THE EUROPEAN RED DEER. CERVUS ELAPHUS, SSP: VOLUME V, PART I, IN THE SERIES OF NEW ZEALAND BIG GAME TROPHY RECORDS. Written and compiled by D. Bruce Banwell, on behalf of the New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association, Incorporated.

2009 1st edition. 8vo paperback (165 x 240mm). Pp320. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography.

"The Red deer part 1, is the fifth in a series of books that will eventually form the official N.Z.D.A. record series, covering the top trophies taken in New Zealand for all game animals recognised by that organisation. Each work will look at the origin, liberation, spread and establishment, present status, location and how to hunt information, as well as listing all known trophies and their Douglas Score statistics, where available, as recorded by the New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association." Contents include: The European and Asian forms of red deer - Legend; History and terminology; Origin of the species; Habitat and predation; Antlers; The subspecies. The New Zealand European red deer - History and origins of the North Island herds; The Windsor Great Park influence; Liberations, dispersal, establishment and development of the Wairarapa herd (incorporating the Tararua Range), the Paraparaumu Game Park, the Ruahine Herd (incorporating the Hawkes Bay-Kaimanawa sub-herd), the Mahia herd, the Urwera herd, the Rotorua herd, the Kaimais herd, the King Country herd and the Auckland Provincial Liberations.