MTNGear Stories

Hunting Related Issues

Solo hunting

• 15 June 2019
• Matt Vincent

There is something special about being the hills alone. Being self sufficient, managing risk, making your own decisions and refreshing the mind are all key components that makes solo hunting so therapeutic and gives one the sense of accomplishment.

Teenage girls are taking up arms, and proving a better shot than the boys

• 15 June 2019
• Matt Vincent

An interesting article about young woman in hunting and shooting sports.

Hunter dies on tahr hunt

• 12 June 2019
• Matt Vincent

21 year old man dies while hunting for tahr on the West Coast of New Zealand.

Geoff Kerr reviews DOC's Tahr count and its accuracy

• 8 January 2019
• Matt Vincent

Worth a watch if you are interested in the Tahr population and how DOC have assessed the population. DOC's estimates are not much of a count and much more a possible range using limited data which is how such a wide range (17,348 to 53,930) is given. Something that is also worth noting is how low DOC's count of deer was.