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Jack and Wolf

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Jack and Wolf

Duck shooter Jack and his dog Wolf admire a brace of ducks they bagged at the Ōtaki River mouth in May 1993. Jack was a veteran of the sport, having spent 50 years enduring early mornings and cold fingers during the duck hunting season.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1993/1641/13A

by Phil Reid

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, Duck shooting – Hunting culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17128/jack-and-wolf (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, published 1 March 2009.