Waterfowl Trinity
The alarm goes off at 4am; there’s a real rush to hit the road on time. I almost slept in – not a good start, but we’re on our way.
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Looking Back
As I looked back over the year’s adventures, I could honestly say 2025 had been nothing short of extraordinary.
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How I Built Mental Skills Through Life and Hunting
Hunting in New Zealand is high on the degree of difficulty scale when considered globally.
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Sika Stag of the Windthrow
It was mid-February and hot as heck. The weekend arrived, and Kahu the kuri (dog) and I set out for another solo adventure together.
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Henry Lever Action Supreme Rifle in .223
Readers will immediately recognise the Henry name as a well-respected manufacturer of lever rifles.
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Savage Axis 2 Pro
My earliest experiences with Savage rifles were with Dad’s Savage 99 lever action in .308 in the late eighties – many consider this a legendary classic lever rifle.
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Pixfra Cetus Series Thermal Scopes
The Pixfra Cetus series is the first to use the impressive PIPS 3.0 software.
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Benelli Advanced Impact
The new Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Advanced Impact Optifade Cerakote.
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Two Generations in the Doon: A Fiordland Hunting Story
We set out to conquer the Doon River Wapiti block with one thought stuck in the back of our minds: Our grandfather (Bill Sutherland) hunted this same country more than 60 years ago.
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Sika Roar 2025 Into the Battlefield
It was coming up to that all-too-familiar time of year again: April – the month that’s marked on every keen sika hunter’s calendar.
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Valley of the Dogs
We’d then loaded up the truck before driving another couple of hours to where we planned to camp, hunt and fish for the next few days.
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Bush Hunting Tips
Bush hunting can be some of the most exhilarating and up-close hunting you can do – you never know what’s just ahead or around the next corner.
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