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CHANGING SEASONS CONTENTS 04 EATING METERS ON A STAG HUNT 07 OAKLEY WINNERS AND WIN WITH OAKLEY 08 NGAMATEA WILDERNESS 10 TRADIE PROFILE – JOHN OVERTON 14 HOW TO SHOOT MORE DUCKS 18 UNDERWATER GATHERING

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utumn is a great season for the outdoor-inclined in NZ. The days may get shorter, but typically the weather is settled, the water is still warm, the fish are hungry, and hunting opportunities abound!

It is therefore fitting that this edition contains two hunting features – an entertaining trip report from Ant Niterl starting on pg 4, and an instructional piece on duck hunting by Scott Taylor on pg 14. Turn to pg 10 to read Helen Horrocks’ Tradie Profile about John Overton – a keen fisherman and tournament organiser who is a sheety by trade. Nick Jones rounds off this edition on pg 18 with an article for the casual underwater hunter-gatherer.

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EATING METERS ON A STAG HUNT When work was pulling Ant Niterl in all directions he decided to go on an adventure to his therapeutic place – the South Island

By Ant Niterl wilderness mountains and bush.

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packed my bags and hopped on the metallic chicken to Christchurch where I was greeted by a great rooster, Ben Tumata from Big Game Hunting. A teacher, a mate and family man with a wealth of hunting wisdom. Jeez, this guy has taught me alot, the fundamentals of bush etiquette, how to make clean

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kills, dissecting your kill, and the art of surviving in the wilderness. May I add, he wasn’t too shy on deleting a couple of tri-stars either – my kind of guy.

We headed up north somewhere to the back of Kaikoura. A Department of Conservation block covered in scorched yellow grass, rocky

outlooks, scree faces, and plenty of valleys. It was late February, the stags were being lads and mobbing up in a gangs, patrolling the pastures and sizing up each other.

Roar was around the corner and these brutes were filling their gut bags for mating season.

It was hot, and I was wetter than an otters pocket an hour into our hunt. We marched for about 5km until we were greeted by a long valley of the South Island’s best shrubbery and feed waiting to be punished by four legged woodland creatures. We hugged the left side of this face and glassed back up the valley. Wrapping our optic nerves around the binos our pupils grew with arousal at the sight of eight stags on the hills. Big brutes that honestly could have been mistaken for a stable of Kaimanawa horses.

We made a choice to target one that was moving down to the valley floor – he looked about eight years old, was built like a German submarine and was blessed with thick, bow like, symmetrical 10 point antlers that almost joined at the top to complete a heart shape. Romantic kind of stuff. He oozed serious charm and arrogance.

Ben edged down this scree face about 10m in front of me and I followed suit with every move he made. This was a bloody tough and

Any move we made in a crouched position would send debris falling down the hill, which obviously made us stick out like dogs balls..

awkward situation. Any move we made in a crouched position would send debris falling down the hill, which obviously made us stick out like dogs balls. We carried on for about an hour, inch by inch, edging closer to him into the fading light and fog. I tell you what, we were playing games with the Albert Einstein of all deer. He would put his head down to graze and then after a couple of seconds look up again. Even the itchiest ball bag was not going to tempt me to move a muscle.

Suddenly the wind changed direction and this big lad bolted, sending the mob of stags into a game of bull rush up the mountain. I shouted out to Benji to have a shot at one of the others while they were on the run. He threw some lead into the chamber and let one fly up the valley and poleaxed this monster 12 pointer from around 400 yards out. Heck…

I’ve never seen precision like that before in my life. This bloke was sharp.

We made our way into the mist and drizzle to find this beautiful animal. There is something amazing about struggling for something so rewarding in the wilderness. I can’t explain it but it is up their with the best feeling in the world. Deer heart was on the menu, a splash of olive oil and garlic. The boys tucked in and washed it down with a cold yeast Offsitenz

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that we had left marinating in the chilly river below the camp. This was living.

We were up at sparrow’s fart after five hours of lying horizontal on a rocky ridge. We were back in the pressure cooker heat wise, it was stinking, and at 7am we were already stripping down to our favourite singlets and footy shorts. We spied another mob of six stags way up on a mountain face. We eyeballed them for about 30 minutes, ate a tuna and cheese wrap, and watched them slowly disappear up and over the mountain top into a steamy horizon.

