by Ben Hope | Nov 29, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
Venison is one of the healthiest, low-fat, organic meats available. Obviously, the best animal for prime venison is a yearling, with the next two or three months ideal to get one for the deep freeze. The hinds, when they give birth to a fawn in late November to early...
by Shannon Williams | Nov 2, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing, News
After two years of New Zealand’s borders being shut to international tourists, bookings for the fishing season are looking promising – a welcome relief for fishing guides. Fish & Game NZ chief executive Corina Jordan said 100,000 fishing licences were expected to...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Nov 2, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
New Zealanders have a complicated relationship with eels. At times they have admired them as the most valuable fish in the country, and at others they have viciously hunted them to near extinction. For Māori, eels represented one of the single most important food...
by Tony Orman | Oct 6, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
Any chauvinistic male hunters better hunker down. Women are taking up hunting and entering the once macho-male world of hunting in increasing numbers. The latest of issue of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association’s magazine New Zealand Hunting and Wildlife features...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Oct 4, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features
Specialising in camping and outdoor products, Australian-based Nakie is a family-owned sustainable outdoor brand with a passion for nature. “We love to venture off the beaten path in an endeavour to relax and explore leaving nothing but memories and footprints,” says...
by Ben Hope | Sep 21, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
Whitebaiting is an annual Kiwi passion. It can be energetic or can be laid back. At the end of either style is the likelihood of delicious whitebait patties, splattered with lemon juice. The energetic approach involves scoop-netting the incoming surf at a river or...
