FINE HEADS TAKEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 955, 24 April 1930, Page 9

FINE HEADS TAKEN

DEER-STALKING CAMP IN WESTLAND LORD LATYMER RETURNS Special to THE SEX WESTPORT, Today. ” Bush-stal king, to me. is not very exciting, but stalking for deer in Westland above the bush is rather similar to the sport in Scotland, though the country in New Zealand is a good deal rougher.’’ Interesting views on deer-stalking in New Zealand are given by Lord Latymer, who has returned from mountainous country 50 miles back from Lake Wan aka. Lord and Lady Latymer are returning to England by the Rangitiki, which sails from Wellington on Saturday morning. The base camp of Lord Latymer's party was at Harpur’s Bluff, above Haast Pass. To make camp from Makarora, the swift Landsborough River had to be crossed twice in this extremely difficult country. Of the seven heads taken, one was a 16-pointer, but Lord Latymer regarded an 11-pointer as the best head. Lord Latymer shot the 16-pointer in the early morning. The stag was on a rocky crag below the Declien Glacier and the country was so rough that the locality was not reached until early afternoon. The stag was brought down with the first shot. Bush stalking did not appeal to Lord Latymer because the stags could not bo traced unless they were roaring. There were sufficient animals because lie saw 15 hinds with one stag. The heads he had taken were considerably above the average of those taken in Scotland. Lord Latymer also expressed the opinion that deer did very little damage to the bush, from observations he had made in Westland. In trout fishing at Lake Taupo before the season had begun fully. Lord Latymer landed six rainbow trout averaging six pounds in weight.