Deer Hunting - Trophy Red Stags Deer hunting equipment needs to be robust to cope with our New Zealand conditions. Trips to hunt our wild red deer stags are usually undertaken in rugged country. In fact, its not unlike the terrain encountered on an average hunting trip for elk, or wapiti, in US states such as Montana. Adequate footwear means solid leather boots giving full ankle support. Frequently it is also steep.
Clothing needs to be able to cope with downpours.
Island weather is changeable, and a fine morning can easily turn to an icy wet afternoon, particularly in autumn, the time of the rut. Deer hunting in New Zealand is an experience like no other.