The Halcyon Press imprint: 26 books

Originally published by A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1965, this is the first of a new series of books by The Halcyon Press, “Halcyon Hunting Classics.” Voted one of the best ten hunting books of the twentieth century, Halcyon have re-issued in a modern format this classic hunting tale. Set first in the Wairarapa...

Vern Wilson takes a light-hearted look back at some of his more successful overseas hunting trips. Always on the lookout for that special trophy, after all, one is all you are allowed, in most hunting destinations, unlike New Zealand. Travel opened Vern’s eyes to the wider world of hunting.Good company...

“Twenty percent of the fishermen catch eighty percent of the fish” Tony Bishop has been writing books on fishing in New Zealand since 1997 his first book Fishing Smarter became an instant best seller and has been reprinted six times. Aware that much has changed in the saltwater fishing scene since...

Tens of thousands of men and women regularly hunt for big game in New Zealand and not surprisingly, many books have been written about the sport of hunting. Many of these books are memoirs about lifetimes spent shooting deer for fun or for money. New Zealand Hunting Adventures stands apart because, while...

To Hound A Hog is all about:AN EMOTIONAL SPORT. PRIDE… When one witnesses a pup that ones reared catching his FIRST pig. ADRENALINE RUSH…When one leaps into battle between dogs and an angry boar to despatch it with a knife or sneaking to a bailed pig in dense scrub. DESPAIR… When one loses a dog...

Barry Morton is hunting illegally on Lilybank, a large property in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. He seeks a unique trophy, a pure white bull Tahr. Upon returning to his well-concealed secret camp he discovers a young woman bathing in the hot pool, a pool he believed was known only to members of his...

This is the life story of ‘Injun Joe’, born Wellwyn Harris Collins, in 1950. His mother was half-caste Maori of the Ngati Kahungunu tribe, his father a Scottish-Irish immigrant whose family had substantial holdings in Hawke’s Bay.Joe became well known as an elite hunterhelicopter pilot, one of...

Dave Blair is "the Hedgehog Kid." "I came into the world of wildlife as a five-year-old when my father bought an 83 acre farm in Taranaki. It was here I began to live in the world of animals and birds and begin an adventurous life because of them. They became my escape. From the moment I saw the hawk...

This book is set in the best pig hunting area of New Zealand; the Wanganui hinterland and the author tells a good yarn of his early days in the Te Tuhi valley and of the big boars he encountered. It is a story of pioneer farming and the battle against the bust and the wild pigs that ravaged the sheep...

Dave McClunie loves the mountains, the animals that inhabit them and the freedom and challenge they represent. From a rural background he moved to the West Coast of the South Island to become a hunting guide to spend more time in the mountains he loves.  As a guide, his principal quarry have been the...

Bomb Grant author of Hunting Forever–Forever Hunting and Dances with Boars is back with this new book. What makes a pig hunter? Bomb looks back to his early days at his introduction to the sport of pig hunting, family played a big part for him. The early morning starts, the sound of thedogs on a bail,...

Howard Egan aka “Grandad” to his friends on the FishnHunt internet forum, has beeninvolved with the outdoors his whole life. From Acclimatisation Societies, New ZealandDeerstalkers Association, both at branch and national level, including a term as president,Ducks Unlimited and a host of other similar...

Blood Brothers traces the lives of Steve and Chris Podjursky, two bold and daring Ki- wis addicted to the excitement and fear of the adventurous spirit. Not academic, they became high achievers by snatching opportunities that came their way. First ground hunters, hunter pilots, then international pilots,...

Introduction by Bill O’Leary, President of the New Zealand Deerstalker’s Association and NZDA HUNTS National Coordinator. Endorsed by the NZDA for the NZDA HUNTS hunter-training program. Graeme Marshall was actively involved with hunter training courses within the Nelson branch of NZDA during the...