DEER STALKING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2496, 8 May 1909, Page 6

DEER STALKING.

SPORT IN NORTH OTAGO

[P ijr Prkss Association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, May 7.. Deports are now to band from most of tlie deer .stalkers, who went to North Otago. The average size and quality of the heads on the well-known stalking grounds were better than in any previous year, and this is following up on a very severe winter. The thcorv that shooting the best heads deteriorates the herd is, therefore, much discounted, as there are plenty of good voiing stags coming on to take the place of those shot. The only part of the forest where the deterioration has taken place is where the ground is overstocked with deer : and there is an obsolute shortage of feed. Mr. Forbes, or Christchurch; lias just returned from the Hunter Valley, where he secured a magnificent thirteen pointer, 45 inches in length of horn, and three royals, one of them being a; most symmetrical specimen. Captain Prowse, of H.M.iS. Powerful, was also in the Hunter Valley, and, though arriving late, he filled his license,.with-three royals and an eleven pointer, the latter being a very fine .bead. Me is very pleased with his trip. Mr. and Mrs. AV. E. Lawson (from England) went to the Morven Hills, and, though the heads are small there in comparison with those in,other parts of the forest, they enjoyed some, excellent sport. Mr, Spcirs, of Kurow, shot a very fine fourteen pointer in Temple Creek, Lake Oliau.