NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Q&A

GAME ANIMAL COUNCIL NEWS • Over recent years there has been considerable debate about the impact of deer and other ungulates on the carbon storage potential of our indigenous forests, particularly as the pressure comes on for New Zealand to meet its 2030 climate targets.

THE INFAMOUS LA PEROUSE • THE COOK RIVER PROTECTED BY A NEAR-IMPASSABLE GORGE, AND FLANKED BY RAZORBACK RIDGES WITH SHEER TUSSOCK WALLS FOR “PASSES”

SO YOU WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL HUNTER? PEST CONTROL • Following Joseph Peter's article on being a hunting guide in the last issue, this time we are focusing on a smaller scale - small furry things with sharp pointy teeth to be exact.

WEST COAST WANDERING • After a long drive from Blenheim with two good mates Heath Forsyth and Hayden Pickering on the Thursday night, waking up Friday to a clear bluebird day got the excitement levels fizzing

PHOTOGRAPHY THINGS A HUNTER MUST KNOW PART FIVE • A few years back, deep in the North Island Kaimanawa wilderness, I shot a magnificent Sika trophy stag

Our hut and track heritage • The Backcountry Trust' s role in its preservation

Take Them While You Can • Time stands still for no one. As a parent, I've been fortunate to be able to take my children out hunting on public land over the last few years

A Bike, A Bullet and a Big-Ol'-Boy • I often find that a little bit of inventiveness is the key to success in many things in life, and hunting is no different

TO FILL THE FREEZER THE CUP OR A BIT OF BOTH? • When people think of hunters, most of them would say we do it to “fill the freezer“ or to “provide for the family' - and they would be right, as that is the most common reason hunters get out there on the chase

The Perks of Making Mistakes • We've all had a few disasters behind the trigger, and if you haven't… it'll come. Recently, I've had a couple of ' with animals I've spent years searching for

SMALL BOARS BIG IVORIES • Like it or loathe it, pig-hunting competitions are part of the very DNA of many of this country's small rural communities

GET IN THE KITCHEN • How financial insecurity and the cost-of-living crisis made me a more complete outdoorsman and gave me a new appreciation for the wild game I kill

JOURNEY'S END STATION

WINNER

PERVERSE CREEK TAHR BALLOT BLOCKS • High on the sunny flanks of the Barlow River and sitting under the 1996m peak of The Great Unknown, is the Tahr Ballot landing site for Perverse Creek

CRYSTAL BIV • In the last issue we looked at Yeats Ridge Hut on the Toaroha Range in central Westland

GAME ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND WILD PIG

THE LATEST IN SIG SAUER RANGEFINDERS • We have reviewed many Sig Sauer products over the last few years. They are proving to be a very innovative company whose products are aimed at the shooter/ hunter who wants to use ballistics to his maximum advantage

STONE GLACIER LOAD SHELF PACKS • This intro from the Stone Glacier website sums up their reason for being:

UOVISION SELECT 30 4G LTE AJ25A SOLAR PANEL KIT • A lot of the time a cellular trail camera sounds like a really good idea. Then the realities of consistent reception, reliability and the higher battery consumption can take the shine off the idea a little bit

Photo Gallery

MOLESWORTH GOOSE HUNT PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE! • It only takes one trip to the Molesworth Goose Hunt to realise you can predict only one thing about this place – that it is always unfailingly unpredictable in every...