Sika GPS Tracking Project in the Kaweka Forest Park

By Hastings Deerstalkers' | February 1, 2011

30 Deer (20 sika hinds and 10 sika stags) have been captured using net guns, fitted with transmitters mounted on neck collars, and will be monitored until May 2012 when collars are programmed to drop off. The spatial data will be analysed to measure home range sizes of hinds and local and long-distance movements by…

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Rockslide Hut Hunting Trip

By Hastings Deerstalkers' | January 5, 2011

Short video from a club hunting trip to Rockslide hut near Tikokino. Rockslide Hut A 2-bed dog-box bivvy with a two-bunk shelter tacked on. Interesting spot on gravel flats in Apias Creek, opposite the huge rockslide that gives it its name.

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New Zealand Pig Hunters National Body Formation

By Hastings Deerstalkers' | January 4, 2011

Letter from NZDA to NZ Pig hunters Dear Warren, On behalf of the national executive, and as national president of our association, I wish to congratulate you on the formation of a pig hunter’s association with a national focus. Many people have looked forward to seeing the establishment of a pug hunting body for New…

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