Photo Gallery: Glen Dene June 2011

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We got about 100 feet from this red stag before he spotted us and took off	View over Lake Hawea from the west	View over Lake Hawea from the west in the early morning	Richard's trusty Land Rover took us all over the hunting area	This valley, close to the highway on the west side of the lake, often had fallow as well as red deer

We saw many red deer in this valley	Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris	Michael Cottam hikes across one of the many streams on the property	Morning over Lake Hawea	Morning over Lake Hawea

Morning over Lake Hawea	Clouds and sunshine across Lake Hawea	Michael Cottam and his South Pacific goat	South Pacific goats - two juveniles	Two young South Pacific goats

Two young South Pacific goats	Two young South Pacific goats traverse a very steep cliff	Sunrise over the mountains on Lake Hawea	Late afternoon over Lake Hawea, as seen from the Glen Dene Homestead	Trophies from this week's hunting

Stalking red stag	Lake Hawea	Checking out an area on the northwest end of the lake, often good for fallow and red deer	Hiking through the fern on the west side of Lake Hawea	The hunters with their red stag trophies from the week

View over Lake Hawea from the mountains in the northwest	Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris glasses for red deer	Hiking through the scrub on the west side of Lake Hawea	Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris	Guaranteed good exercise hunting around Lake Hawea

Hiking on the west side of Lake Hawea	Craggy little peaks on the west side of Lake Hawea	Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris and Cory Wright, award-winning taxidermist from Oregon	A red stag explodes from the fern beneath us and disappears over the ridge	A red stag explodes from the fern beneath us and disappears over the ridge

Richard Burdon of Glen Dene Station, glasses for red deer	Richard and Rodney spotting red stags	Warren and his red stag	Kurt and his red stag	The scenery around Lake Hawea is beyond dramatic

Cory and Michael stalking red deer	View over Lake Hawea	Rodney Smith of Sunspots Safaris with Lake Hawea in the background	Richard Burdon, our host and guide, with Michael Cottam and his first red stag, a yearling	Rodney on the shores of Lake Hawea

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