Hunting & Fishing Books

All you need to know about smoking food from renowned New Zealand chef, Chris Fortune. Includes . . . • hot and cold smoking techniques • smoking essentials and pre-smoking processes; including preparation of food • information on the types of smoker you can use, including Kiwi ...

Al Brown can be counted on to find and share great New Zealand cuisine. In Go Fish Al combines his two great passions - cooking and fishing - and brings us more than 100 exceptional fish and shellfish recipes. Covering crustaceans, shellfish and fin fish of many varieties, Go Fish is the ultimate gu...

This rich and vivid, highly illustrated social history gives an insight into the world of the New Zealand hunter. Hunting is central to many New Zealanders' lives - whether it's to feed their families, earn a living or to explore the country's amazing wilderness. Hunting: A New Zealand history de...

John Kent's South Island Trout Fishing Guide is a comprehensive guide to the South Island's incomparable trout fishing waters. More than 400 rivers and 150 lakes are described, along with their location, access, fishing season and appropriate techniques and flies. This book will be of special intere...

John Kent's North Island Trout Fishing Guide is a practical handbook that provides accurate, up-to-date information on trout fishing in the North Island of New Zealand. Kent draws on over 50 years' trout fishing experience and a lifelong enthusiasm for New Zealand's back-country and high-country fis...

illustrated with 1:50 000 & 1:250 000 topographic maps information on over 1000 hunting spots species available accommodation access, permits, restrictions Xpert hunting tips that all hunters will need to know when planning their next adventure.

This book on processing wild pigs and deer is written by Darran Meates, one of the country's leading butchers of game meat. Practical down-to-earth text and over 250 photographs show how to field dress, skin and butcher pigs and deer, caping techniques, food safety information for game hunters, and ...

 Mark Draper, the author of Spot X Surfcasting is a successful fishing guide with much of his work revolving around multi day guided trips, fishing for both fresh and saltwater species. Mark has specialised in both land based game fishing and fly fishing off the rocks. With 561 surfcasting s...

Philip Holden was a great outdoorsman, whose writing explored the heart of rural New Zealand. When Philip passed away in 2005, he had written 57 books, many of them New Zealand classics. His proud legacy is preserved in this handsome, richly illustrated volume. Hunting & High Country brings toget...

 We are extremely proud of our new books, especially in developing the first truly national edition of Fishing New Zealand: Illustrated with marine charts topographic maps GPS marks target species best conditions Xpert tips. A book we believe will become the i...

Our Cape to Cape book is a 228 page collection of the actual Hydrographic Charts covering the east coast of the North Island from North Cape to East Cape including the Three Kings and the Ranfurly Banks. It has over 2000 GPS spots for Snapper, Kingfish, Tarakihi, Hapuku, Crayfish dives, Scallop beds...

Best Boat Fishing Spots covers the whole of New Zealand and recommends 141 spots identified, tried and tested by Geoff Thomas. From close in to the mainland to way offshore - from a feed of school snapper or blue cod to a trophy tussle with tuna and marlin - these spots have it all. Location details...

For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen and women, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the top fly-fishing destinations around the world. Through in-depth interviews with fifty fly-fishing gurus, including Dan Callaghan (noted fly-fishing photographer), John Randolph (editor-in...

Anthony Swainson has devoted more than half a century in search of the perfect day's fishing. His quest includes the rivers and streams of New Zealand, the raging East Coast seas and fishing trips halfway round the world. Tangled Lines is his collection of whimsical stories, relating his fishing ody...

New Zealand has a worldwide reputation as a fly fisher's paradise. Renowned author and trout-fishing specialist John Kent has selected 20 of the very best lakes, covering both the North and South islands, and presents here, complete with stunning photography by David Hallett, a complete guide to New...

Popular fishing writer John Eichelsheim spills the beans on how and where to catch he best examples of New Zealand's top 12 fish species. John draws on his own forty years of experience fishing around the country to tell personal stories of his own 'top catch' for each species, then provides biologi...

Spot X Gamebird Hunting New Zealand

Sig Hansen has been a star of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch from the pilot to the present. Seen in over 150 countries, the show attracts more than 49 million viewers per season, making it one of the most successful series in the history of cable TV. With its daredevil camera work, un...

Few know New Zealand's backcountry and byways, and the hunters who often inhabit them, as well as Connor McKenzie. Throughout his 50-plus years of hunting high-jinks, misadventures and 'success stories', he has amassed all sorts of yarns - always worth the telling, usually hard-case and, sometimes, ...

A handy waterproof quick reference guide to 15 fishing knots. The spiral bound pocket-sized guide has explanations of when to use each knot and step-by-step diagrams of how to tie them. Included are the Bimini Twist, Yukatan and Lefties Loops with application to soft bait fishing and the other knots...

Written by one of New Zealand's best known angling authors, Tony Orman, Sea Fishing is aimed at the beginner. The main sea fish species are covered, along with fishing gear, surfcasting, small boat fishing, saltwater fly, lures, keeping a diary, and more. In Sea Fishing Tony takes the reader on a...

