Thread: Excellent Books by Kiwi Authors

That Richard Hall book has some really great writing in it.


Along the track - Bill Axbey. Not necessarily about deer shot but some of the adventures he had were remarkable.Theres a bit about a weka the Transit swamp that never fails to get a grin out of me.

The golden bush - Temple Sutherland. Will keep this one for my son when hes older.


Pack and Rifle - Philip Holden. A classic to any North Island hunter and quite a few South Island ones too.

Call of the Moose - Ray Tinsley. A good capture of the difficulty in searching for a Fiordland moose, and all the other difficulties of huntying in the post recovery era. Theres a bit in there about him being high over Wet Jacket Arm somewhere when hes sure he hears a cow moose. The way he describes it is almost haunting really.

The best thing about almost all of NZs hunting books is that they show a culture that is unique to NZ and stir uo the imagination of whats possible for a hunter in this day and age.