Two recent incidents in which hunters have been shot and
killed by other hunters have again raised the question of how
to make hunting safer. As Mark Price reports, growing numbers
of hunters are quietly adopting a contentious safety measure
that can be described as very "loud".
The family of the 24-year-old Wanaka man charged this week in
relation to the death of his close friend Dougal Fyfe (23) in
a hunting accident in December say they are "deeply saddened"
by the tragedy.
Among Queenstown's strong hunting community, one Queenstowner
is seeking to draw together proponents of a more traditional
form of the pursuit - bowhunting.
Hunters, anglers and Kidds Bush campers are being reminded
the High Court has ruled Hunter Valley Station, at the
northwest end of Lake Hawea, can control the opening and
closing of Mead Rd during lambing season, until November 18.
For the second successive year, Lawrence boar and stag
hunters (from left) Jim Crawford, Jock Martin, Darrell
Cornish and Dave Brydie have won the Mornington Tavern Boar
and Stag Hunt.
After almost 60 years, a 78-year-old Northland man who kept secret four photos he took of moose in Fiordland has allowed them to be published for the first time. Mark Price reports.
Cromwell rabbiter Ray Moffat has shot 23,000 rabbits in the
past year - the same number shot in 24 hours by competitors
in the 2010 Great Easter Bunny Hunt.
Police arrested three men on illegal hunting and firearms
possession charges as they returned from Chinaman's Bluff,
north of Glenorchy, early on Monday.
