Category: New Zealand
Philip Holden was one of our best-loved authors. His first book, Pack and Rifle, was published in 1971 and detailed his adventures as a deer culler for the New Zealand Forestry service. Encouraged by his initial success he produced another two popular works, Hunter by Profession (1973) and Backblocks (1 ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
If you were to walk into the author's trophy room and silently start counting the mounted hunting trophies you would reach a figure of forty-five animals on display. This book - the author's fourth - is simply the story of the hunt for each trophy now hanging on the walls of his trophy room, each trophy ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
This lively and informative book looks at the natural history, the populations, the movements and the behaviour of wild duck, in order to help the sportsman to better understand his quarry. In no-nonsense prose, Douglas Butler shares the knowledge and experience of a lifetime of interest in ducks and in ...Show more
Category: Overstocks | Reading Level: Very Good
Stag (Neville) Spooner (1917-1946) was a government deer culler in 1939 and 1940, initially in the Tararuas, and then on the South Island's West Coast. While his successful career as a culler was cut short by the Second World War, he did leave behind a remarkable legacy from this period, a painted diary ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
In this book by Alex & Tim Gale you will catch a deep sense of the challenge, the excitement and the freedom that hunting brings. They are both passionate hunters, with a great love for the New Zealand outdoors and a desire to pass on the knowledge they have gained so others can enjoy what they have ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
At last a book that covers all aspects of pig hunting in New Zealand, practical information based on experience, written by a skilled and knowledgeable hunter. It covers everything an aspiring hunter needs to know and a lot of information an experienced hunter can learn from. The author lives in North C ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
Wild South is an epic journey across the best fly fishing and hunting to be found in Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia and more. From trout to birds to big game, it's all here - from stalking deep forest for elusive stags and wild boar; waterfowl and upland birds over gun dogs; encounters wi ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
This is a book about Kim Swan's view of life; pigs, pig dogs, deer, hunting, wildlife, game conservation, pine trees, possums,(the ones you kill and skin), Possum (her hero and the love of her life) and all the things that come together to make her put pen to paper (make that finger to keyboard) to sha ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
In the great tradition of NZ story telling meet a bloke who cooks a great feed, spins a great yarn and loves hunting and fishing. He is Alistair (Boycie) Boyce and he owns The Backbencher Gastropub across the road from Parliament in Wellington. Politicians love the place but they get no mercy from Boyci ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
Any reader of New Zealand's top pig hunting magazines will know Bill Westwood. Writer about all thing related to pig hunting. Pig dog trainer and accomplished video maker of all aspects of pig hunting Bill and his company Mainland Boar Hunting Ltd have set a benchmark in New Zealand for excellence in th ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
Bomb Grant author of Hunting Forever-Forever Hunting and Dances with Boars is back with this new book. What makes a pig hunter? Bomb looks back to his early days at his introduction to the sport of pig hunting, family played a big part for him. The early morning starts, the sound of the dogs on a bail, ...Show more
Category: Fishing & Hunting
The History of Fly Fishing in Fifty Flies recounts the history of a sport that dates back two thousand years, focusing on milestone flies from the first feathered hook to contemporary patterns using cutting edge materials.From the many thousands of fly patterns developed over the centuries (there are mo ...Show more
