WAPITI HUNTERS
STALKRRS RETURN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CORE, 12th April. Two parlies r.f wapiti hunters reached Gore to-dav, homeward bound. Messrs Thomas (Auckland), Holmes (Frankton Junction), Ormnston (Papaloctoe), and Cole (Nelson) iiad a. most successful trip. Entering the block at Te Allan, they hunted towards Lake-Sutherland. Mr Holmes secured a ten-pointer and a thir-tren-pointer wapiti, and Mr Thomas a twelve-pointer. Mr Holmes told an "Ensign" reporter that, the party were well pleased. Wapiti were sighted on the evening of the second day. Then mist l ; intervened. Mopwapiti were seen four days later. Mr Thomas also found a dead fonrteenpointer. This head was brought in with the others.
Messrs Nitz brothers (Masterton), working No. 2 block, were not, so sue eessful. They saw very few traces of wapiti. However, the; party had a. good outing. Roth parties pay a tribute to the kindness of the Southland Acclimatisation Society. The heads created [neat, interest at Gore to-day
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 7
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