Kia Ora

Which is greetings in New Zealand and why is that important because Taunya and I just got back from a 9 day trip to this island paradise. It started in Auckland where my our guide Ed to drive us anywhere we wanted working our way down to Mountain Hunters in Masterson. Among the sights were Geothermal Mud pits, Hobbiton movie set the coolest,

an overnight stay at a dairy farm with a champion barefoot water skier, Huka falls, Maori dancers and feast, redwoods, old volcanos at sunset, and very bland food and NO AMERICAN BEER, SUCK. really the only downside and wonderful people. Once we arrived at the ranch the food and drink much improved. Still no American beer, they mad Coronas, and a New Zealand beer called DX Gold that I found enjoyable. The hunt was mainly for red stag and I managed to shoot 1 at 55yds with my Tenpoint Stealth crossbow. That left a day and a half for something else. My guide Harry suggested a huge  Rusa,deer they had that was missing a point and had been killing the other bucks. Mind you they haven't killed a Rusa deer off this farm in 2 yrs, now I'm going to try it with a crossbow. Well we finally found him on the last day, I took this picture from about 250yds easy shot with a rifle, but I was determined crossbow or bust. We watch him bed in some grass and the stalk was on. 1 1/2 hr later we had managed to crawl within 45yds. We watched for the next 1 1/2 hrs for him to stand up. When finally did he basically jumped and ran and with a quick shot the passed thru the ham and all the way the other side. After 300 yd track job I landed my the biggest Rusa killed with a crossbow even through it was missing a point. I can't thank my girlfriend Taunya enough for helping me make dream come true and believing in me. I am a very fortune man,