Little did we know we were about to embark on a massive tour through the hills. These odourous stags took us on a wild goose chase and we were eating meters and leaking serious fluids trying to close the gap.

After six hours hiking we had a lapse of concentration and decided to go

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After six hours hiking we had a lapse of concentration and decided to go lower than the stags in an attempt to glass up the hill for sitting heads in the grass.

lower than the stags in an attempt to glass up the hill for sitting heads in the grass. We walked straight downwind and the stags bolted. We weren’t stopping these gentleman, and we licked our wounds as we made our way back to camp.

Enroute home after watching a little boar poking about in the tussock I noticed two stags in the distance on the neighbouring face. A big wonkey nine pointer who was rubbing a tree and his compadre with seven points. I said to Ben, I’m taking that stripping nine pointer over there.

In the most awkward position in history, something a Kama Sutra instruction book would be jealous of, I attempted to take aim. It was blowing a gale and Ben told me to aim for the stomach so the wind could assist the bullet into the shoulder. The stag walked in front of the cross hairs and I pulled trigger.

Bang! The stag bucks up in the air

and Ben yells, “you’ve hit him, reload, reload”. The stag bolts for 10m and then hits the deck in a dust storm. We watched in dismay as this big bodied carcass rolled down the face of this mountain for about 100m. It was incredible it didn’t break it’s antlers but it sure was tenderised. The climax to an amazing hunt.

We spent about an hour cutting the big boy up, talking about the mission and how tough it was in every facet and finished it off with a few photos to show the lads back at home. We started the march back at 6.00pm and eventually curled up into a sleeping spot at 1.00am in the morning where we rested under the stars for two hours, then finally rose to finish and knock the bastard off at 6.00am. McDonalds and copious amounts of coffees never tasted so bloody good.

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NGAMATEA WILDERNESS When 14-year-old Logan Juchnowicz visited Lake Tarawera in January with his father Stan, little did he know he was going to tick off a few ‘firsts’.

A stalwart of the plumbing industry, Stan enjoys heading out onto the lake or into the hills to chase trout and deer, and being a family man he also likes to be there when his sons catch their first trout.

So when a gap came up in a group hunting and fishing trip to Ngamatea Station in late January it didn’t take much for Stan to sign Logan up. Logan had already proved himself plinking targets with a .22 at Tarawera and he was ready for something bigger.

So with ten good keen men from Wellington and New Plymouth, the Zip Plumbing Plus team arrived at Taihape to meet hosts Geoff Thomas and John Bebbington from Rheem before heading up the Taihape-Napier Road to Ngamatea Station.

The 70,000 acre property is well known for producing trophy sika stags, but the hunting for meat animals – which helps control deer numbers – is also popular and guides Glen and Mitchell Ewart and Dave Hern were waiting when the group arrived at the hunting hut on the edge of a patch of bush.

Some of the Plumbing Plus group were experienced hunters and some were yet to bag their first animal.

The guides loaded each 4WD buggy and headed in

different directions for an evening hunt. When the first vehicle returned at 5.30pm and headed across to the meat safe under the trees, Geoff and John thought “At least they will have one animal.” But guide Dave Hern had a large smile knowing there were already three deer hanging in the safe.

In fact by nightfall when all had returned, the nine hunters were all on the board with a deer. Logan had bagged his first, with one shot, and as most of the guys relaxed in the sun the next day, Stan and Logan went out to get another one and then Logan went for a walk with John to look for rabbits. He soon ticked that box also.

Dave Hern is also a professional fly fishing guide and always carries fly rods with him, and an hour on a tributary of the Rangitikei River saw a nice trout hooked which Stan brought to the bank.

The barbecue on Saturday night was pretty popular as crayfish grilled with garlic and butter and paua fritters soon disappeared.

After just two days of morning and evening hunts the group finished with a total of 16 deer hanging in the meat safe. Geoff took them back to Rotorua where a home kill butcher turned them into patties, sausages and steaks which arrived by courier a week later.

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Fresh Rangitikei River tributary trout

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John Overton

Practical Artist

By Helen Horrocks

The Broverton Invitational is probably one of the biggest fishing tournaments you’ve never heard of. Unless you’re from Whangarei, where this annual event has achieved a sort of cult legendary status among fishos there. I was honoured to be among just 100-or-so people invited to fish the tournament after meeting co-founder John Overton through work.

