NZ Hunter

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NZ Hunter

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

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Remembering Matt Winter NZ Hunter Columnist • The Marlborough and New Zealand outdoor fraternity lost a great man earlier this month. My brother, Matt Winter, lost his battle with cancer.

BUCK TO BULL • It was 10pm on the night of the Fallow ballot closure. I got on the blower to my mate Jake, a keen English lad who is always up for an adventure

Dreams Can Come True LUKE'S FIRST STAG • After last year's unsuccessful attempt to get a first stag for my work mate Luke we made plans for the next roar - it took forever for our calendars to align with a suitable weather window

PART TWO BUSH PIGLET • Now that we'd settled on a calibre and a base for the build, it was time to get stuck in to the custom work

TE ARA KI MUA FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WILD ANIMALS what is it? • There has been a lot of press about the new Te Ara ki Mua Framework for adaptive management of wild animals. So, what is it exactly?

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

FROM ISOLATED TO ISOLATION • Isolation is a word we've all become very familiar with over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, due to its association with Covid, the majority of folk now think of it in a negative frame of mind. But not that long ago isolation was a word not many people thought about at all

muzz A GOOD MATE • Tuesday 24th March 2020 was a traumatic day for my family, as we had one of our beloved hunting dogs fatally injured by a pig

ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES • Bows and arrows. These can be as simple as you like or a technical mine field. The choice is yours. As the years have ticked by, I've veered towards the technical type. When I was a young lad, I didn't need or understand the finer details of a technical setup.

Part 7 WHAT CAMERA SHOULD I BUY EDITING VIDEO • Welcome to the time consuming but extremely rewarding world of video editing. It's a whole different kettle of fish compared with photo editing, but you can capture and retell memorable backcountry moments in a way that a photo simply cannot

PUBLIC LAND ACCESS • Roy's article in the last edition paints a pretty graphic picture, but the issue clearly concerns a greater area than just Southland

Have You Heard of the LAKE MONK EXPEDITION? • There are some unusual things happening with deer in the south-west Fiordland area. You might be interested in finding out a bit more …

KEEPING KIWI SAFE • Hunting, nature, the mountains and dogs have been a part of my life for a long time.

FOGGED IN • Alpine hunting has lots of challenges, with heavy fog being right up there in trying its best to ruin your view and get you lost

TAHR BALLOT BLOCKS THE ZORA • Zora Creek has its headwaters sandwiched between the heads of the Mahitahi and the Jacobs, and flows South draining into the mighty Landsborough just above Hinds Flat

BERETTA gallery • 500 YEARS. ONE PASSION.

CAMPBELL BIV • Campbell Biv is located at the scrubline of the Campbell Range in the Arahura valley in central Westland

NZDA New Zealand Deerstalkers Association

THE Many Mates BULL • The photo of the bull in this story will never make the front cover of a magazine, but it will forever be ingrained in my mind

THE GAC UPDATE • TE ARA KI MUA A WIN FOR COMMON SENSE

OLD MAN TROPHY • A Space To Celebrate Mature trophies

IRONCLAD LEGACY PAN BUNDLE • The Ironclad cast iron pans are a modern, Kiwi,...