NZ Outdoor Magazine

11/12/2025

The Sika Bug
"If you have ever been to the Manson Hut, you would know that it is nestled on the side of a mountain range and to get to the top you need to climb roughly 100m. I don’t know about you, but my KFC-fuelled fitness program didn’t prepare me for the climb each morning and afternoon and much gravy was spilled as I cursed every step up that bloody maunga..." Mata Hata

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Eastcoast Hunters
Sika Hunters New Zealand

19/11/2025

Don’t forget to get your tails in!

It's not too late to win your share of the prizes up for grabs in this year's National Wild Goat Hunting Competition. Bring your tails to a location near you before 26 November!

: https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/national-events/national-wild-goat-hunting-competition/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=nzo&utm_campaign=goat-hunt25&utm_content=lastchance

Department of Conservation

10/11/2025

07/11/2025

Exciting, it's finally here - Tomorrow brings you the biggest Sika Show yet!

The NZ Outdoor team are currently working hard getting our stand #205 ready and excited to meet you all: Reuben, Rory, Keiran, Sam and Dan. Louise will be on the stand Saturday avo and you may even get the chance to meet Matt Hata and co and Luke Benefield who are dropping by.

Dan is about to take on his massive personal endurance challenge called Project Beyond the Ranges to raise $10,000 for men’s mental health through Movember. Make sure to call by and have a chat about how you can support this important cause.

Saturday 8th November 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9th November 9am - 4pm
Tickets online or at the gate on the day
www.sikashow.co.nz
Sika Show

06/11/2025

Only 2 days until our largest Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show brings hunters from around the country to Mystery Creek for the weekend. Make sure to drop by our stand for a yarn with the team.

One of our writers you can meet is bowhunter Rory and his son Kieran. Make sure to ask about their raffle where one lucky winner will be enjoying 2 nights accommodation in a glamping woolshed and get to go on a goat hunt.

Sika Show
Rory O'Brien

05/11/2025

Only 3 days to go!
This weekend brings you an awesome day out for the whole family. There is also plenty of delicious food on offer - and reading the list of vendors no-one will be going hungry; there will be everything from whitebait fritters, dumplings, gourmet grills, fish & chips, coffee, gelato and Mr Whippy to name just a few.

Louise Maich will have her book 'Finding Frank' for sale and you can drop by for a chat with her Saturday afternoon. Make sure to ask about her new project on the NZ Deer Cullers and history of hunting in New Zealand. Louise is certainly meeting some legends on her journey around the country.

Frank Erceg Project
Sika Show

04/11/2025

Only 4 days to go!
This weekend 8-9 November brings you an awesome day out for all ages with hundreds of epic exhibitors, $15,000 of door prizes and $50,000 of prizes in the competition pool. Make sure to drop by stand #205 and say g'day. Sam The Trap Man will have his book for sale and the NZ Outdoor crew is looking forward to sharing some yarns with you.

Sam The Trap Man
Sika Show

02/11/2025

Only 5 days to go!

The NZ Outdoor team are excited to be heading to the Sika Show again this weekend 8-9 November! Come have a yarn and check out our latest magazine, buy a book from Sam and Louise, enter Kieran's raffle and support Dan's Project Beyond the Ranges.

Whether you’re into hunting, the outdoors, or just appreciate having a good yarn, make sure to drop by stand #205 and say g'day.

31/10/2025

FLASHBACK FRIDAY
2010 - Simon Bullivant and partner Melissa, with their trophy stag. It had only been a year earlier that Melissa had ventured into the bush for the first time. Without a bow in hand she was just along for the ride. But while lying in her bivi bag high up on a ridge she listened to the stags roaring in the valley below and the guttural sound of a red stag in peak rut had her vowing to return the following year as a hunter - not just an observer. But her first step was to purchase a bow!!!

You can visit Simon on stand 267 at this year's Sika Show

Bullivant Truelife Taxidermy

29/10/2025

There’s no point in shooting a heavy-poundage bow if you can’t hold it steady to make a good shot. My 12-year-old son shoots with a 42lb draw weight and can comfortably kill fallow deer and goats with it. A 60lb setup will be enough to kill any game animal in New Zealand, provided you pair it with the right arrows - Rory O'Brien, .m.obrien - First Steps into Bowhunting, NZ Outdoor, Oct/Nov.

Attitude Archery

24/10/2025

FLASHBACK FRIDAY
Almost a trophy sika with 11" brow tines, 6-points, 27" long (except for the missing bez tines). When they have tines missing right from their second head they will usually not grow more in subsequent years. The six would have always been a six. It's those small eight-pointers that you should always leave as they may grow up to be your future trophy - Martin Askes - Bush Hunting Tactics.

Sika Hunters New Zealand
Sika Foundation
Sika Show

22/10/2025

The NZ Outdoor team are looking forward to meeting you all.