NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

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SUPPRESSORS AND BARREL LENGTHS

SIKA ROAR WITH MY BOYS • It’s that time of year again for the Cleaver family

TEENAGE DREAMS • Get your mind out of the gutter, not those kind of dreams! Many years ago as an ambitious teenager, before I realised what a task I’d set myself, I determined to take a stag of 300DS from each of the historic Otago and Rakaia herds

WILD WEST • I’ve been privileged to be brought up hunting all of my life, growing up in central Otago with some of the nicer Red deer genetics in the country. But there’s always something special about the wild West Coast

THE ICE KING • It had snowed for days on end; the weather was savage and the McKenzie country resembled a post card from Antarctica

MY NZ HUNTER RIFLE BUILD • This next phase of the rifle build called heavily on Greg and Ian’s expertise

Bushnell LIVE ANIMAL Gallery • Bushnell are proud to promote this page aimed at celebrating our game animals.

A NEW APPROACH FOR GAME MANAGEMENT • The current Deer Policy Statement within which the Department of Conservation works on public conservation land was put in place in 2001 by the then Minister of Conservation, Sandra Lee

SUMMARY OF KEY MESSAGES FOR THE THREE PART SERIES:

AN UNFORGETTABLE SOUTH WESTLAND ADVENTURE • I can still vividly remember the day that we left the big smoke and departed on our eight-day hunting adventure in South Westland

A BUSH HUNTER'S GUIDE TO SHOOTING A RED STAG • Bush hunting, you either love it or hate it. Personally, I love it, and it's the type of hunting I really thrive on. Getting up close and personal with a wild deer is, in my eyes, the pinnacle of bush hunting - especially in the roar

USING A RELOADING MANUAL WORKING UP A LOAD

HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 • The Red roar is a thrilling time when armed with only with a bow and arrow

ONLINE TOOLS FOR THE HUNTER • It’s not that long ago that having a quick look at a forecast and a topo map before heading out in to the hills was about as tech as I got pre-hunt

OUR CANINE PALS What Do Dogs Mean To Us? • This one is for the member of your family who loves and lives for hunting even more than you do - your hunting dog

WHAT CAMERA SHOULD I BUY • Arguably the most common question we receive (apart from ‘when is the TV show starting again’ or ‘is a 308 better than a 7mm-08) is ‘What camera should I buy?’

THE STORY OF A WEE RIFLE • Way back, when NZ Hunter was quite young, I wrote an article for teenagers on calibre options

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION • Getting into the hunting lifestyle often happens pretty naturally for many of us. Usually the process is kick started through an invitation by a hunter from the family, or wider family unit

AGE THE STAG • This is the 32nd in our series of guess the age of the bull.

Alaskan Moose • “We’ve got a bear raiding camp, you got a bear tag?” These were the first words out of my guide’s mouth. That raised my eyebrows!

TOWNSENDS AND KOROPUKU HUTS • This month’s article covers a nice little tops loop in the Taramakau valley in Westland and includes two community-maintained huts that lie inside Arthur's Pass National Park boundary

Photo Gallery

IS IT SAFE TO EAT? PART X OVIS AND GAMEBIRDS • I know I’ve written it at least once, but this is different to any other food safety article I’ve done - as we will deal with waterfowl

THOMPSON CENTRE VENTURE II IN 6.5 CREEDMOOR • Way back in Issue 20, 2010, we...