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Live deer capture

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Live deer capture

Capturing live deer was much more lucrative than recovering carcasses, but required a whole new range of skills. Teamwork was also needed between the helicopter pilot and his mate, who leapt from the helicopter onto the running deer, not a job for the faint-hearted. These deer are at Criffel, the farm of helicopter-capture pioneer Tim Wallis.

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Reference: Neville Peat, Hurricane Tim: the story of Sir Tim Wallis. Dunedin: Longacre Press, 2005, p. 114

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Ken Drew, Deer and deer farming – From deer stalking to helicopters, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15803/live-deer-capture (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ken Drew, published 1 March 2009.