Hunting
Pyke River Roar
By James Passmore- 30th Dec, 2020
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This is real deer country, right from the start of the bush edge. The walk is soft, the direction is constant...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaimanawas; Thunderbolt Stream, Mar/Apr 2017
By Nik Maxwell- 21st Oct, 2020
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At last! Work was out of the way, there was a clear weather window...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Kiwi Saddle, Jan 2017
By Nik Maxwell- 28th Aug, 2020
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Even the best laid plans can fall though and unfortunately that is what happened with our Thunderbolt/Rangitikei trip...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Back Ridge, Nov 2016
By Nik Maxwell- 12th Jul, 2020
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One of the main attractions for me when I’m chasing sika is the exploration of the country they live in...
The Valley of a Thousand Waterfalls
By Craig Carey- 26th Jun, 2020
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I didn’t want to be anywhere else at this moment as I made my way back to camp...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Te Puke, Harkness & Tussock Huts, Sep 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 30th May, 2020
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Over the last few articles, we have hunted and traversed some of the most iconic sika hunting areas...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaimanawa Ranges; Waipakihi River, Jun 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 30th Mar, 2020
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I first hunted the Waipakihi in my late teens with a trip over the Urchin Track...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaweka Ranges; Middle Hill, Ballard & Makino Huts, Mar 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 19th Feb, 2020
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It had been a few years since I last visited the Kawekas...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Northern Kaimanawas, Feb 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 11th Jan, 2020
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An iconic area of the Kaimanawas; Ruatea Stream or as it is more commonly known as, 'Jap Creek'.
Sika Hunting Tips & Info Intro: Southern Kaimanawas, Nov 2014
By Nik Maxwell- 30th Dec, 2019
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The area provides a combination of both bush and open country hunting...
Southern Red Roar Hunt
By Shaun Hutchings- 6th Dec, 2019
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As always the red roar came around fast. Plans were hatched, dates were circled and work was put on hold...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaweka Ranges, Spion Kop, Apr 2019
By Nik Maxwell- 4th Dec, 2019
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At around 7.45am I picked up on a mature sika hind bedded down just on the edge of a...
Roar Tips & Info
By Hayden Sturgeon- 19th Nov, 2019
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Roar hunting strategies from Hayden Sturgeon...
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Ensuring the future of hunting in New Zealand
By Darrin Tunnicliffe-Smith- 16th Dec, 2020
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Pyke River Roar
By James Passmore- 30th Dec, 2020
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Simon Jones
Simon, and his dog Moki, secured this sika spiker during a hunt off Clements Rd in the Northern Kaimanawas.
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Harry Stam
Harry sent in this pic of his mate Zak Jacobs with a red hind harvested during a winter hunt in the North Canterbury region! The rifle is a Tikka T3 chambered in .308 Win.
Adam McGrath
The 'Fiordland Boys' taking some time to enjoy the view on the Fiordland tops!
Michael Kenyon
Michael Kenyon with a great pic of a fallow buck taken during a recent hunt!
Hayden Clarke
Hayden secured this chamois during a hunt in Central Otago. He shoots a Browning X-Bolt chambered in .308 Winchester.
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Shannon Kubala
Shannon with a ripper fallow buck that he secured with his Tikka T3x chambered in .308 Winchester.
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Jack McCabe
Jack McCabe (9 years old) with his first bull tahr on the deck using his Dads 22-250. A very proud moment for both Jack and his Dad.
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