NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR • Thank you to all of you who took the time to send in a submission to Game Animal Council amendment bill

TAHR EXPECTATIONS • LET’S START THIS WITH A STORY. I’D HAD A BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT TAHR NUMBERS WERE ‘CATASTROPHICALLY’ LOW IN THE HAVELOCK. SO, WHAT DO TO? TAKE A LOOK!

SPRING TAHR HUNTING

MEMORABLE FIRSTS FOR THREE BUDDING HUNTERS • I’VE TAKEN MY TWO BOYS, CAELYN (13) AND SEAN (11), ON SEVERAL HUNTING TRIPS BEFORE, INCLUDING TWO WEEK-LONG EXPEDITIONS INTO THE MOLESWORTH IN 2022 AND 2023

RETURN TO PARADISE • I HAD BEEN BACK IN NEW ZEALAND FOR LESS THAN A WEEK WHEN WE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TOPS OF MARLBOROUGH’S RAGLAN RANGE ON A SUNNY DAY IN LATE NOVEMBER

Fighting Fallow • It was mid-May, and the roar was slowly coming to an end. I’d just come back from an uneventful and unsuccessful three-day trip chasing stags on the east coast, so I was looking for redemption!

Hunting ‘Aoraki Tahr’ Celebrating 100 Years • In 1904, Himalayan tahr were first liberated into New Zealand beneath the slopes of our highest mountain

Corina Jordan Science to Management • You’ve probably heard the name Corina Jordan — linked with Fish & Game, more recently as CEO of the Game Animal Council (GAC), or maybe you’ve spotted her on a few episodes of NZ Hunter Adventures

Mental Hunts Supporting Hunters, Breaking Down Barriers • At Mental Hunts, we're proud to be the only New Zealand-based charitable organisation dedicated to supporting the wellbeing of hunters and those in the wider rural and firearms community

Wāhine WAPITI Experience • Leaving the Te Anau Downs boat ramp after the inaugural Wāhine Wapiti experience in February 2024, I watched shafts of sunlight break through storm clouds and spill across the western waters of Lake Te Anau

Est 2022 HERITAGE RED DEER Foundation

Triumph in the Whanganui • The early morning air was crisp, and as the temperature dropped, the usual sense of excitement struggled to take hold

River Safety for Hunters • Spring is a great time to head out hunting. The days are getting longer, game animals are more active and there’s a certain spring to everyone’s step

SPARTAN RIFLE PRECISION EQUIPMENT BUILDS

GAME ANIMAL COUNCIL NEWS

Go Slow in Dogs Background and Updates • ‘Go Slow’ is a muscle disease (myopathy) in dogs that was first recognised in Northland in the 1990s

GOOD NEWS STORIES • Meet Emma Nowell, who lives on a farm near Kurow in the lower Waitaki valley and has just self-published her first children’s book titled ‘Punter the Hunter’

GREYS HUT • Greys Hut is one of the three Kahurangi Huts profiled on the Remote Huts website and the most downstream one in the Karamea catchment

MEOPTA OPTIKA6 MEOPRO 2.5-15X44 SEP RD BDC3 • Meopta have been manufacturing a wide range of optical instruments and cameras in the Czech Republic since 1933

KIWI ULTRALIGHT MOA I IN DCF • As we know lightening up the ‘Big Three’ is a great place to get started in the journey toward lighter hunting gear and when investigating options for your shelter you’ll find some brilliant kit to choose from

PART TWO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF DEER • THIS WAS JUST AN AWESOME TRIP. WE WERE WELCOMED BY THE STATION, HUNTING AND LIVING ALONGSIDE SOME BLOODY GOOD GUYS, WITH CHALLENGING STALKING IN A STUNNING AND VIBRANT LANDSCAPE FULL OF LIFE

COUNTING YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY’RE HATCHED • IT’S FAIR TO SAY THE 2025 SEASON IN THE SOUTH WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST FOR DUCK HUNTING

WHAT’S NEW: OCT NOV

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