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Big Game Hunting

  • In New Zealand clients hunt Himalayan tahr, chamois, red deer, fallow deer, sika deer, wapiti, wild ram, wild boar, wild goat and wallaby. Descriptions available here Big Game

  • New Zealand Hunts occur on both the North Island and South Island.

  • Australian hunts target water buffalo, scrub bull and boar and New Caledonia hunts seek rusa stag.

Our Free Range Hunts and Fair Chase Hunts are amongst the best available. Our exclusive free-range properties are sprinkled through the North and South Island while the quality of the fair chase hunting in the game ranches often has the client turning down the free-range option to hunt behind the high wire. This is because of the estate hunting experience offered, the quantity of animals seen, and the size of the behemoths that reside there. New Zealand has long been recognised as a red stag paradise and heads in excess of 350SCI are relatively common. Our estate properties offer a wide diversity of species and high quality of trophy.

Clients wishing tahr, chamois, and sika trophies will have to fly between islands to achieve all of them as tahr and chamois are only found in the South Island while sika, rusa, and sambar are only found in the North Island. Bull tahr, chamois buck, and sika stag quality is equal both free-range and estate wise so it is up to the client to decide which option to choose.Clients visiting New Zealand to hunt need no specific documentation as game animals are viewed as alien species, though bringing a firearm will involve a NZ$25 cost and some completed paperwork. Our guides can provide weapons at a nominal fee if required.

In Australia the main big game species that attract our clients are the large bovines: particularly water buffalo and red bulls. The latter are feral beef shorthorn cattle often called wild ox or scrub bulls, known for their aggression and red colouration. Other game that is hunted while on safari is trophy wild boar, with some clients also helping with feral donkey and wild pig eradication. Saltwater and freshwater crocodiles are protected, even though numbers are high. In New Caledonia hunters target trophy rusa stags, with quantity and quality of animals being excellent. Wild pigs and turkey are also common here.

Contact Greg: fairchase@paradise.net.nz