With step by step instructions and detailed illustrations, Fly Fishing Made Easy will greatly enhance both your technique and your enjoyment of the sport. For beginners and experts alike. Covers: Casting Where to find trout Fly patterns that really work Right fly, right place, right time ...

Like the kiwi and the kauri, snapper - tamure - holds a special place in the hearts of many New Zealanders. It’s our iconic fish, and is celebrated by writers, photographers, scientists, historians, artists, divers, chefs and keen anglers, in this inspiring book by well-known fisherman and aut...

SpotX Freshwater Fishing is a first of it's kind showing detailed topographical maps and information on hundreds of rivers and lakes that make up the rich tapestry of our wonderful landscape. We have put this book together with the assistance of Fish & Game New Zealand who have been good enou...

The opening of gamebird season - the first weekend of May - has been part of New Zealand's history since the early nineteenth century and still holds an attraction for thousands of enthusiasts - over 30,000 gamebird hunting licences are sold in New Zealand annually. Author Gary Girvan's passion ...

Fishing New Zealand covers over 100 of the best places for catching fish in New Zealand from kingfish off the ledges under the Surville Cliffs at North Cape to 4kg snapper in the inner Waitemata (on the edge of the channel on the 3rd red marker out from the Westhaven Marina) to fishing at Tolaga Bay...

John Eichelsheim's first book on plastic baits (Gotcha!) heralded a revolution in New Zealand fishing. Fishing with soft plastics has continued to grow in New Zealand, and John Eichelsheim has returned to the file to update and revise the text with new develolpments in the soft bait revolution. ...

Take the mystery out of trout fishing and enjoy the pleasures it has to offer. Mike Weddell in his 'easy to read' writing style provides the reader with an interesting and informative guide to this fascinating sport. By the end of the book expect to be hooked on trout fishing and armed with the n...

 Written and illustrated for fishermen, no Latin names or scientific terms. Clearly illustrated with tips on identification, habitat, fishing technique and bait used with a brief comment on the food quality. Water proof, Tear proof. A handy pocket size booklet. Written by Sam Mossman & ...

 Hydrographic chart covers Lake Taupo with an inset for Horomatangi Reef. The fishing Consultant for this chart is Mike Stent, Fly Fishing Guide and owner of The Fly & Gun Shop, a very successful local store that is a member of the Hunting & Fishing franchise. Chart includes Trolling ...

 Hydrographic chart is split in two, one side covers Waiheke Island to Ponui Island and the second side covers the Western Coromandel from Colville Bay to Wilsons Bay in the south. The fishing Consultant for this chart is Eugen De Bruyn, skipper of Sea Genie a very successful charter boat oper...

 Map covers from a line between Takatu and the Kaipara Harbours South Head in the north to the Waikato River in the south. The fishing Consultant for this chart is Lance Pulman a highly respected surf, rock and land based game fisherman who works in an Auckland tackle shop. This map includes ...

If there is one thing the Kiwi fisherman enjoys almost as much as catching fish, it’s telling stories about fish. Everyone has a ‘fishy story’. Peter Jessup has been collecting such tales for more than 30 years as a writer and fishing enthusiast whose work has been widely published...

The packhorse lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi), found off the coasts of northern New Zealand and mid–eastern Australia, is the largest and among the most primitive of all the spiny lobsters (often referred to as 'crayfish'). Its remarkable life history includes migration across vast distances, both w...

Red Deer in New Zealand is a New Zealand hunting classic. It has sold over 10,000 copies and is the essential handbook for hunting Red deer in New Zealand. In this new paperback edition best selling hunting authors Roger Lentle and Frank Saxton offer a unique blend of hunting experience and science,...

With disarming honesty and freshness, Derek Grzelewski has written a highly readable account of his year dedicated to fly-fishing in New Zealand, relating the highs and lows, and the intricacies and finesse, of pursuing trout in the wild places and pristine waters he loves so much. The thrill of clo...

Another collection of outrageous hunting yarns from the master of the genre,'Big Al' Lester. A jetboat trip gone disastrously wrong, kamikaze deer, the Hermit of Fiordland, a pigeon called Tegal, the sacred eel - these are just some of the rollicking stories told by 'Big Al' and his mates. Plent...

Battling huge marlin on a jet-ski and swimming with mako sharks with fish strapped to his body are just a few of the more 'out there' fishing acts seen on Matt Watson's 'ITM Fishing Show'. Matt collects the best tales of his fishing exploits around New Zealand and off-shore.

Grant Dixon has been the editor of the largest outdoors magazine in New Zealand, 'NZ Fishing News' for the last twenty odd years. For as long as he can remember his passion for fishing and hunting has only been surpassed by his passion to cook and sample the fruits of his labour. This book is a coll...

'Those of you with a sense of humour, a love of hunting and a liking for yarns about the characters that roam the New Zealand mountains, this book is for you.'Big Al' once again revisits his beloved terrain: yarns of off-road New Zealand. With his characteristic humour and love for the land - and la...