Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

The Bergs buyer Cliff Fergus at Mangatainoka was a great bloke. Supplied a lot through him. Cliff used to have sets of spare ears "just in case" they were needed. He would safety pin them on and rub a bit of mud around . A stag I shot won his "heaviest stag" for the year prize one year. It got the new set of ears treatment 'cos it had a tag in its ear - it was a deer farm escacape-ee. Miles away from a deer farm. Got a crate of Tui.

Another time I shot one on the back of a farm and had forgot to get permission . The farm manager "x" who was always chasing hunters must have heard my shot cos when I took it to Cliff he said "x told me you would be in here this morning". Good times.