Red Stag Hunting New Zealand

About Outfitter

Jim Gibson has earnt the reputation for New Zealand Safaris as being one of the highest quality Outfitters in New Zealand. As professional New Zealand hunting outfitters we have exclusive access to privately owned high country wilderness mountain properties in New Zealand which are unmatched in the industry to date both low fence and estate hunting. With the advantage of being able to hunt of our of lodge each day including Tahr & Chamois. Our aim to give you an unforgettable experience be that hunting, adventure tours, sight seeing or lodge accommodation. New Zealand Safaris offers premier big game hunting, including the “monster” red stag and tahr, Chamois, Elk, Fallow Buck, wild sheep, as well as amazing fishing and wing shooting. As a small, family run business built from the ground up our goal is simple, provide professionally guided hunting and adventures, convenient and high quality accommodations, and a high level of service during your stay with one of the country's top professional New Zealand hunting outfitters. High quality hunts over high turn over hunts.

Experience Overview

New Zealand Safaris gives hunters the choice of hunting free range red stags, or our exceptional fair chase red stag all on our private land. Based out of Fairlie in the central South Island our hunting is conducted on some of New Zealand's most iconic high country cattle and sheep (ranches). These properties vary in size and vegetation from 3000 acres of rolling hill to our fair chase stags on 45,000 acres We score the stags on the S.C.I inch system from 300-500+ (except for free range stags scored per point), seeing between 15-30 mature trophy stags in a day. Your guide will give you an indication of what score he will be, as we are focused on what the client likes in antlers foremost. If the stag goes over that score break the client is not obliged to pay an upgrade unless previously discussed, it's about the hunt and what our client likes over score. Red stags can be hunted from February to August with the rut being March to early-May. During the rut the red stags roar and challenge each other for dominance. This hunt includes 1 Red Stag free range low fence or estate Red stag up to 360 inches, hunt maybe upgraded to larger Stags and addtional game & hunters/non hunters.

• Sheep
• Red Stag
• Cantabrian chamois
• Wild goat
• Water buffalo
• Wapiti
• Sika deer
• Sambar deer
• Roosevelt elk
• Himalayan tahr
• Feral ox
• Fallow deer
• Elk
• Chamois
• Banteng
• Arapawa ram
• Alpine chamois
• Bow Hunting
• Calling
• Crossbow Hunting
• Mountain Hunt
• Rifle Hunting
• Stalking
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