
We got about 100 feet from this red stag before he spotted us and took off |
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View over Lake Hawea from the west |
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View over Lake Hawea from the west in the early morning |
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Richard's trusty Land Rover took us all over the hunting area |
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This valley, close to the highway on the west side of the lake, often had fallow as well as red deer |
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We saw many red deer in this valley |
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Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris |
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Michael Cottam hikes across one of the many streams on the property |
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Morning over Lake Hawea |
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Morning over Lake Hawea |
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Morning over Lake Hawea |
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Clouds and sunshine across Lake Hawea |
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Michael Cottam and his South Pacific goat |
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South Pacific goats - two juveniles |
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Two young South Pacific goats |
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Two young South Pacific goats |
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Two young South Pacific goats traverse a very steep cliff |
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Sunrise over the mountains on Lake Hawea |
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Late afternoon over Lake Hawea, as seen from the Glen Dene Homestead |
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Trophies from this week's hunting |
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Stalking red stag |
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Lake Hawea |
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Checking out an area on the northwest end of the lake, often good for fallow and red deer |
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Hiking through the fern on the west side of Lake Hawea |
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The hunters with their red stag trophies from the week |
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View over Lake Hawea from the mountains in the northwest |
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Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris glasses for red deer |
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Hiking through the scrub on the west side of Lake Hawea |
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Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris |
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Guaranteed good exercise hunting around Lake Hawea |
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Hiking on the west side of Lake Hawea |
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Craggy little peaks on the west side of Lake Hawea |
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Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris and Cory Wright, award-winning taxidermist from Oregon |
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A red stag explodes from the fern beneath us and disappears over the ridge |
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A red stag explodes from the fern beneath us and disappears over the ridge |
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Richard Burdon of Glen Dene Station, glasses for red deer |
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Richard and Rodney spotting red stags |
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Warren and his red stag |
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Kurt and his red stag |
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The scenery around Lake Hawea is beyond dramatic |
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Cory and Michael stalking red deer |
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View over Lake Hawea |
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Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris with Lake Hawea in the background |
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Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Michael Cottam and his first red stag, a yearling |
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Rodney on the shores of Lake Hawea |