With the roar done and dusted for another year it’s time to get ready for opening weekend – so our shooting writers have put together 30 hot tips to help you with this. Also in this issue, Benelli’s radical new-look 828U over/under game gun and Remington’s exciting V3 Field Sport autoloader (which has been 3 years in development) are given a good work-out.  And Willis Macbeth starts a new series entitled ‘Adventure above the Bushline’ where in his first article he goes into detail about how to plan a chamois trip.

In this issue: A Trip of Firsts by Ben Harmer, Bow Hunting for first-timers by Jay Johnson, My Hunting Passport by Phil Green, Hunting in Extreme Conditions by Willis Macbeth, Saltwater Fly Fishing by Gian Booysen plus more

This Issue: Robinson Red Triple, A Chat with Luke Romano, The Adventure Spirt, Late Winter Tahr Hunt, Two Bucks Two Bros, Saltwater Fly Fishing plus more

This Issue: Snow, Yarns & Big Miles, Planning a Spring Tahr Hunt, Hunting with Tui, Cutting Up & Carrying Techniques, Scoping Area with Trail Cameras, Goose Hunting throughout the Seasons, Saltwater Fly Fishing plus more

This Issue: The Southern Traverse, 5 day Browning Pass Adventure by Michael Walker,  Tahr with a Bow by Mike Mclunie, Dogs, Bullers &222s; by Jason Hart, Willis scopes out another new hunting area, we Get Stuffed with Virginia Long,  Jack Gauld covers our Fishing Guide for this month. It is chocka with reviews and loads of hunting gold

IT'S DUCK SEASON AT LAST!
In this issue: 3 Trophy Sika by Jules Janson
Jason Hart - My Story by Jason Hart
Carrying Techniques by Dave Benfell
Second Chance Buck by Kendal Stanbridge
Adventure in the Southern Alps by Ben Brown
DIY Dehydrated Food by Martin Robertson
My Father’s Mauser by Comrie Keenan
An Opening Week to Remember by Hayden Roberts
Habitat & the Hunter by Lyndon Norman
How to: Decoy Flocking by Nicholas Love
Start with the Right Genetics by Clark Reid
FISH - Bathing the Bubble by Adrian Bel
BOW - Roaring Reds by Jay Johnson 
PLUS we review: Sako 85 Finnlight II
Tatonka Stealth Packs
Hardy Rifle Engineering’s Carbon Fibre Bipods

We have a cracker of a magazine for the Roar! Check out Jack Gauld's Monster 18-Point Red and find out what he thinks about how much genetics, management and luck have to do with your hunt.
Martin Robertson talks Pack Hunting and why this gets you to more places. Our team tell how the best tips and techniques for Roaring In Sika, Fallow and Red Deer.
David our editor has started a new series called Shot Placement. This issue: head and neck shots. We find out just How Much Your Venison is Worth! Our top team let you know their favourite bullets and why in Best Bullets. Jared Hearsey takes you through the process of reloading in The Beauty of Reloading. We also have you Fishing Guide for March & April - The Wild Twins get one hell of a hind! Plus LOADS more in this bumper issue!
Also - We Review:
Sig Sauer BDX
Tikka T1x
Vortex Viper Gen 2 4-15 x 44
Berretta A400 Xtreme Plus
Bakewell Burner Base Camper
Athlon Ares 10 x 42 Binos

What's inside: 
Scopes: Hold-over vs Dial-up, Bucks, Bulls & Bows, We Compare Deer Stalking NZ & Scotland, Scoping Out New Hunting Areas, New Series by Willis MacBeth, Plus Your New Year NZ Fishing Guide from Jack Gauld
Also - We Review: Swazi’s New Ultralight Tahr Jacket , CZ 527SL.300
Athlon Ares BTR FFP 2.5 X 15 x 50 Scope, Ruger Precision Rimfire Rifle, Crispi Valdres Boots – 18-month follow-up, Plus loads more!

This Issue: Solo hunt and packing list from Jason Hart. Alex Rees gets a stag that the choppers missed. Josh has an epic Tahr hunt. Jack covers NZ's fishing guide for this month. It is chocka with reviews and loads of hunting gold

Check out Jack Gauld's king trophy. Get your freshwater NZ regional guide for the new season. Also, we have a couple of great trophy yarns and testfire some new gear. Loads in this issue!

NZ Rod&Rifle; - dedicated to all NZ hunting and fishing addicts! Check out the cover for some of the stuff we review, text and feature this issue!

It is Duck Season! But did you know you can be fined $5000 if you shoot the wrong bird? We help you ID your birds. We also review Swarovski 10x30 CL Binos | Montana X2| GPO Passion 6 Scope | Crispi Nevada Legend GTX | Vortex Viper HS-T Scope and Sauer 100XT - Super in 6.5 Creedmoor!
Plus loads more good hunting stuff!

Once again the most exciting time of the hunting calendar – the Roar – has rolled around. If our lead story by Jason Hart doesn’t get you keen then I don’t know what will! A magnificent red taken in the true wild, is in my mind, the ultimate trophy and experience. Catch his story plus much more to get you excited for this roar in the latest issue available Now!

