Moose Film launched in Te Anau on Sunday night.

We had a full room and I hope we convinced a few more people of the continuing survival of Moose in Fiordland.

Congratulations to Ken & Marg for their commitment and dedication that has gone into this project over many years. Without Kens meticulous accumulation of historical records and the time spent on the ground in the remote and challenging terrain that is South West Fiordland, this film could never have been made. I feel very privileged to have been a part of it.

Aotearoa Hunting were there to film the launch and have spent some time with Ken over the last week venturing into Fiordland to see sign for themselves.

TV3 have done the same and here is a link to their news piece. http://www.3news.co.nz/Moose-doco-the-culmination-of-years-of-chasing/tabid/1216/articleID/236193/Default.aspx

Ken has also just been interviewed by Paul Henry on Radiolive - Monday 3.15. 

So there has been a lot of very positive media exposure on the Moose story over the last few weeks.

A portion of sales from this film have been dedicated to the continuation of the camera project, and this continues to be the best chance of getting some footage of a live Moose walking around in Fiordland. Fingers crossed for the next camer pick up in 5 months time.

Great gift for all those that have followed this story for many years.

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Do North American Moose continue to survive in remote Fiordland, South Island New Zealand?  

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New Zealand Wildlife Trust Biologist Ken Tustin unravels one of NZ's most enduring wilderness mysteries. 

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'New Zealand's Fiordland Moose' -View the Trailer 

I got a very short notice call saying that Jason had won a Desert Sheep hunt and we were off to Baja Mexico in just a few days.

We arrived and were immediately on the back of Mules to take us to a base camp at the edge of the hunting area. 

We had a grand view over miles of terrain.  Sheep were hard to find and after 3 days of glassing we found a ram worthy of closer inspection.  He was 2 and a half k's away according to our binoculars !

It took us a day and a half to get anywhere near him and some rough sleeping in between. When we finally spotted the group again they were on top of another mountain and out of our reach.  Back to base camp !

What a hunt tnis turned out to be - hot, everything had spikes and the terrain was pertty rough.  We spent days glassing to try and find a good ram and it wasn't until day 9 of 10 that we were successful.  It was worth all the hard work !  A great hunt that will be remembered forever for it's challenges and finally it's rewards ....

After the last trip to Iran where we experienced tough hunting we returned for another attempt at a few species of their wild Sheep. It was mid winter and the weather was very unsettled.

This trip we experienced much greater success with 3 species of Sheep successfully hunted. 

                    Esfahan Mouflon :                                                     

                     Kerman Sheep :                                                   Armenian Mouflon :

I can only repeat the fact that Iran is a great destination whether you are there for hunting or as a tourist wishing to visit the many culural / historic sites.  It is safe and the hospitality is wonderful.  All tourists are welcomed with open arms.

Forget everything you know about Iran.  I filmed there recently and only have good things to say about the place.

I had a great filming trip through NZ with American bow hunter Jason Bruce.  Rob Holt from Kaweka Hunting was the outfitter and we spent 10 days chasing all manner of game. A fabulous trip !

In July I travelled to Australia & New Guinea. Once again filming American bowhunter Jason Bruce.

Introduce some new hunters to the sport.

Spring growth is finally appearing in the hills and we took advantage of this to introduce a couple of keen young hunters to their first GOAT HUNT !

We headed away mid April for another roar trip. This time into the hills of central Otago.

Open tussock country with absolutely no cover. We hunted to altitudes approaching 6000 feet.

A day on the Lochy River in the Queenstown area where the Rainbows were chasing Cicadas hard. Even though late in the season with low river conditions and good heat there were still reasonable fish numbers in the river.

A wonderful hot day on the Mataura. Low river levels made fishing hard - at least for me - very picky fish but a couple fell to a spent spinner even though Cicadas were everywhere.

I spent a few hours up the Remarkables to get in shape for the fast approaching 'Roar'. Took out a few wilding ...... pines. Interested parties came in for a look !