ABUNDANCE OF GOOD STAGS
STALKING IN REMOTE PART OP WESTLAND A district in which there does not seem to be a poor head and where the stags do not appear to mind the report of a rifle, bas at last been found by some stalkers. Mr M. B. Grant, of Christchurch, and Mr W. J. Glasgow, of Rangiora, returned home on Wednesday after four days’ stalking at the headwaters of the Tutaikuri river, about 17 or 18 miles from the Lewis Pass road, and close to the main divide, where they found these conditions. The country where they were stalking was high and wild, and Mr Grant attributed the fearlessness of the stags to the remoteness of the district, which meant that very little shooting had been done there. As is usual, the best heads were found on the highest parts. Deer were found in good numbers but there were never many in a herd together. The stags were still roaring and collecting their hinds. The two men shot 15 stags altogether, the best being a 12-pointer.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21760, 17 April 1936, Page 12
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