TOP 5 TIPS FOR PLANNING A FAMILY HUNTING TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND

A hunting trip to New Zealand is the perfect adventure if you're a hunting enthusiast looking to share your passion with your family. At Four Seasons Safaris, we offer family-friendly hunting packages that combine world-class hunting with activities for everyone,...

Hunting in New Zealand

Hunting in New Zealand

Hunting in New Zealand   A list of the popular animals that are hunted on both Islands. While only some of the species can be found on the South Island because those animals live in the Mountains of the Southern Alps.    Red Deer Stag: The red deer stag's...

Stag Hunt

Stag Hunt

New Zealand Stag Hunt Just in Time There was an hour of light left in the day and we were closing the distance on a group of red stags we had been tailing all day. We were hunting in the Hunters hills range on the South Island of New Zealand. It was steep hill...

Red Stag Roar
Red Stag Roar

Red Stag Roar

This time of the year in New Zealand is the beginning of fall, and the stags that roam the hills are coming into the most exciting time of the year, the “rut.” The “rut”, or otherwise known as the “roar” for the red deer starts in the month of March and goes through April in New Zealand.

Bull Tahr of New Zealand

Bull Tahr of New Zealand

The big black grizzly bears of the Southern Alps as we call them. The Bull Tahr are undoubtingly the undisputed champions of the mountains here in New Zealand.   These sure footed alpine animals live in the most rugged and steep terrain New Zealand has to...

Chamois Rut

Chamois Rut

In May to June in New Zealand the Himalayan Tahr aren’t the only animals in the steep alpine peaks getting frisky with the opposite sex. The Chamois rut is in full swing as well. The male Chamois move from their solitary locations to find females coming into heat....

Flying to New Zealand

Flying to New Zealand

A long flight and costly air fares don’t need to keep you from booking your dream vacation. When people think of traveling to New Zealand the thoughts that typically come to mind are the air fares and long flight. Both of these subjects need to be revisited to give...

Fallow Deer Rut

Fallow Deer Rut

In New Zealand we have the pleasure of hunting many species of animals, and many species means the pleasure of hunting multiple ruts. The Red deer rut kicks New Zealand off as the first rutting season starting in March. Following the Red Deer rut is the Fallow deer...

Hunting New Zealand
Take your Kids Outdoors

Take your Kids Outdoors

Mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunties, uncles, we all have children around us, lets gets them outside and into the great outdoors. Here in New Zealand we are going into winter and we are in the middle of our hunting season.

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by Nov 5, 2019