity to meet some of the personalities ...
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Winter Whataroa Bull Tahr
It was late June, a week out from our trip. Weather charts were predicting a high-pressure system to move eastward over New Zealand right when we needed it.
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