Twilight Twelve

For a number of years now, like a lot of other hunters I’ve hit the high country in late January onwards in search of big Red stags that have started to strip their antlers

WRITTEN BY ~ STEVE GILLAN

It’s a lot of fun at this time of year, especially if you’re into saunas and perspiration. Some of the Otago/Southland tussock high country gets temperatures into the 30s, which when you have a pack full of camping and hunting gear and sundries soon gets your attention on the steep bits. The sweat blurs your vision, which is good as it’s harder then to see how far you still have to go. Over the last ten years or so the ‘full pack’ idea has had the Jenny Craig treatment in a big way and the lightweight theme is definitely the go these days, including the boots and rifle. They say there’s no point in getting older if you’re not getting wiser and at 51 years of age, the ‘older’ feeling…

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