Skip to main content

Kōrero: Deer and deer farming

Hunting deer by helicopter

Image
Hunting deer by helicopter

The use of helicopters for carcass recovery, from about the mid-1960s, enabled commercial hunters to reach remote regions and shoot large numbers of deer. These animals in North Canterbury around 1968 were killed in a single day.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Gordon Roberts

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ken Drew, Deer and deer farming – Introduction and impact of deer, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15799/hunting-deer-by-helicopter (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ken Drew, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.