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Deer cullers’ camp

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Deer cullers’ camp

Deer cullers spent several months at a time working from remote camps in mountainous country. This base camp at Cameron Flat, in Otago, pictured in 1930, seems well established and relatively comfortable, with trophy antlers on display.

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Control of introduced animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13925/deer-cullers-camp (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.