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A journey to New Zealand sheds light not on a hunt, but the brief moments that make life worth living. Senior Editor Karen Mehall ventures to the South Pacific to roam the hills in search of trophy stag.

For big-game hunters, and especially anyone who’s truly fixated on pursing bugling elk, there’s a “shadow” season for closely related red deer that occurs in the southern hemisphere. This hunt however, peaks during the months of March and April when North American antler fanatics are out of business.

Though a 2015 law passed in New Zealand now defines animals as "sentient beings," hunting remains a lawful activity.

Some say game animals don't belong on New Zealand's South Island, but for hunters they could be in no better place.

Here’s why some hunters will go all the way to New Zealand to experience what we already know.

The backcountry of New Zealand’s South Island is tailor-made for the young at heart. Middle-aged hunters tackle it at their peril.

The injury was horrific—when the mallard was rescued by a local New Zealand SPCA, the lower half of its bill was completely torn off and broken, leaving its tongue dangling through a hole under its chin.

Rather than accept another move, foster kid Ricky escapes to the wilds of New Zealand with his “Uncle Hec” (Sam Neill). On the lam in the backcountry during a national manhunt, the old man and the boy hunt, live off the land and overcome their differences to survive as a family.

Editorial Director John Zent had the opportunity to put some of Browning and Winchester's finest wares to use on a red stag hunt in New Zealand. Here's what he thought.