Guest blogger Cam Forlong shares his Roar 2023 trip report highlighting how important campsite selection and carrying communications devices are for a long trip into Aotearoa’s wilderness.
From the depths of Fiordland to the bush of the Ruahine Ranges, the Roar 2023 has been a successful season for most. We at the NZ Mountain Safety Council have...
Earlier this year we spoke with Nelson hunter Richard Wells who experienced a debilitating shoulder injury while hunting in 2022, threatening his decades-long hunting tradition with his family. We caught...
The excitement is running rife as the Roar hunting season is upon us. We chatted to some national organisations who have some parting advice for hunters this Roar.
From the North to South, the Roar 2022 was the first time in three years hunters were reminded of what an uninterrupted hunt is like. Success was seen across the...
We touched base with hunter Cam Forlong, who had shared his planning tips for his next West Coast Roar hunting trip with us, this is how it went.
While you never ‘plan’ to spend an unexpected night out in the bush’; or sprain an ankle while backcountry, or take a spill down a bank, or cut yourself open...
Cam has hunted extensively over the Southern Alps and central North Island over the past decade. Here, he walks us through his planning process of his next Roar hunt and how...
Heading deep into the mountains of the West Coast with the hopes of finding missing hunters and trampers alive is the reality of Marius Bron’s work with LandSAR. Over two...