My Stalking Memories by Major R.A. Wilson**1st Ed*

My Stalking Memories by Major R. A. Wilson

1961 First Edition!!

RARE!!

The inside of this book is in good condition but unfortunately the dustjacket is quite worn. The front cover is slightly faded mostly towards the left hand side. The piece of the dj that folds inside the font cover is only held on by sellotape. There are a few other rips/ tears around the outside of it (see photos). The back cover part of the dj is a little yellowed and has some spots and a stain near the spine.

Inside the book is in good condition- there is a little yellowing around the edges of some of the pages but very few age spots. NO ripped/torn pages. NO dog-eared or bent pages.

This book also contains several clear black & white photo pages.

SYNOPSIS:

In ‘My Stalking Memories’ Major Wilson recalls the Golden Age of deer-stalking in New Zealand when distinguished sportsmen from all over the world were drawn to this country in search of trophy heads. To today’s generation of shooters it will seem in vivid contrast to present conditions when the Dominion’s game animals are classed as vermin to be exterminated with poison and bullets by government-paid killers. The author regrets this indiscriminate slaughter, more especially of wapiti, whose numbers are easily controlled and whose magnificent heads excel those now obtainable now in their native America where the herds are regarded as a national asset.

For a number of years Major Wilson made annual expeditions to stalk red deer in such famous South Island game areas as the Dingle, the Hunter, the Willis, the Makarora, the Landsborough, and he later hunted wapiti in the Glaisnock. His descriptions of the country and the people he knew in those years will be of interest to all New Zealand sportsmen.



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