This was true wild bush stag. However, these animals usually stay well hidden until the roar when they are at the most vulnerable. The safari park hunts tend to obtain much larger trophy heads with a guarantee of success. The wapiti live in the most inhospitable place you could ever wish to travel. Unless you are a super fit person and a bit of a masochist to boot you should forget hunting a wapiti within Fiordland.
Wapiti are available on game reserves and grow impressive trophies.
Once released to the wilds of the Central North Island they colonized in a record time. Within thirty years they had taken over an area of several million acres and driven out the resident red deer. Today, sika inhabit all of Kaimanawa and Kaweka Mountain ranges and much of the fringe country. They have a distinct liking for dense scrub and become most difficult to hunt. This herd of sika would be the largest and most important herd available to hunters worldwide.