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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1938, Page 7

News has been brought to Dunedin of the conditions in the'Wapiti country, west of Lake Te Anau, by Mr K. Sutherland, of Masterton, who visits the fiord country every year for shooting. Mr Sutherland, accompanied by a guide, was 10 days in the wilds. During that time he saw only three wapiti, the largest species of deer in the Dominion. These were a 15pointer, a 13-pointer and a 12-pointer, but unfortunately the last two disappeared over a 1000 ft. cliff after he had shot them, and their antlers had been irreparably damaged. The 15-1 pointer, which he retained, was a specimen well above the average. The weather was very cold, Mr Sutherland said. There was often as much as 10 degrees of frost at midday. Most of the lakes were frozen 6ver, some with up to a foot of ice. Wapiti were very scarce, and not to be found much below 3000 feet.