As much as he loves the blokey element of the fishing comp itself, and “giving it a good nudge on Saturday night”, as is tradition, it’s catching up with family and friends for a BBQ on the Saturday afternoon that he really looks forward to nowadays.

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ohn’s a ‘sheety’ by trade, although after 16 years of service at Ross Insulation and Sheet Metal on Port Road, he’s moved from the shop floor to a more comfortable chair upstairs, where he spends much of his time creating CAD designs for sheet metal projects.

The Broverton came about as many Kiwi success stories do, as something of a backyard idea between mates.

About seven years ago, John and his twin brother Andrew Overton together the ‘Brovertons’ - decided they’d rather go fishing for their birthday than celebrate it with the usual malarkey in town. So together with about 20 of their mates, they fished and stayed the weekend at Whangaruru, north of Whangarei, and the Broverton was born.

These days the Broverton - although still fiercely competitive - is a real family affair. The event regularly draws a crowd of 150 or more keen fishermen, partners, kids,

dogs, caravans and everything else including the kitchen sink. John says it was a natural progression for the Broverton, now that he and Andrew and most of their mates have kids. As much as he loves the blokey element of the fishing comp itself, and “giving it a good nudge on Saturday night”, as is tradition, it’s catching up with family and friends for a BBQ on the Saturday afternoon that he really looks forward to nowadays.

I fished the Broverton for the first time in 2017, when a typical midOctober norwester cut off many of the options. But my teammate and I determinedly fished through the night, and she managed to land a half decent snapper, which at 72cm was enough to take out first place in the women’s section.

It says a lot about the Broverton that there is now a women’s section, along with a soon-to-be kids section, and even a best salad section, in what began as a boys weekend away.

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But the tournament has evolved in many ways over the years. One of the most significant changes being the move to measuring fish rather than weighing.

Perhaps even more so now that he has kids of his own, it made perfect sense to John to make the switch to measuring, allowing folks to release the big ones if they want. They now

use the DB Fishing Comp rules and measures - complete with a unique Broverton sticker handed out before start fishing time - and encourage everyone to enter their fish in the DB competition as well. That’s paid off nicely for competitors in recent years, including this writer, who took out the DB grand prize last year with a very average 53cm snapper caught in the 2017 Broverton.

“This year’s winning fish was released though - a whopping 30lb model that set the bar for the biggest landed in the comp’s history.”

John says he prefers to release the big ones, but also admits he’s never actually come close to winning the Broverton himself. This year’s winning fish was released though - a whopping 30lb model that set the bar for the biggest landed in the comp’s history. So if you were thinking this friendly mates comp would be a walkover, think again. There are some very serious fishermen with their eyes on the trophies. And once you’ve seen the beautifully crafted, hand carved wooden snapper and kingfish trophies, along with the significant prize pool donated by local businesses, it’s easy to understand why.

The snapper trophy - with its plasma cut sheet metal fins - gives a subtle hint to John’s other passion, and his creative side. Sheet metal just happens to be a medium that’s freely available to him, and one he’s developed into both a hobby and a successful sideline for his company.

When work quietened off one November, John sat down at his desk and drew a couple of CAD designs for outdoor braziers. It was a fun project, and something to keep the guys busy while work was slow.

When the finished braziers were ready, he posted a few pictures on the company’s Facebook page, which promptly went viral. People loved the designs and wanted to buy them, so he designed some more.

Now they offer four designs, in three different sizes. John says it’s a great way to train their young guys, who get to put all their apprenticeship skills into practice - from CAD design and plasma cutting, to rolling, folding and welding - to create a finished piece they can be proud of, and that’s a saleable item for the company.

They also create a range of wall art, cut from corten steel which weathers nicely outdoors. John says they can create just about anything you can dream of in sheet metal - from the most practical, to the most artistic.

Practical and artistic might at first seem to be contradictory adjectives, but they both apply equally to John.

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WE WANT YOU! His love of boating, camping and good old catch-ups around the fire have been the driving force behind many of his creative projects, which all seem to have a practical purpose at heart.

He’s spent many hours creating purposeful yet beautiful additions to the family boat, a 5.5m modified Stabicraft called ‘The Dogbox’. But these days it’s rebuilding retro caravans that takes up most of John’s spare time. Having a caravan do-up project in the shed - or more accurately, four caravans - lets him stay close to his family whilst doing something practical he enjoys.

