Hunting Chamois, the next best plan! Chamois have always been on our lease, Mt Maude, and the property Mt Burke Station, that our lease is part of. Maude and its catchment area cover several thousand acres, Mt Burke Station 28,000 acres. I estimate that we have 10,000 acres we can hunt chamois on, of this we currently utilizing just 3500 acres. We are going to use all of those 10,000 acres in 2024.Several reasons for this, primary amongst them is to take the pressure we are putting on the 3500 and spread it over the 10,000. We are at risk of over harvesting the accessible country we can day ..read more

June 2023 Newsletter As a hunting guide and Outfitter carrying over 25 years of experience, 2023 has to rate as a milestone. Nothing, in all of those years of hunting compares to the relief, excitement and overall success of 2023. Foremost to these feelings is that they were shared over 4 years with what began as a random group of clients. To those of you, and its only you that know what I’m referring too, thank you for being patient, understanding and above all else committed to your dream of a hunting adventure in New Zealand with us. Every hunt starts with excitement and expectation, wh ..read more

Hunting season 2023: back in business  Who can’t recall 25th of March 2020? As a hunting guide it’s etched into my memory, and here we are 25th March 2023. Three years later and three weeks into our 2023 hunting season with grins on our faces, and let’s be honest, finally some money in our bank account. Importantly all these current hunts are postponements from 2020, many of them booked in 2019. The feeling of closure, coupled with the sharing of the complexities of the three to four year wait, are something only those of us involved directly can fully appreciate. What a journey, tha ..read more

Telford Hunting 15 November 2022 New Zealand’s borders are open, New Zealand is safe and Telford hunting has its 2023 season operational plans in action. It’s a one-step-at-a-time set of plans. Everyone has their stories of Covid and the pandemic, many of these stories are still happening and will continue to influence and affect us for some time. For us as a business and the wider hunting community the timing (March 2020) could not have occurred at a worse time, we were three weeks into our season, the Red Stag rut was in full swing, we had a book full of hunters, everything was set for a ..read more

Hunting Tips & History Introduction of game animals to New Zealand  The first Red Deer to arrive in New Zealand did so as a gift from Lord Petre of Thorndon Park in Essex, England. The Stag and Hind arrived in Nelson in 1851,the Hind died just before arrival. In 1853 a Stag and Hind were sent from Richmond park, again The Hind died just 4 days prior to arrival. In 1860 Petre again sent 3 Red Deer to Nelson, these Deer arrived safe and well and were liberated behind Nelson. In 1861 six more Deer from Windsor park arrived in Wellington, they were transported to Carterton and liberated ..read more

There are 2 labs playing on the deck, a tabby cat stretched out in front of the fire box, snow falling above 1000m(3200ft) and craggy rain all around us. Sues off to the airport for work, no matter it’s Sunday, it’s on the roster and she is the boss, it’s not a flying day but there is always a small mountain of paper work to keep the business she CEOs for running smoothly. I’ve got an ample pile of dry firewood under the eaves on the deck and my normal clutter scattered of paper over the kitchen table..who needs an office. 2019 hunting season is behind us, the stags up on the lease will be g ..read more

What to expect when you bow hunt It’s the little things that make a big difference with bow hunting, having to many of the little things can lead to opportunities lost. With 25 years of bowhunting and over 30 as a hunting guide I’d call myself experienced, I may even go as far as saying I’m good at what I do, what I’m not is an expert.Nor can I read the hunters mind. That stag, Fallow buck or Tahr I can predict with a fare amount of certainty. The big question mark is always the hunter. I’m going to attempt to explain as gently as I can what your guide is hoping you can do once we have the win ..read more

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_image src=”https://telfordhunting.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bull-tahr-nz-1080.jpg” image_size=”full”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1565740067192{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Tahr , officially Himalayan Tahr (Hermitragus jemlahicus) or the beardless Himalayan mountain goat were first introduced to New Zealand in 1905. All to do with the English being in India and Nepal and collecting animal species that ended up in the UK then filtered out into other parts of the Commonwealth. NZ had the Southern Alps and in there wisdom the powers that be decided Tahr would ..read more

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_image src=”https://telfordhunting.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_2916.jpg” image_size=”full”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1565738859418{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Many hunters and their non hunting partners want to know how is the hunting day structured. Fair and good question. Nothing happens in a  hurry and we try not to pull surprises. Our hunting lease is 10 minutes drive from your lodgings so there no travel time, you can glass our lease from your rooms at the lodgings, I encourage you to. Our lease is exclusive so we are the only people hunting ..read more

I Thought I would use the seasons as my starting point for this quick catch up. It’s our summer right now, mix that in with Christmas and New Year and you will find most of New Zealand at the beach or the lakes with boats, kids, family and pets. Work is for most, on hold for 2-3 weeks, not so for a fishing guide and a flight instructor. Sue has the busiest time of her year right now. Good weather, plenty of people and long days make for lots of logged flying hours and all the pleasures and pressures of work. The fly fishing is in high demand, but I have a seasonal dilemma to deal with, my favo ..read more