Join us as Davey Hughes travels through India and Kenya following in the footsteps of hunting legend Jim Corbett who was responsible for ending the reign of terror of numerous man eating leopards and tigers. In Part 2 of his series A Year in the Hills, Josh Gill goes Off the Grid in search of big reds and chamois and really gets the results. Summer hunting along with plenty of How To tips is covered in Simon’s How to Become a Hunter series. Our technical team have been very busy with reviews on the fabulous new BTX spotting scope from Swarovski, Remington’s American Wilderness Rifle in .270 Cal, Ledlenser’s new MT range of torches and Fabarms Elos Deluxe 20-gauge over/under shotgun.

In this issue: NEW ZEALAND’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE SUPPRESSOR TEST
The NZ Rod&Rifle; team have carried out the most comprehensive review of suppressors ever undertaken in New Zealand. Thirty suppressors were tested comprising New Zealand made and imported brands with construction materials ranging from aluminium through to 3D printed titanium. They were tested in an anechoic chamber, to a strict test regime so there was no variation or bias in testing.
The test results don’t just give overall decibel reduction, but cost vs decibel reduction, weight vs decibel reduction, length past muzzle vs decibel reduction and diameter vs decibel reduction. The results will allow readers to determine what is best for their needs.

In this issue of NZ Rod&Rifle; we have some great hunting yarns this issue. James Morris has a story titled Stags ‘n’ Bulls where he takes a ripper bull tahr, his best ever along with a good red stag. For those who love Fiordland hunting, Adam McGrath tells a great tale about a group of tourist boat operators from Milford Sound and their 2017 roar success. True big trophy DOC land fallow bucks are very hard to come by but after years of searching Anto Hall takes a monster.
We have had a lot of positive feedback on the Editor's custom .300WSM rifle build, so we have started an exciting new project. Based on a Tikka T3, we will be adding some cool components then looking at different stock and magazine options not to mention calibre choices. In this issue we have fitted a Nightforce NSX 3.5-15 x 50 scope, a Kalix Teknik adjustable check piece and an Atlasworx extended bolt handle and shroud.

This month’s lead story is a great yarn from Josh Cairns about his Otago Dream Hunt where he takes a massive 10 point head, and his companion Jamie Fairburn a 14-pointer. The photos which go with this story were so good we ran a few extra pages to show them off. If you thought big Sika are only found in the Kawekas then check out Glenn Hallett’s monster 12-pointer taken in the Ruapehu district. For the bow hunter, Steve Meadow explains correct arrow placement when animals are encountered at different angles to the hunter. 

In the How to Become a Hunter series, Simon gives some excellent tips on Winter Hunting-How To.  Kevin J. Whitelaw continues his outstanding Hunting Legends series, where he tells the story of Fred Stratford, a truly remarkable Hunting Legend
This issue is packed with Testfire reviews which include the Sako 85 Carbonlight rifle, Blaser F16 shotgun, Kimber Hunter 84L rifle, Swazi’s Kagoule jacket, Biolite Campstove 2 and Ledlensers new MH10 rechargeable headlight.

Read the latest issue of NZ Rod&Rifle; as Roger Stokes bad luck in not getting a tahr ballot leads to a great Otago trip & Anto Hall reviews his amazing last years hunting. Master bow hunter, Kadin Willis, takes a ripper fallow buck, plus we have plenty of other great hunting yarns.

For the winged shooter, Paul Thomas lists what he carries in his blind bag and Nick Loan talks about the importance of scouting areas pre-hunt. Also Geoff Rodgers ‘Hits the Limit’ in a great quail yarn.

We have plenty of testfires this issue: John Herbert reviews Swarovski Optic’s fantastic new long range scope, the Z8i 2.3-18 x 56, the Sabatti Rover Hunter rifle in 6.5 x 55 and Leica’s ER LRS 6.5-26 x 56 scope. Garry Girvan puts the Beretta A400 Lite in 20-guage through its paces and Jeremy Hanaray tries out Crispi Valdez GTX boots.

NZ Rod&Rifle;’s Feb/March 2017 ROAR ISSUE is out now and it’s a block buster! Grab one for the long weekend!
Join Graham Uren on the West Coast where he takes a cracking big red during last year’s roar and Joe Macklin has an Epic April chasing reds and fishing at Chalky Inlet, Fiordland. A 15 year quest for a trophy sambar comes to an end when Alex Reeves perseverance pays off and he takes his dream head.

For the bush hunter there are 19 excellent stalking tips in Part 2 of Simon Gibson’s article on Bush Stalking in his How to Be a Hunter Series.

The Editors new .300WSM project rifle is now complete with John Herbert having fitted the optics and carried out load development. The accuracy from this new rig is outstanding! Read about it in Project New Blood.
Check out our gear reviews on the Tikka T3x Lite Stainless, Vortex Razor HD AMG 6-25 x 50 scope, Vortex Razor HD 10 x 42 binoculars and the Stoney Creeks excellent Sika Jacket.

