Story: Hunting

Camp life

Camp life

This illustration is one of many in deer culler Barry Crump’s best-selling book A good keen man (1960). It depicts the hardships of the deer culler, who spent months in some of the most remote parts of the county. Deer cullers had to be tough and self-reliant.

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Reference: Barry Crump, A good keen man. Wellington: Reed, 1965, p. 29
Artwork by Dennis Turner

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Carl Walrond, 'Hunting - Rifles, bowhunting, safety and literature', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/15651/camp-life (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Nov 2008