NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Q&A

INTO THE THICK OF IT • It was into the thick, shitty bush of the West Coast I went with me old mate Pete, nearing the end of March and with the roar all but upon us

Out the back of NOWHERE • After a few hours of South Island sub-alpine monkey scrub bashing I had broken out into a world of tussock, rock, and glacier

The Measure of a Man • I was chasing a new challenge and wilderness tahr hunting seemed to fit the bill

MANAHOU RUSA • As part of the New Zealand brain drain, my family and I have moved to China. We keep a healthy love of the outdoors but we miss the beauty of wild New Zealand

HOW BIG IS THAT BULL? • No doubt if you have an interest in the hunting scene in New Zealand you will, like me, follow a wide variety of media on the subject

A TALE OF SURVIVAL THINGS A HUNTER MUST KNOW PART THREE • Andreas walked out of the Kaimanawa high country on day five after having endured a journey of emotion, determination and survival

UNFORGETTABLE FIRST CHAMOIS • Hunting and the outdoors have always been a passion of mine, stemming back to my childhood growing up in England and being able to hunt small game animals with my brother and Dad

Chasing Weather & Chasing Game • The West Coast. Famed for its incredible landscapes and spectacular views, unforgiving weather and harsh environment, big animals and even bigger country

PART FIVE BUSH PIGLET • So, it's been a while….

WORKING A LINE OF ENQUIRY TRUST THE DOG • The squeal came from a thick belt of pepper tree a good 50 metres to our right

GUN CLEANING WHAT YOU WISH SOMEONE HAD TAUGHT YOU • The roar is over now and if you're at all like me your rifle has taken a battering. Used as a walking stick, tent pole, scrub basher, and if you're lucky - a firearm!

KEEPING THE FAITH • Black arrived at our house as a little bundle of fur in January 2021

TEICHELMANN CREEK TAHR BALLOT BLOCKS • Born in Australia but of German ancestry Ebenezer Teichlemann took the post of local doctor in Hokitika in 1897

JACKO FLAT HUT • Jacko Flat Hut is located midway up the true left of Crooked River on the flat of the same name. The Crooked is a largish frontal valley in central Westland that drains into Lake Brunner (Moana) east of Greymouth

GAME ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND FALLOW DEER

KEEN YOUNG LADS • My wife Laura and I headed up to our friend's farm on a Sunday evening

RIDEGELINE 4K TRAIL CAMERA • Ridgeline have been branching out in recent times

PUREORA HUNTING COMPETITION • The question: Are there any effects from the Covid disruptions over the last 3 years?

Photo Gallery • The winning photo receives a Hunting & Fishing voucher to the value of $100. Send all your photos to editor@nzhunter.co. nz

THE GAC UPDATE • Hunters remain at the heart of successful conservation

GAINING ACCES AND HOW TO KEEP IT! • It was kind of funny to be lying out in an extremely wet paddock, not far away from a main Otago highway watching countless cars all hurrying home from work

CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE • A sausage is a cylindrical meat product usually made from ground meat, often pork, beef, veal or goat, along with salt, spices, and other flavourings, and sometimes breadcrumbs, encased by a skin.