NRA News Interview
Check out the interview on NRA News that just aired on the Sportsman’s Channel!
I had a wonderful trip with Wilderness Quest NZ, we got all three of the animals I was after! I shot my stag with a crossbow which was very exciting, the stag stepped out at 25 yards with no idea that we were there. For the Tahr and Chamois we set up a spike camp, up in the mountains. It was below freezing at night but the stars were beautiful! We were dropped into the area via helicopter but then hiked in and out of camp to hunt. The hunting in the mountains was harder than I expected but it gives me motivation to work out harder for my next hunt.The area is public land and it is very difficult terrain, most of the time we were balancing on the roots of plants that grew on the sides of the massive rocks we were trying to pass. As if someone was watching over us, the pieces just kept falling into place. At one point we stopped to take off jackets and realized there was a big black bull tahr standing on the ridge above us! The chamois appeared in a similar fashion, we were resting at the top of a ridge when we looked over the top there were chamois moving around on the plateau below us! I will definitely remember this hunt!
Just got home from New Zealand today and off again tomorrow to the Houston Safari Club meeting where my dad will be speaking. Looking forward to catching up with friends and trading in my hiking boots for heels!
Just about done packing to go hunt with Wilderness Quest NZ, going to be a serious adventure!
For my next hunt I will be using the Zeiss Conquest HD5 Scope 5-25×50! That should give me some nice reach for hunting in the mountains of New Zealand. We will be setting up a spike camp (weather permitting) and hunting for Thar and Chamois, the shots will most likely be around 300-450 so this high power scope should be perfect!
Gearing up for my next adventure in New Zealand with Wilderness Quest at the end of May and my crossbow just arrived from TenPoint! Very excited to get some practice before I leave for my hunt, first hurdle will be finding a range that allows crossbows in Los Angeles….
News Flash! Everyone get ready for this week’s episode of Petersen’s Hunting airing at 6pm PST on May 11th! Come join me on my very first bow hunt, we’re after the two different species of Rusa deer in Australia. As always you will find us on the Sportsman’s Channel, don’t miss this one, it’s going to be a serious challenge!