As with the Broverton Invitational, and his ‘Broziers’ (as the braziers are affectionately known at work), John has used Facebook to create an enthusiastic community around his caravan hobby. The ‘Northland Carnies’ Facebook group - initially a bit of a joke between mates, a place for them to share their caravan projects has now surprised even John with its following of over 100 members.

But John is someone who seems to take success - whether in the real world or the digital - in his stride. And it’s easy to see he’s not one to take life too seriously. “It’s just a bit of fun”, he says about his many and varied projects. “I’ve always been a ‘tutu’.”

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HOW TO SHOOT MORE

As an avid water fowler and a relatively successful one, a question Scott Taylor is often asked is: “How do I shoot more ducks?” Here are Scott’s five top tips to help you be more successful this season.

By Scott Taylor 5. Practice makes perfect There’s almost no point arriving at your wetland on opening morning to fire shots at ducks with no results.

A bit of practice prior to opening is almost guaranteed to result in a better outcome.

I also hear many accounts from hunters who pick up their gun in the morning to find its not cycling or firing. Make sure you check over your firearm well before opening to ensure it is functioning properly.

Most gunsmiths are way too busy one or two weeks out to accommodate another fix, so be prepared well in advance.

Go and practice some passing shots at your local club, or better yet, Hunting and Fishing NZ hold a series of eyeopener shoots with various sporting layouts which will certainly help you get your eye in. You can find your local Clay Target club here: https://www. nzclaytarget.org.nz/clubs

4. Reconnaissance In the off-season I’m always keeping an eye out for new water and watching the habits of my local waterfowl. I’m lucky to live close to my hunting spots, so it’s relatively easy to get the lay of the land, but for a lot of you it may not be that easy.

Put a weekend aside and head down to your possie and just watch what happens. You may find one area has more activity in the evening than in the early morning. Take notes! Our

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main pond shoots well in the morning but after 10am the flight dies, so very rarely do we bother with an evening shoot because we know it’s not worth the effort.

3. Keep movement to a minimum One of my pet peeves when duck hunting is sitting next to a mate with itchy feet or restless legs. Stay still and keep your adrenalin under control.

Ducks have excellent eyesight and can detect movement extremely well.

Keep still, and while I’m not a fan of wide-brimmed hats, they can be great to help conceal your face. Personally, I prefer a baseball cap.

Whenever possible I keep my face down and never look up unless the birds are flying away. If you have birds flaring away for no apparent reason, have a quick look over your shoulder and check your hunting buddy doesn’t have a case of the jitters!

&DPRXƯDJH I can’t stress enough the importance of good concealment!

INTERESTING DUCK FACTS Vision: Ducks have excellent vision.

Because a duck's eyes are located on either sides of its head, they have a field of vision of nearly 340 degrees. And thanks to the shape of their eyes, they can see objects both near and far simultaneously. To top it off, ducks have three eyelids and can see in color.

I can’t stress enough the importance of good concealment.

Smell: The myth derives from the belief that birds can detect human scent.

Actually, birds have relatively small and simple olfactory nerves, which limit their sense of smell.

Ducks have exceptionally good eyesight and as their eyes are placed on either side of their heads (monocular vision), they possess 360° vision. As humans we must look left to right to identify passing objects – ducks don’t.

Ducks can detect reds, yellows, and blues clearly, so don’t go water

fowling in your blue camo top!

Make sure you take the time to camo your hunting blind and while the outside must be well covered in foliage, make certain the floor is also hidden. Birds flying over are going to be looking down and a well cleaned wooden floor can stand out against green/brown foliage.

Shane Hartstone, Rob Horsley, Quinn Taylor and the author with last seasons opening morning bag limit.

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Mai-mai Location

Landing zone

Fill in the pond edges and areas you dont want birds to land but be sure to leave a good landing zone!

1. Wait for the shot!

Wait until the birds are right in the hot spot before you shoot.

Opening morning last season was a cracker, but not before a real stuffup on a pair of plump mallards.

The birds had descended and on the third pass appeared to be well within shooting range. I figured next pass and we’d take them. They passed behind us out of sight and as they banked around towards us, I kept my face down. I thought they would come straight over our pond left to right, so I called it without

looking: “TAKE EM!” We jumped up only to see the birds flare 50-plus yards out and veer away never to be seen again.

Obviously, they had gone in the opposite direction to the one I had anticipated.

Wait until the birds are right in the hot spot before you shoot. I’m not a great shot, so to compensate I try to make shots as easy as possible.

