http://www.mountainman.co.nz/Mountain ManenWed, 08 Jun 2011 00:49:26 GMT60http://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/37Lincoln University is conducting a Hunter Survey to better understand hunters' activities and preferences in order to assist with game management priorities for the Game Animal Coucil (GAC). Linco...Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/36Say no to Heli hunting in NZ DOC (the New Zealand Department of Conservation) is going to make guided helicopter hunting a legal activity on public land (i.e. paying clients can shoot trophy animals ...Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/34Paringa Valley - April 2007 Photos Only - Story to come Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/35Below are three parts to my 2007 Roar with footage taken during our 8 day sojourn through the Southern Alps where we beat the feet for well over 100 km through various catchments amidst the Main Divid...Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/33Poisoning Paradise - Ecocide New Zealand - Introduction Part 1 Poisoning Paradise - Ecocide New Zealand - Introduction Part 2 Poisoning Paradise - Ecocide New Zealand...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/32Several days before the big wedding day (Sept 19th 2009) I caught up with Curley in Queenstown to roam one last time in those magic alps as a free spirit. The target species were fallow and the purpos...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/31HOW TO HUNT RED STAGS DURING MARCH/APRIL Put simply, timing of the roar revolves around when hinds are cycling (i.e. when they+rsquo;re ovulating and ready to mate). At least that+rsquo;s the gist of...Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/30Summer holidays drew to a close and Curley and I packed up the little amount of gear we had after a larksome few months+rsquo; kiwi fruit contracting in and around Tauranga, and headed southbound. It ...Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/29We pulled up to our chosen catchment just after lunch on August the 5th 2009. The weather was reasonably mild compared to the same time last year with not a scerrick of snow to be seen. The clouds did...Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/28I had my first chance at an absolute bruiser of a fallow buck yesterday morning! He was long, wide, and had palmations like kayak paddles. On one side I counted 12 points and the other side looked eve...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/26This article summarises our jam-packed 14 day sojourn into the Southern Alps whereby Andre Alipate and I hunted two West Coast catchments and four East Coast catchments in pursuit of red skins. There'...Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/27This article continues from the previous Issue where I surmised our 14 day sojourn throughout various catchments in the Southern Alps. The context of this Issue, however, only details one area in part...Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/24A local (kiwi) bloke from Perth invited me and my flatmate out for a night pig hunting with his dogs (too hot to do it any other time during the summer) - the temp was easily in the late 20s at 10pm! ...Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/17Francy and I headed out on the last week of June in 2007 for an overnighter into some tahr country with no shortage of snow. Aside from that, we couldnt really complain about the weather because it wa...Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/18It has been well over a year now since I sold my old hunting dog Zulu to her (now) owner Brian from Wanaka - so this particular story is a recall from that last hunt with my girl (Aug 31-Sept 1 2007)....Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/19This story also dates back more than a year. I popped out with a mate named Andrew (after chamois initially) during a crisp August day and the weather was mint! Maybe a bit chilly to start with, but i...Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/20The original of this article can be found in Issue 5 of the NZ HUNTER magazine This article is a little bit different from my previous writings. To make a long story short, our 2008 roar trip turned ...Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/21NOTE I plan to cover this in an up and coming Issue of NZ HUNTER Heres a few pics of our first Sambar hunt in Australia (Victoria). Close hunting companion Andre Alipate came across from the North Is...Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/22Having been well and truley bitten by the Sambar bug, a few of the kiwis teamed up for a short stint after the Sambar before the rutt was over and the stags dropped their antlers for the velvet season...Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/7Report from December 2006. I popped out for a day hunt on Christmas Eve and saw 3 good stags. One was going to grow into an 11pointer, and the other two were going to grow into VERY big 8pointers He...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/8Report from February 2007 Heres a few photos from the long weekend chasing chamois on the westcoast. We were away for 4days chasing chamois in and around that Whataroa Country. We had some brilliant ...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/9Report from December 2006 Popped out with Zulu for a nosie during an evening in December 2006. Took the rifle incase we found some pork, and trialled out the new spotting scope which had recently ar...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/10Report from May 2007 Francyboy invited me to join him this weekend in one of his spots, so I was more than happy to climb around some open country to see what was about. We headed off on saturday mo...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/11Day 1: We were flown from Milford Sound by Geoff Shanks Milford Sound Helicopters] to our Mt Longsight block at 9 am. Our party of six guys were split into two groups of three. Three were dropped at E...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/12Report from May 2007 Four of us preparing for our 4day hunt in the headwaters of the Whataroa, May 25th - 29th. After a few months of planning, some family friends from Australia got together and cam...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/4February was just about to end and the stags would be well into stripping their velvet. IT was time to get back into the hills in search of some hard antler! I hunted on my own while my mate Kevin hun...Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/2In summary of what 2006 brought in terms of great trips and fine tophies, this post is to reminisce a most enjoyable year and share it with those of you who are interested.. 2006 got of...Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mountainman.co.nz/Articles/article/3HUNT ONE In August of 2007 I spent 4days hunting in the Czech Republic, South West of Prague by about an hour and half (Region of Bohemia in a village called Tabor). This trip was essentially a fa...Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT