1996 1st edition. The Halcyon Press. Auckland, NZ. Pp239. Colour & b/w photographs, end-paper maps. Fine in dust-wrapper.
Notes: Few "men have as much experience of Fiordland as John Anderson. After sixty-three trips, he is uniquely qualified to write of an area of New Zealand few have ever visited." This is a detailed account of the author's experiences in pursuit of wapiti. "He can look back at the golden years, the frustrations of dealing with a bureaucracy out of control, the attempts at wildlife management, and the destruction caused by the venison recovery industry (feral deer hunting)." After considering the history of the wapiti herd, and something of the history of the native fauna, Anderson makes a case for maintaining amanaged trophy herd of wapiti in Fiordland.
