Editor’s Letter – March/April 2024
This issue of NZRod&Rifle has its fair share of hunting adventures.
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West Coast Whoppers
April rolled around quickly, and it was time for the 2023 red stag Roar. “North end of the West Coast,” was the call.
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A Well-Earned Stag
Throughout my adulthood, the mountains have been a place for building character, creating memories and living life to the absolute fullest.
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Sika Stalking Tactics
From a young age, I was very privileged in getting time in the outdoors; like a lot of us, I started off with the usual rabbit and possum hunting.
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Hunting Calibres – When is enough sometimes not enough?
The age-old debate of knockdown vs placement still rages on in internet forums and gun-store debates with all manner of myths and half-truths persisting amongst the followers of both sides of the argument.
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Reds of the Rotoaira
A new year meant we made new resolutions, and one of those resolutions was to hunt a new area in a new forest.
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A New Dog Handler’s Journey – Prologue to Our Dog Training Series
When the initial idea to get a Labrador and train it to be hunting dog was tabled, I can honestly say I had absolutely no idea what that journey would look like.
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Summer Strippers
With all our gear sorted and packed in the truck, we hit the road; two and a half hours later, we arrived at the car park.
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Ageing White-Tailed Deer on the Hoof
With greater knowledge as hunters, and with a growing conservation mindset, we’re now putting more trophy value on the age of the animal in addition to the physical traits determined largely by genetics and nutrition.
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Best Hunting Mate Ever
I was doing a lot of hunting then as Pa also had a pack of pig dogs, and Ashley Forest had plenty of pigs plus a few deer; we were hunting almost every weekend.
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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...
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