My Tararua Hunting Trip

It was the day after New Year when I received a phone call from my mate Wilson who was keen to go on a hunting trip

WRITTEN BY ~ JOSH WIGGINS

He mentioned going up to a farm out of Whanganui where we used to hunt regularly when we were younger but the weather wasn’t looking flash for that. After a few ideas floating around in my head, I finally hatched a plan and gave him a call back. The plan was to walk into a spot in the Tararua Ranges for an overnighter where I had seen a few deer in the past. It would be my first hunting trip I had organised on my own. I could finally put my firearms licence to work and I was confident that I could bring something home to fill a small gap in the freezer. I checked the weather and it mentioned a bit of rain overnight but it didn’t actually come…

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