THE 'BEST' OF NEW ZEALAND HUNTING 

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Best of New Zealand Hunting Outfitters

Glenn Martin: A North Island based hunting expert. Together with hunting partner John Ham he guides clients on the magnificent 5,000 red stag hunting region they have exclusive rights to hunt on. With a hunting concession in Australia, and links to New Caledonia rusa stag hunting he can offer clients the full South Pacific hunting experience. Quality trout fishing is also available. Details and Rates

Brendan Matthews: Built up a deserved reputation as a very successful bird shooting and trophy hunting outfitter. His main hunting grounds are the South Island of New Zealand where he owns his own hunting property. His credibility comes from a number of factors. His rural background, the fact he is a trophy hunter himself, his high success rate, and the quality of the trophies he finds. Boar hunts are a speciality of late, and 200 pounders like this big boy have been taken regularly. He also offers local hunters very affordable management, meat, and wild pig hunts: Details and Rates

Donald Bray: A specialist bull tahr guide, he can also provide hunts after most other South Island free-range, big game animals. The property he hunts on is magnificent, and contains large numbers of tahr, including numerous trophy bulls. In the season just finished, 18 were harvested here with the best pushing out past the 13 inch mark. Hunts traditionally are best from March to July, and again in late September to October. Bray also has network contacts that allow him to hunt on nearby private land after red stag, chamois buck, and fallow buck. Details and Rates

James Gray: He excels as a New Zealand alpine hunting guide, and gamebird hunting exponent. His special season duck and geese hunts offer clients amongst the best bird hunting available in New Zealand. He is well known for the quality of his hunting access network base, and his ability to secure for hunters some of the best chamois taken in New Zealand. Alpine bucks and bulls are his speciality species. His free-range properties are of high hunting value. The depth of his farmer network means that his safaris can mix and match hunting, fishing, and gamebird shooting under the one package.  Details and Rates

Greg Dougherty: Based in the middle of some of the South Island's best fishing waterways, he is a skilled fly-fishing guide. He differs from most New Zealand fishing guides in that he specialises in offering drift- fishing packages. He has local council permits and DOC concessions to drift down kilometres of some of the most pristine and trout rich rivers found in the South Island of New Zealand. His raft allows anglers to not only fish as they drift but also lets them cover up to 16kms of wild New Zealand River per day. A favourite River is the Clutha. Details and Rates

Ray Potroz: Our resident North Island bird hunting and bow hunting expert. From his base in Taranaki he guides clients after a wide diversity of waterfowl and upland game bird species. He can even offer hunts for wild peacock: an amazing safari as these birds are as wary as any wild deer. Potroz also has access to one of the few wild bull properties in New Zealand and has taken a trophy himself with the bow. This trophy billy goat was taken recently on a property where goat numbers are high, and numerous shot opportunities will occur. More details and prices here: Details and Rates

Contact Greg: fairchase@paradise.net.nz