About New Zealand

New Zealand is described as Godszone for good reasons. Well away from the rest of the world, New Zealand offers the visitor an unspoilt, clean and friendly retreat away from the pressures of busy life. A small country about two-thirds of the size of California and roughly the same size as Great Britain and Japan, we have more space per capita that anywhere else on the world. Our country has two main islands, several glaciers, miles of untouched wilderness and an area called Fiordland, described by Rudyard Kipling as the eighth wonder of the world.

And we are a sportsman’s paradise … particularly for those interested in hunting and fishing. Here you can hunt and fish seven days of the week, every day of the year if you so desire. Where else in the world can you be back before morning tea with a deer or a fish?

All New Zealand big game species are introduced. The best hunting time for deer is generally in the autumn (fall), in March and April, during the mating season called the roar. However, trophies can be secured right through until August. The season for Rusa is generally July until December. Chamois and Tahr in the magnificent Southern Alps are best hunted in autumn and early winter, although many people hunt them right through the winter. Cold, but spectacular!

We have access to over 5000 private acres of wild New Zealand hunting playground.

Quality hunting on free range or ranch hunting is available for the following:

· Red deer - hunt magnificent Red stags in some of New Zealand’s finest scenery. Gold medal stags available. Hunt on foot, Quad 4x4 (ATV) or on horse back.

· Wapiti (Elk) - look magnificent on the wall.

· Sika deer – nothing like the excitement of chasing Sika!

· Fallow deer – make magnificent trophies.

· Rusa – top trophy heads are highly sought after.

· Sambar - one of the smartest of our deer species.

· Other animals available here – Arapawa Rams, feral goats, wild pigs, turkeys and opossums (spotlighting at night is real fun).

· Chamois – originally from Austria. You will hunt these in the magnificent Southern Alps with breathtaking scenery as your back drop!

· Himalayan Tahr - hunters come from all over the world to secure a trophy. Again you will hunt these in the grandeur of the Southern Alps. Let us know if you want to hunt for these great trophies and we will arrange a hunt for you.

Hunting opportunities are available on private free range and ranch hunting areas, except for the Fiordland Special, which involves access to the Fiordland National Park and for Tahr and Chamois which are hunted in the Southern Alps of the South Island.

FIORDLAND SPECIAL

· Enjoy a full week in legendary Fiordland, in the very south-west of the South Island. This is one of the most beautiful and untouched areas of New Zealand, once described as the ‘Boundary of civilisation’, a place I commercially hunted through the 70’s and 80’s. To have lived in New Zealand and not have hunted Fiordland, is to miss one of life’s special gifts. This is a very special part of our country few New Zealanders have seen.

· Absolutely ideal for bow hunters as there are deer aplenty.

· No big trophy heads, but you will take photographs and video that you will treasure.

· Trout fishing opportunities available also.

· This would be the genuine Kiwi hunting experience!

· It will be a week you will never forget.

· Best time of year here is November through until the end of May.

Option A.

Approximately 30km long, this is a lake of unsurpassed beauty, with magnificent beaches, spectacular waterfalls and virgin podocarp forest with wonderful hunting of Red deer. Also pigs and trout, and rich native bird life to enjoy. These combine to make a trip here an experience you will want to repeat. No top trophy heads here, but you can shoot as many deer and pigs as you like. The only thing we have no control over are the sandflies and the weather! It can be windy, wet and cold! This is the kind of place that gets in your blood -once you have been there you will want to return.

Option B.

Only 8km long and within a stone's throw of Foveaux Strait, at the very bottom of New Zealand.  This Lake offers the enterprising outdoor enthusiast a variety of options. You can hunt Red deer in the beautiful bush and maybe meet with a pig also, or you can wander around the rugged, spectacular coast and catch crayfish, pick pauas (abalone), fish from the rocks, or just explore the coast line with remnants of the old telephone line to Puysegar Point still remaining. There are even chamois on the tops, but it is a long way up!  Again the scenery is spectacular, the sandflies can be thick and the weather unpredictable, but that is what makes Fiordland such a challenge. Definitely take your cameras, diving gear and warm clothes.