Editor’s Letter – May/June 2024
This issue of NZRod&Rifle has its fair share of hunting adventures.
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A Summer of Hunting
At the start of summer, I’m usually looking to build my conditioning with a few 2000m vertical missions.
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The New Year’s Deer
This year for Christmas, my partner Sascha and I decided to head down to the South Island on a hunting trip.
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Bush Pig Rifle
If you’re relatively new to the hunting game or you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, you may be forgiven for asking, “What’s a bush pig?”
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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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Training Day!
I grew up in Northland alongside two brothers; we were an outdoorsy family and always out fishing or never far from the water.
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Drinking Safely on the Go
When heading off on an outdoor mission, there are a couple of things always first to mind and essential for survival: food and water. A
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An African Adventure
Spending my first day in Africa touring the Arusha pub scene wasn’t how I envisioned my much-anticipated introduction to this animal-rich continent.
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Hunting Legends – Archie Kitto – Carrying Out the Very Best – Part One
Over a period of 33 years, few stalkers can claim to match the stunning success achieved by Archie Kitto as a result of his hunting in Otago and South Westland.
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Playing the Field
I’d waited all week for this day. As usual, winter had produced another clear, crisp Southland afternoon.
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Let the Birds Teach You!
In this article, I’ll go over how I choose to approach a hunt in different conditions.
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Concealment, Comfort or Both?
For years, whenever I thought of paddock hunting, the only thing that came to mind was the layout blind – arguably the pinnacle of paddock concealment.
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