As you may be aware the new WARO concessions (effective 1st July 2015) were arrived at after DOC deliberately excluded recreational hunters from the decision making process and resulted in a number of significant detrimental changes for us including removal of the 5 month summer exclusion in the Ruahines (year round WARO can now occur), the removal … [Read more...]

This newsletter is obviously not read by a vast number of people. But at least they have the same general interests as myself. Although mine have become more singular as my life has quickly passed. My passion as you know, is Fallow deer. And the seed that was sown decades ago, mixing with European immigrant hunters, absorbing their ethic and … [Read more...]

This once over lightly of the fallow deer rut (my lifetime interest) will look at: 1)  The timing of the rut and the use of the scrapes. 2)  The buck – all attitude, and his use of the lek. 3)  Hunting techniques in the fallow rut. 1). The timing of the rutting activities of a fallow buck depends upon the mature does. The big fellow isn't going … [Read more...]