Another vote for the Lentle and Saxton books.
There are alot of great New Zealand hunting books with the Lentle and Saxton series in a league of their own in terms of informative guide style books, however some of the content is a little outdated because they were written in the 90s but the primary concepts and teachings are still relevant. "Red deer in NZ- a complete hunting guide" (which is the only book in the series still available new as a reprint, have a look on trademe. The others are harder to come by and fetch good money) and coupled with "New Zealand hunters companion" should see you right. Then if you want to go further down the rabbit hole there is "stalking the seasons round - a year round guide to hunting deer in New Zealand" which is probably the hardest and most expensive book in the series to come by... currently 2x listed on trademe sitting at $100 each and "alpine hunting in New Zealand" if chasing Chamois and Tahr through the alps floats your boat.
Collecting and smearing deer droppings etc smells of American hunting forums excuse the pun... they're a weird bunch!
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