New Zealand PUBLIC LAND Hunting - What NOBODY Tells You - Evan Koster

About this episode

Evan Koster shares his experiences and insights from a week of public land hunting in New Zealand.

Evan Koster just got back from seven days of public land hunting in New Zealand — no helicopter, no lodge, no estate stags. He hunted tahr in a glacial valley and red stag in the Canterbury High Country with guide Jurgen, carrying everything on his back and doing 5,000 vertical feet of gain literally the day he got off the plane. This conversation is the honest version of New Zealand hunting. We cover what the terrain actually looks like, why the tussock country and scrub edge are the game z...

People in this episode

Host: Cliff Gray

Guest: Evan Koster

Topics covered

• public land hunting
• New Zealand
• hunting techniques
• outdoor adventure
• wildlife
• tahr
• red stag

Keywords

• New Zealand hunting
• public land
• tahr hunting
• red stag
• outdoor adventure
• hunting tips
• wilderness

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Zealand, Canterbury High Country, glacial valley

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