SPLENDID HUNTING GROUND.
INVERCARGILL. May 3. Tho first Wapiti deer to ho secured in the Southern Hemisphere have been shot in the West Coast sounds hv Mr Y. Donald (Masterton) and Mr L. Muriel (Alannpouri). The best of the three obtained was a 15-pointcr the spread of its antlers being 53) inches, the length 40 inches, the beam O’, inches, and the weight of the head 2711).
The hunters also saw a moose (ow in Supper Cove and ill other places they saw plenty of traces of t :e<? animals. Mr Donald estimates that the,e are now 118 moose and 2345 Wapiti in the fiord eo.iuti.v, these figures being based on the breeding habits of the animals.
The original herd of 18 AVapiti were presented by Theodore Roosevelt, and were liberated at George Sound in 1905.
Reports by fishermen and others indicated that the animals were doing well but Mr Donald’s is the first comprehensive report. Air Donald considers the fiord country will be tlie finest hunting ground in the world, because of its abundance of virgin feed necessary for (by deer ail'd the moose.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1923, Page 2
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185SPLENDID HUNTING GROUND. Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1923, Page 2
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