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Goes under the hammer in the Colonial Auction @ Dunbars this week....
The plaque reads "Shot by Alex Sutherland Hinakura 1835"
Quite impressive size...
I'm guessing a connection to Sutherland's hut..... ???
Sorry about the rubbish phone photo :(
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hinakura is an area of farmland in the wairarapa aswell, shot my first deer there.
1835? That would have been a muzzle loader?
I think it must be 1935. 1835 is a wee bit earlier for the introduction of deer in NZ.
There's a very similar Hinakura head in the Wairarapa NZDA club rooms. Some great heads have come from the area. Still do.
Ahhh yeah - silly typo sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneshot
Any chance you can find out what it sells for ?
I went and had a look at it, but didn't see it sell.
It was a Wapiti. Sutherland must have come from Hinakura, not shot it at Hinakura.
http://ketemasterton.peoplesnetworkn...how/105-ngaipu
