The Hunters Club

New Zealand is the only place in the world where you can hunt the majestic Himalayan Tahr. Ice axes, crampons, and an ability to withstand freezing temperatures are all necessary for anyone looking to claim a trophy bull in full winter coat. In this episode, Dan and Sam head deep into the Southern Alps to show viewers the skill, dedication, and effort required to successfully bring home the bacon.

The famed Whitetail deer or 'Grey Ghosts' of Stewart Island is an extremely elusive deer, one that requires skill, stealth and a lot of patience to successfully hunt. In this episode, we spend a week on 'Rakiura', capturing the minutiae of island life on this slice of untouched paradise at the bottom of New Zealand, and put in some incredibly long hours in the tree stand.

The first weekend in May signals the start of the Duck Shooting season in New Zealand. This momentous occasion is an absolute religion in the deep South. In this episode, we head to the mecca of the sport, Mossburn, to take in the colour and excitement of this quintessentially Kiwi event and bag some stunning footage in the process.

Sika Deer are the jewel of NZ's North Island, and are regarded as providing some of the best eating venison of all the deer species. Sika originate from Eastern Asia and are New Zealand's second most common deer species. With a reputation as being one of the most cunning of all deer species, their unique behaviour makes them a prized quarry amongst hunters.

The heat of summer months in Central Otago is usually is enough to keep even the keenest hunters off the hill, but not us. After a huge Red Stag is spotted on a mid-January reconnaissance trip, the lads return three weeks later in the hope of a return visit, and also in the hope that the big 12 pointer will have begun to strip his velvet to reveal the prized antlers beneath.

Canada Geese are held in extremely high regard internationally, however, here in New Zealand, they have recently been reclassified from game species to pest, mainly due to their overabundance and their destruction of farmland. In this episode, we head to the famous Molesworth Station, New Zealand's largest working farm, to lend a hand in reducing numbers, and have a lot of fun in the process.

After seeing in the New Year in Queenstown, the lads hit the road for majestic Mount Cook National Park, home of NZ's largest mountain, to the exact same spot where 12 months earlier a gigantic bull tahr managed to give them the slip. This time around, they're committed to finding the big boy and will leave no stone unturned in their search.

Helicopters, white water rafting, jet boats, fly fishing, eeling, hunting spring red deer on the flats, this episode has a bit of everything! We're joined by Josh James Marcotte, the Kiwi Bushman, on a colourful expedition in deepest darkest Westland. After a slow start, the pressure is on the team to deliver the goods - or face the embarrassing prospect of going home empty-handed!

We are joined this week by Emma, the newly married wife of one of our regular hunters Dan. We set out to bag Emma her first-ever chamois buck; however, this roller coaster mission proves much harder than anticipated as the team bounce from the snowbound Southern Alps in the depths of winter to the scorched mountains of Central Otago before finding their prize.

In this special double episode, the team head into Fiordland for the 'Bugle', the time of year when the prized Wapiti, the largest and most majestic of all deer species, are in full voice. Wapiti is the holy grail of NZ hunting, but the country they inhabit has a reputation for breaking even the hardiest of hunters, with incredibly dense, steep mountains and highly unpredictable weather.