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NEW ZEALAND WAPITI AND RED STAG HUNT

Currency:USD Category:Hunting Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD
NEW ZEALAND WAPITI AND RED STAG HUNT
NEW ZEALAND WAPITI AND
RED STAG HUNT
By New Zealand Hunting.com/Phil Wilson
Weapon: Rifl e
Species: Free range New Zealand wapiti and red stag
Area: Public Land, Fiordland, South Island, New
Zealand
Dates: Mar. – Aug. 2016
Other Years Available: 2017
Number of Days: 8 days/6 hunting days (weather
permitting and client willing)
Number of Hunters: 2
Hunter/Guide Ratio: Guided 2:1
Add’l Hunter Cost: $20,000
Non-Hunter Cost: N/A
Upgrade Available: Contact outfi tter as per 2015
brochure and website
Hunt Accommodations: Huts, Spike camps all meals
included
Hunt Transportation: Air and or boat transport to
hunting area included
Transportation: To and from Queenstown international
airport included Trophy Fee: Included for 4 trophies
License/Permit: Hunter may have to purchase $25NZ
fi rearms license. The “ballet” draw-tag is in October, but
only required for the March and April hunts known as
the Wap Block Ballet.
This is a true wilderness backpack hunt with a chance
to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hunt these
animals out of a number of backpack spike camps.
You could get the chance to join a small hunting group
of dedicated New Zealand wapiti hunters. This animal
is unique to New Zealand and is a cross between a
Rocky Mountain elk and a red stag. This is one of the
only places in the world where this type of animal exists
and can be hunted. Fiordland is the most remote part
of New Zealand and offers what master-guide/outfi tter
Phil Wilson with 35 years guiding experience, considers
to be the toughest hunt in the world. At times, this is
a very physically challenging hunt that can seem like
everything is against you, but this is what makes it
unique. Very few, if any, Americans have ever taken a
true, free-range bull out of Fiordland, but the bulls and
stags are there. The success rate is 50%. The elevation
is sea level to 4,000 feet “straight up” with rainfall of
200-400 inches per year, similar to coastal parts of
Alaska. This is the second time this type of hunt has
ever been offered at Elk Camp by this long-time RMEF
exhibitor. “It will be possibly the toughest but most
rewarding hunt you will ever experience.” Phil and his
companies have contributed more than $50,000 to the
RMEF’s Partners in Conservation program.
New Zealand Hunting.com/Phil Wilson
Christchurch, New Zealand
(916) 913-3006, www.newzealandhunting.com
Booth #348
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