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NZ Hunter Magazine

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR • Most of you will be aware of the result of the new consultation the High Court ordered DOC to do over the second half of their 20/21 Tahr Control Operational Plan.

Q&A

NO GOOD YARN STARTS WITH A SALAD • After coming home from a season of wrangling/guiding in British Columbia, Canada and settling back into hunting at home, the festive season and New Year came around

Twilight Twelve • For a number of years now, like a lot of other hunters I’ve hit the high country in late January onwards in search of big Red stags that have started to strip their antlers

FIORDLAND CHAMOIS • We were only days away from starting our leave. Having spent many weeks preparing for our roar trip and with the whole month of April off, it was lining up to be a cracker until the unexpected happened

FEW AND FAR BETWEEN • It usually starts with a few average yarns being thrown around in a group chat, but every now and then a trip idea that is tossed into the pool will eventuate

ADVICE FROM A HUNTING NEWBIE PART 3 • Right from the start I've known that on the occasion when I choose to take the life of a game animal for its head, in addition to harvesting meat, I need to feel as though I've earned it. I want it to be an adventure and a challenge

The Bracken Face Boar • This story is really a tribute to a hunter who inspired me to get back into the sport of pig hunting after a period of time away from it

HUNTING WITH LLAMAS • After a long morning lugging a hind and yearling out of a frosty Canterbury river valley, I remember thinking ‘this is really a bit stupid, I’m going to hurt myself doing this’

A SURPRISING RUT TRIP • Every year, the week I look forward to the most is the one when Dad and I go with my good friend Dan to hunt our favourite block in the Kaimanawas, chasing Sika stags together

SPRING OPPORTUNITIES • Sure, the stags have dropped their antlers but there’s a bunch of other hunting opportunities that open up as the days get longer

PART TWO: BUSH HUNTING WITH A BOW AND ARROW • If there’s one thing that gets me excited, it’s a trip to hunt one of our seven deer species

DAY HUNTER • My last article was about the hunting opportunities available to us closer to home. Too often, all we think about are the big trips, at the expense of hunting more regularly in between those trips as well

PRONGHORN OF WYOMING'S HIGH PLAINS • Sam and I saved up for a year after our wedding as we had a big honeymoon planned. We wanted to spend a whole month touring the western USA, and that’s exactly what we did

RECOVERY STRATEGIES FOR THE HUNTER • We have all experienced sore muscles and tired bodies after arduous and long days on the hill

My Tararua Hunting Trip • It was the day after New Year when I received a phone call from my mate Wilson who was keen to go on a hunting trip

STORIES FROM OUR KIDS • I have been fortunate enough to take my three youngsters hunting on friends’ farms that back on to the Kawekas, Ureweras, Ruahines and in bush blocks on farms

Christison Braidyn • Early one morning I woke up to excitement and joy because I was going have a crack at my first deer

Conservation Week 2020 • The Start of Something Bigger for Hunters and Conservation?

TOP CRAWFORD HUT • I did an article on Crawford Junction Hut earlier this year and thought it worthwhile to do one on its little relative in the head of the valley, Top Crawford Hut

Sako S20 HYBRID RIFLE • It’s been a while since we saw a completely new...