MORE THAN 2000 DEER CULLED
EXPEDITION OF CANTERBURY STALKERS IN SOUTHLAND More than 2000 deer were shot in culling operations carried out in Fiordland. the Government national park in Southland, by a party of four stalkers who completed four months’ stalking for the Department of Internal Affairs a week or so ago. Messrs G. A. Hydes, of Wakanui, Ashburton, and C.-A. Thompson, Christchurch. who were in the party, have just returned to Canterbury. With headquarters established at the head of Lake Monowai, the stalkers operated over the whole of Fiordland, including the Cleyghearn, Ballian, and Hinnley mountains, into the back of Dusky Sound, -most of the shooting being done on and above the snow line. The deer were plentiful in spite of the fact that a much greater num-
ber was culled in the same area last year, when stalking was done over a period of about seven months, compared with four this year. Most of the deer were young, but were not in very good condition. The biggest heads were 12-pointers, and there were many with 10 points, but the best head was one of 11 points.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23966, 5 June 1943, Page 6
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