DEER STALKING

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1933, Page 5

DEER STALKING

POOR HEADS SECURED.

LORD LATYMER DISAPPOINTED

WELLINGTON, May I].

'I certainly would not advise any Englishman to come out to New Zealand to shoot deer," said Lord Latymer. to a'reporter to-day. “It is not worth anyone’s while.” Lord Latymer is an English, visitor to New Zealand, and .has recently returned from a seven weeks’ stalking expedition in Westland. He is returning to Great Britain by the Rangitata. During the whole, period he spent in Westland he secured only ..five head of deer, and these were not, by any means large. He was disappointed with the product of his shooting, and expressed his opinion on the methods, preailing in New Zealand regarding the destruction of deer. The New Zealand Government’s. Present policy of permitting India? criminate shooting of deer in Westland, he said, simply did not make it worth while to engage in the sport, and he would not advise anyone to come out to New Zealand for the sole purpose of shooting deer. Both stags and hinds were being shot out, and the heads of those remaining were generally poor. Most of the period Lord Latymer spent in Westland was marred by wet weather, hut he spoke most highly of the New Zealand scenery. He had spent an enjoyable time in the Dominion, his chief disappointment being the quality of the shooting. He saw neither lficose nor wapiti in the area which lie covered in Westland, this being because it was too far north.