NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter Magazine

A Word from the Editor

A Fancy Goat • 'WHAT I MUCH DO KNOW BIGGER IS THAT IN THE THEY SOUTH MAKE ISLAND HILLS '

ST JAMES • For a long time Willie had contemplated doing a pig hunting episode on the TV Show. I was all for it, but it’s one of those ‘easier said than done’ ideas!

MAUNGAPOHATU • The road up to Maungapohatu was covered with mud and landslides caused by the last two cyclones Cook and Debbie

TAHR 101 • DOC’s new draft Tahr Control Plan which is poised to start on the first weather window after the 1st of July is without doubt our biggest battle yet

HIMALAYAN TAHR CONTROL PLAN 1993

PORT PEGASUS PROVIDES • All booked. After selflessly staying up till midnight at the South Sea Hotel, Monty had caught the opening of booking season and secured the South Pegasus block on Stewart Island for the annual boys’ trip

PLAN B STAG • Queens Birthday weekend had been in our hunting calendar for a while. Dad and I had big plans to fly in to the West Coast to chase tahr and chamois and having recently moved up to the North Island, this was going to be a real treat for me

ADVICE FROM A HUNTING NEWBIE PART 2 • Our grimy work clothes are tossed in the corner and we pull on some comfy camo. I pick up the backpack that's already loaded with extra layers, head torches and spotting scope, and sling the camera and binos around my neck. Meanwhile Scott grabs the rifle, a few snacks and water bottles. Within five minutes of coming in the door after a day's work, we're ready to head out again.

LEARN THE BASICS

BUSH HUNTING WITH A BOW AND ARROW • I’d been standing there leaning against a tree for around ten minutes, with a heap of fresh Rusa sign at my feet and a light breeze lifting up the face

PART 1 THE RELOADERS CREED KEEP IT CONCENTRIC. KEEP IT CONSISTENT. • So you have a basic reloading setup and you are learning a baseline understanding of what contributes to a high performance load?

The Art of the Fly-in • Helicopters have shaped our hunting opportunities here in New Zealand, although politics and ideology certainly seem to have been driving things lately

MOUNTAIN MAN PLAN OF ATTACK • We have covered the fundamentals of hunter ‘conditioning’ in the last six articles - mobility, core training, muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular training and body composition. We can now create a well-balanced training plan

LIFE FLIGHT MOUNTAIN RESCUE • Hunter George Bailey swears he will never head into the bush again without a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). Without one he may not still be alive today

IS IT SAFE TO EAT? PART VII NEOPLASIA • Most of us will have heard of neoplasia even though we may not know why

MID STYX HUT • Mid Styx Hut is located in central Westland midway up the true left of the Styx valley and was one of Permolat’s first community maintenance projects

I WANNA BE THAT GUY • It’s the last part of the day and you’ve spotted something worth going after, but you’ve been stretching the binos a bit far, so it seems easier to get back to camp with a plan to catch the animal out first thing the next morning

THE DS SWAROVSKI’S STATE OF THE ART, ALL RANGE, ONE STOP SHOP SIGHTING SOLUTION • Putting a rangefinder in a scope is nothing new – in fact Swarovski were the first we saw to do this 10 or so years ago with their LRS

SIG SAUER 6-24X50MM TANGO4 • Most of you should have heard of the SigSauer line of optics, based in Oregon USA, and we’ve testfired a few of their products in recent years

ADG BRASS & HAWKINS RINGS

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