The Christmas issue of NZ Rod&Rifle;, January/February is now on sale and full of great yarns and technical reviews to read over the festive break. As an added bonus, the 2017 NZ Rod&Rifle; hunting calendar is included. Our lead story is a cracker yarn from Willis Macbeth as he retells the story on the taking of his massive Southern Alps head. And check out Hayley Tewnion’s story, ‘The Proposal’ which details an unexpected turn of events on what she though was simply a trip to get her first deer.

In the How to Be a Hunter series, Simon gives plenty of good bush hunting tips in his second article on this must-know topic. In Part 4 of Project New Blood, about the editors new .300WSM rifle, John Herbert talks about the stock and barrel. In the Testfires section, we review the SKB 590 Field shotgun and Vortex Ranger 1500 rangefinder.

The November/December issue of NZ Rod&Rifle; is a block buster with 7 different red stag stories. Tony Le Bas has some great tips on hunting the Kawekas in his article To the J and Beyond. Chamois Gully is James Morris’s destination as he seeks that elusive big buck while Hunter/Pilot Steve Collins continues his great series with a yarn on taking movie star, Robert Mitchum hunting.
World renowned trout fisher Adam Royter starts a 3 part series titled, Advanced Luring for Trout where he shares his hard won knowledge on how to catch more fish.
In Project New Blood, the Editors new 300WSM rifle has the action trued and there are plenty of photos showing how this is done.We testfire Berettas 686 Silver Pigeon shotgun; the Vixen V-III series 1-6 x 24 scope; Nikons, Monarch 3-12 x 42 & 5-20 x 42 scopes; Hunters Elements new gaiters and the Leatherman Tread Multitool.

In the latest issue of NZ Rod&Rifle; we have two big Otago red stag yarns and a cracker story about a big Bow shot Fiordland red. In the last of his series, Hunting Above the Bushline, Willis Macbeth shares his knowledge on how to hunt reds in the tussock over the summer months. Simon Gibson covers how to break a carcass down and ways of carrying meat out of the hills in his popular series, How to Become a Hunter.
We review Savage Arms new .17 HMR semi-automatic rifle, Sig Sauer's exciting new 3-18 x 44 tactical scope and their Kilo 2000 Laser Range Finder, plus the Haenel Jaeger 10 rifle. In the second part of Project New Blood, John Herbert talks about why we have chosen the .300 WSM calibre for the editors new rifle.

Winter That Tips

How to gut a deer

Dressing up decoys

Cold weather honkers

We test KEL-TEC SU-22 RIFLE / STONEY CREEK TUNDRA

RAIN GEAR / HOWA ALPINE MOUNTAIN RIFLE / HUNT SAFE WARNING DEVICE

In this issue we’ve put together 30 roar tips to help you secure that rack of antlers which will provide a lasting memory of the hunt for many years. Willis Macbeth has some excellent tips on hunting the Southern Alps during the roar in his Hunting through the Seasons series article. Jason Hart’s awesome story on his solo trip into the West Coast mountains last roar and the thoroughly deserved trophy rack he took is one that really resonates with me as a quality New Zealand hunting experience. And Corey Carston joins the winged shooting team this issue with a great yarn on Southland Stubble Shooting.
Check out the Testfire articles too, for the long awaited review of Leica’s Geovid HD-B range finding binoculars and also Swarovski’s X5(i) long range scope.

Merry Christmas, Happy new year, and we wish you a year of safe and successful hunting! Enjoy this bumper issue - perfect timing for your holidays!

In this issue: Glaisnock goodie, Te Urewera Rusa Country, Shooting sky rats, How to become a hunter - Selecting the right clothing, plus reviews and testifiers of new gear for you!

Learn about hunting the spring months. Read about a massive Canterbury 15 pointer, plus Anto Hall's red deer. Steve meadows talks Bow Hunting, and we review some of the latest gear to hit the shelves. Plus loads more!

With the roar now a distant memory and duck season done and dusted, this time of year can be pretty hard hunting - unless you’re chasing tahr and chamois in the Alps. The trophy potential for tahr at present has never been better: the old benchmark of 12 inches is long gone; 13 inches has become the new mark to aim for. I recently heard of DOC running a tahr search-and-destroy mission which took a 15½ inch bull some 80km north of the so-called allowable limit for the herd! 
Heads of this size are certainly becoming more common. As Mike McClunie’s article in our last issue highlighted, the big bulls are often likely to be hanging out in thick alpine scrub to avoid the heli-hunters - so it requires a change in tactics by us hunters. Willis Macbeth offers some sound advice in his Hunting through the Seasons article in this issue which concentrates on hunting the winter months, July and August.

It's the Roar! This issue celebrates the season with a cracker tale of a monster tussock trophy red.
Also Willis Macbeth hunts Westland, we take a look at duck season preparation and We show you how to mount your scope. This plus loads more!!! See inside!

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