Cyclone damage and fickle ferry crossings are just some of the challenges facing deer hunters as they count down to this year roar, that peaks at Easter weekend.
The breeding season runs from late March through April with stags most vocal in the middle two weeks and its condsider one of the most important events on the game hunting calendar.
But some popular stomping grounds have been nailed by cyclone Gabrielle, a number of hunters have lost all their gear and the on again off again Cook Strait ferry crossings are also an anoyance.
NZ Deer Stalkers Association chief executive and general counsel Gwyn Thurlow talks to Lisa Owen.
