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Trevor Paul Bentley: Hunting for a Hobby

26 December 201411 July 2017 / The Hunter (NZ)

Review rating 5 out of 10.

Trevor Bentley’s first book, Hunting for a Hobby, details the trials and tribulations of the self confessed average Kiwi hunter … read more

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