I’m a fan of the straight ahead or the hoverer, so wherever possible I

will take these shots and leave the more difficult birds to the more competent shooter in the blind.

Many years ago, we took a rangefinder down to our pond and took readings on key points round the wetland, so we would know exactly how far out the shots are likely be. This is a really good way to get a relatively accurate indication of the distance the birds are at.

Good luck this season and be safe!

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UNDERWATER GATHERING We are incredibly lucky in New Zealand to be able to gather our own kaimoana, and one of the best ways to get a tasty feed and have a whole lot of fun is jumping in the water with a mask and snorkel.

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’m very much m a casual freediver. Fishing is my freediver primary pursuit, but I like taking to the water for an hour or so to mix things up a bit. My breath hold isn’t great, and I rarely dive deeper than around 8 metres. Hence, I’m more into gathering tasty critters with my hands than spearfishing – and this article will focus on three of the tastiest critters found around the coast.

Crayfish There’s no doubt that crays are getting harder to come by in many areas, particularly on the east coast from the Bay of Plenty to Northland. However, they can still be encountered most days if you put in the effort. I prefer a lazy approach – diving in shallow areas with decent water clarity at low-tide so you don’t have to work too hard! I regularly spot their tell-tale feelers poking out from cracks or under rocks when I’m up on the surface, and you can find them in surprisingly

shallow water. Getting right in amongst the shoreline gutters, exposed rocks and reefs is sometimes where you’ll have the greatest success – possibly because these crays don’t often cross paths with the numerous commercially set cray pots in some spots.

Most divers hold their crayfish cards pretty close to their chests, so it pays to find your own spots.

Google Maps in satellite view is great as it shows the type of coastline and underwater structures in any given area. The more gnarly the shoreline the better, as it means more cover for crayfish, and I also find more crays in areas where there is decent weed cover and fish life.

Broken open kina shells and other food debris outside cracks and caves is usually a good sign for closer inspection – which basically involves sticking your head right in there and hoping to come face-to-face with a cray rather than a toothy moray eel.

Similarly, shed crayfish shells lying around the place after the

The more gnarly the shoreline the better, as it means more cover for crayfish

moulting period means they are present – just beware of softshell specimens which cannot be kept.

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Shucking scallops after a successful dive in Kawau Bay

good places to look as scallops are filter feeders. While most people hit the well-known beds which can be productive, I like finding my own spots – generally in shallower water and with much larger scallops. If they are still under water at low tide they could be there, and my current favourite spot is extremely shallow! If you are scoping out a

new area it always pays to hunt on an incoming tide as generally the water will be significantly clearer.

Paua I clearly remember the first time I went diving for Paua back in my Dunedin student days. Armed with pretty dodgy wetsuit set-ups and butter knifes marked with vivid at the 125mm minimum legal-size

we slid into the frigid water and were immediately greeted by a carpet of paua

measure, we slid into the frigid water and were immediately greeted by a carpet of paua.

On that day I think we lost our respective knives due to numbing hands and retreated back to our crappy flat for a well-deserved box of Speights!

While paua are certainly more prolific and larger the further south you go, legal ones can

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Paua are generally found in groups still be gathered throughout the country if you look hard. Paua like exposed rocky coastlines where oxygenated water provides good conditions for the food source of paua – algae. They often prefer

smoother rocks and therefore investigating areas where boulders fall into the shore is often rewarding. If you find an area like this on an open coast with pink algae showing at low-tide then

“My favourite way of consuming these bad boys is to wrap them in a tea towel I don’t like anymore and beat them up with something hard like a hammer until well tenderised, then slice into thick chips, roll in flour, and fry with lots of butter and sliced onions on a high heat.”

there may well be paua in the vicinity. The larger models tend to hide away under rocks or in cracks during the day, and if the rocks are small enough it can be worth flipping them completely over to expose the tasty morsels.

To prepare paua wedge your thumb between the meaty foot and the shell and keep pushing until the muscle pops free from the shell. Then simply remove the gut sack (unless you enjoy eating this like many do!) and cut out the hard teeth which can be felt on the mouth end of the paua.

My favourite way of consuming these bad boys is to wrap them in a tea towel I don’t like anymore and beat them up with something hard like a hammer until well tenderised, then slice into thick chips, roll in flour, and fry with lots of butter and sliced onions on a high heat.

Good luck out there!

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