Dogboy,

Welcome! I loved your story and the photos are awesome! Being from Wellington, I assume you were hunting the north island, right? I so appreciate guys like you. If nothing else, stories like yours opens the minds of a few brave enough to venture aboard.

Wow, hunting year round with no tags to purchase and a cornucpia of free ranging game ( most of it poisonedas pests). Moreover, you can throwin a ton of public land! How could a bow hunter not want to hunt New Zealand. Heck, I beat a person could get a hunt done there for under $2500 including airfare. Hmmm.....think of the memories.

For the record, you Kiwis are the friendliest folks on the planet!

Cheers mate! Good on you!