Editor’s Letter – March/April 2022
My family and I recently moved to rural Canterbury to a quaint little village surrounded by mountains and streams with plenty of hunting and fishing nearby; as you may expect, we’ve never been happier.
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Into The Valley of Stags
Having missed out on all ballot blocks for the Roar this year, I had to go old school – study maps and start looking for places ...
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The Full Package – Part 1
To fully understand tahr hunting, you must fully engage with It; as one hunter said, “It really is the full package.” It most certainly is.
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Wind Wins
A wise shooting instructor named Rit Fisher once told me, “Wind wins, every time.”
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Hunting Tight Bush to Open Plains
Following on from previous articles, I’d like to float some ideas to you on the two extremes of hunting and the techniques needed to be successful in each.
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Ageing Stags on the Hoof
Tremendous roars rattle through the trees. The sounds of brush and ground being trampling grows closer as the stag charges in.
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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.
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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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