The Hunter’s most highly recommended New Zealand hunting books, in no particular order, are listed here. If you want to put your best foot forward when selecting your next hunting book then getting your hands on any, or all, of these titles is a good start.

Do you have a different view? Please feel free to contact us. We always want to know which books fellow hunting book readers have enjoyed above all others.

I hope you enjoy these books as much as I have.

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Pack and Rifle (1971) by Philip Holden

Red Stags Calling (1974) by G. G. (George Gordon) Atkinson

The Venison Hunters (1979) by Mike Bennett

Two Dogs and a Rifle (1968) by Ken Cuthbertson

The Eye of the Hunter (1988) by John A. Anderson

The Highland Stags of Otago (1968) by D. Bruce Banwell

Great New Zealand Deer Heads series Vol. I (1986), Vol. II (1987) & Vol. III (1989) by D. Bruce Banwell

 Of Mountains, Men and Deer (1993) by Brian Burdon

A Good Keen Man (1960) by Barry Crump

Call of the Wapiti (1979) by Ray Tinsley

The Golden Days of Stalking: The Hunting Diaries of Archie Kitto (2008) by D. Bruce Banwell

Deer on my Doorstep (1965) by Colin Davey

Rex Forrester’s True Hunting Adventures (1980) by Rex Forrester

The Helicopter Hunters (1987) by Rex Forrester

Hunter for Hire (1965) by Rex Forrester & Neil Illingworth

The Hunting Tales of Percy Lyes: An Original Good Keen Man (2005) by Hans Willems

Beyond the River’s Bend (1991) by Max Curtis

Classic New Zealand Game Trails (2003) by Dave McClunie

Any one of Roger Lentle and Frank Saxton’s informative guide books: Stalking the Seasons Round: A Year-round Guide to Hunting Deer in New Zealand (1993), Red Deer in New Zealand: A Complete Hunting Guide (1991), New Zealand Hunter’s Companion (1996) and Alpine Hunting in New Zealand (1994)