Most clients are so excited about the big game New Zealand has to offer, they completely overlook turkey hunting opportunities.
May is the beginning of the chamois rut, and our chamois first foot hunter of the year has arrived from Idaho, USA.
In April 2018 we saw one of the heaviest early snows in the high country we have seen. For Alaskan Outfitter Jeff Burwell and family this could not have been better timing for tahr hunting with New Zealand Safaris.
Fallow bucks are in full rut (croak) now in April. Deer hunting for fallow bucks is different than any other deer species in the world. The fallow bucks will have their own rut pad or a communal one and the females or does will come into these pads to get mated.
As April begins in the South Island of New Zealand you can typically find 3 species of big game animals in or near peak rut, including red stag, fallow buck, and elk.
