NZDA Publications

During it's existence, the Association has been involved in many publications. To order any of the following, please download the order form below and forward it to:

New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association
PO Box 6514
Wellington 6141

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Fundraiser - 100 Limited Edition Black and White 'Bull Tahr' Unframed Prints

NZDA has produced 100 limited edition black and white 'Bull Tahr' unframed prints (to fit 16" x 20" frame with matting board).

The original pencil drawing was created by Wellington art teacher Alan Patterson and based on the slide taken by Tony Pidgeon that won the NZDA Wellington Cup - Colour Slides in 2000.

Money raised from the sale of the prints well be managed by the National Association to provide funds to cover a request from Southland Branch NZDA for four radio tracking collars. The radio tracking collars will be used to assist the research work being undertaken in the Wapiti area of the Fiordland National Park.

NZDA has commissioned further prints in this big game series, which will also be available as limited editions. The next print will be of the Wapiti.

Introductory price to the series - $75.00 including P&P.

NZDA 2009 Calendar - 'the way it used to be...'

NZDA has produced a 2009 calendar with 13 historical photos from the glory days of hunting, featuring the 1950s to the 1970s, including photos of famous legends such as Norman Douglas.

Features NZDA, NZCT, NZSR, NZPA and bowhunting championship dates, pig hunting competitions, militaria auctions, ballot dates, fishing seasons, national competition close of dates, duck shooting season and submission dates.

The calendar has been reduced in price from $20.00 to $5.00 including P&P. Limited number available at this price.

The Golden Days of Stalking: The Hunting Diaries of Archie Kitto - Compiled and Edited by D. Bruce Banwell

Bruce Banwell has compiled and edited the articles and diaries of Archie Kitto and his companions. These tell the story of the stalking experiences of this party of successful sportsmen led by Archie Kitto in the rangeland of the Otago herd of Red deer during its halcyon days of the 1920s. A valuable, historical account of those golden years of deerstalking in Otago and South Westland by a group of men who represented the very epitome of the sportsmen of that era.

240 pages including a foreword by Ed Kitto. Well illustrated with colour maps, and black and white photos.

The RRP for this book is $40.00 but NZDA is offering it at a special price of $37.00 including P&P.

Wild New Zealand by Trevor Chappell and Dave Blair

This book is produced for lovers of wildlife and the wild country that is their home; wherever in the world they may live.

Wild New Zealand is a celebration of New Zealand's diverse wild country and of her wildlife. It has been written and compiled by men and women who have spent much of their lives travelling its bush, its mountains and rivers.

These hardy people whose lives have always been deeply involved with birds and animals, have marked our wild country with the prints of their boots in order to acquire the exceptional images that you will find between these pages; photographs all gifted to produce this exciting volume.

120 pages including a foreword by Sir Paul Reeves, the Governer General of New Zealand 1985 - 1990. Well and beautifully illustrated with colour photos.

The RRP for this book is $49.95 but NZDA is offering it at a special price of $35.00 including P&P.

My Stalking Memories by Major R. A. Wilson

In My Stalking Memories Major Wilson recalls the Golden Age of deer stalking in New Zealand when distinguished sportsmen from all over the world were drawn to this country in search of trophy heads. To todays generation of shooters it will seem in vivid contrast to present conditions when the Dominion's game animals are classed as vermin to be exterminated with poison and bulls by government-paid killers. The author regrets this indiscriminate slaughter, more especially of wapiti, whose numbers are easily controlled and whose magnificent heads excel those now obtainable in their native America where the herds are regarded as a national asset.

For a number of years Major Wilson made annual expeditions to stalk red deer in such famous South Island game areas as the Dingle, the Hunter, the Wills, the Makarora, the Landsborough, the Burke, the Hokitika and the Macfarlane, and he later hunted Wapiti in the Glaisnock. His descriptions of the country and the people he knew in those years will be of interest to all New Zealand sportsmen.

NZDA is offering this book for $40.00 including P&P.

A Lifelong Love of the Outdoors by Dave Atkins

This is a lifetime of hunting from the age of 16 in 1943 up to when the author was still actively engaged in the sport in 1989.

Many hunting books have been written over the years, but very few, if any, about one man’s lifetime in the sport. The book is broadly based on Colin Davey’s book ‘Deer on my Doorstep’ published in 1965 by A H & A Reed as I have found no other about one man’s life of hunting.

Chapter one, covers the period from when the very first rifle (a .22) was bought to shoot rabbits, right through until with my first big game rilfe (a .303), my first few deer were in the bag.

The book then continues to give accounts of the many exciting hunting trips that the author and his friends accomplished over a period of five years in the Tararua Ranges.

At the same time the author was very involved with the Tararua Tramping Club and at the same time gained most of his mountain experience. This same period was used to start climbing and skiing in the winters.

The period from 1950 to 1959 was dedicated to home building and overseas travel and the book, basically a hunting book, resumes in 1960 when the author joins other hunters to form a ‘branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association Inc (NZDA)’.

The book does not dwell on the NZDA, only gives credit for introducing the author to the hunting of other species, and for encouraging the big game hunting of trophy animals, especially those of the South Island.

Several trips to the Mount Cook area, Stewart Island and the Westland area make up a lot of the book’s hunting stories, and the author had the privilege of seeing the great herds that will never been seen again because of the advent of the helicopter and commercial venison recovery.

Mention is made of contributions to Search and Rescue, also the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council while a member of NZDA.

NZDA is offering this book for $30.00 including P&P.