I received this thankyou letter from a customer whom I guided at Otamauri station. It was a very good hunt and he was able to shoot an impressive stag too.
Dear Jeremy,
I would just like to thank you for the wonderful time and the very professional manner in which you guided Marty and I on our recent Deer Hunt with you.
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This year started earlier than normal for me with a Stag do / hunting trip to Ngamatea in January.
My good friend Blair asked me to be his best man so we organised a few of our close friends and Blair’s family to join us for the weekend.
The following morning saw Blair shoot a Sika hind just over 300 yards with his Remington 7mm RUM
Brendon Godwin was next on the trigger and pulled off a fantastic shot with Blair’s rifle shooting a nice Sika yearling hind at 500 yards knocking it over on the spot
In the afternoon we swapped the crew around a bit – Hamish and Lloyd joined Brendon and I for an evening hunt – while Glen took the rest of the party with him
We spotted a fat looking Sika hind across a gully so Lloyd decided to have a go and successfully knocked her over with his 7mm Rem-mag at 350 yards.
Also in January Mike Nugent and Duncan Wallace spent a morning and bagged a hind each Duncan was first up and shot his first deer a big red hind
Duncan Wallace with his first deer shot with my 7mm Rem mag
Sarah Worthington with her first deer 2011.
Hamill’s guiding provides a unique opportunity to both introduce hunting for the first time, while also catering for more experienced hunters. Guided hunting can provide an amazing outdoor family experience, with a range of packages available for most ages. Jeremy can help guide yo, and your son or daughter on a successful outdoors hunting trip, in New Zealands beautiful natural environment, with the safety and assurance of an experience hunting guide.
Levi with a red hind – ready for the freezer, shot easter 2011
Whether it is a trophy head you are after, or meat for the freezer, I can tailor a guided hunting package for you. All animals can be field prepped, and I can highly recommend several good butchers for processing you animal, to retain the distinctive game flavour.
Paul & good mate Tony spent two days with me at Ngamatea – Paul shot an absolute ripper of a management stag 7 points and over 28” long.
Tony was also lucky to bag himself a stag a 5 pointer that also had good length.
Paul with his 7 point management Sika stag
Tony's Management Sika Stag
Tony and Paul with Tony's management Sika stag
Valery's Ngamatea Stag
Trophy
After a couple more meat hunts in February and March it was trophy season and in April Ernie Williams was first up with a Red Stag hunt shared with his son Hamish
We spotted a few nice stags before making a decision on this one and Ernie knocked it over with my 7mm mag @ 238 yards – Ernie is getting it mounted by Kaweka Taxidermy.
Ernie and Hamish with Ernie's 13pt trophy Red Stag
The owners of Stoney Creek Hunting clothing in NZ spent the weekend with Glen and I at Ngamatea – We hunt in a lot of their garments and rate them highly so it was good to give them some feed back and offer a few pointers and also to learn a bit more about there evolving company. Adrian shot his first two deer both Sika hinds at good ranges and managed a good carry to test out some of his gear.
Sarah shot a big mature red hind in the sweet spot with the 7mm08 to claim another deer. The weather was great and we got some great pictures hopefully we will see them in a future Stoney Creek catalogue.
Sarah with her Red Hind
Adrian Toft Owner of Stoney Creek Clothing NZ with his first Deer
Laura Middlemiss with her first deer a red Yearling shot with My 7mm Rem mag Guide Rifle
After listening to his Brother Brad's hunting trip - Younger brother Cam wanted to shoot his first deer also. In October he shot his first deer a Sika hind and he carried it a little way too. (Great effort for a ten year old)
Cam, Mark and Brad Nicol from Hastings with cam's Sika hind Shot in September 2010
In July I guided Brad Herbert and his Mum Fiona for Brad’s first deer. It was his first time out hunting and after a bit of target practice at the range Brad was shooting the bulls’ eye.
We went out for an evening hunt in a big tussock valley, I spotted two hinds a way off so we decided to put in a stalk to cut the distance down to a more realistic range for a young fella and his first deer. As we traversed down the face I noticed movement to my left and a Sika Stag walked out from behind some scrub after an assessment I called him a management stag – Management stags are few and far between and it’s a great opportunity to shoot a Sika Stag at a reduced price when one presents itself
After a quick chat with Fiona – Brad was allowed to have a go at the stag which was busy feeding away and totally unaware of us. We crawled in a few extra yards to a distance of 160 yards – I set up my rifle for brad and let him have one practice squeeze of the trigger and then smartly chambered a round – He then lined up the stag
I held the fore-end for him and asked him “you got the Crosshair on him? “ Yep – Ok then take him, Boom! The stag fell over on the spot and Brad was one real happy boy.
Brad Herbert with his first deer a 5 point management Sika Stag Shot with my Remington mod 700 7mm Rem Mag