NZ Hunter

WELL SEASONED

On the last weekend we split the family in two different directions but then we decided to make the most of the final day by organising a hunt together in the Mackenzie Country.

At our Saturday evening rendezvous everyone was somewhat weary and the thought of putting decoys out in subzero temperatures, only to find them frozen solid was not enticing to any of us. We opted for a meal out and an early night. It was cold, clear and completely still with a forecast for similar conditions come daybreak the next morning.

We headed out around 5am after a quick cuppa and filling up our thermoses. Packing supplies into the trucks confirmed what we already knew – the temperature was registering on the ‘brass monkey’ scale. I was super-stoked that I’d found and

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