Story: Hunting

Professional deer cullers

From the 1930s the government employed professional deer cullers to reduce wild deer populations.

Extract from Mountain lands in jeopardy, National Film Unit, 1959, courtesy of Archives New Zealand

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South Coast Productions
Reference: Venison Hunters. South Coast Productions, 2000

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Carl Walrond, 'Hunting - Deer stalking and culling', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/15635/professional-deer-cullers (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Nov 2008