Great write up and pictures. My GF and I hunted with Gary in 2014. He had a great lodge and staff. I also liked his policy of different class of stags in different properties so you can shoot any stag on each property and not having to worry if the stag that you shoot is in your price range. Did you shoot your stag in the property adjacent to the lodge? You devinately shot a wall hanger!
New Zealand has some very spectacular scenery. On our trip, we stayed at Gary's lodge and I hunted the first week, then we rented a car and spent the next two weeks driving on the wrong side of the road and toured all around the South Island. Because of New Zealand's strict gun laws, Gary said I could leave my rifle in his gun safe and I could pick it up on our way to the airport when we left.
It turned out that we were able to stay at his lodge our last night (for free), his staff washed our two week accumulation of cloths and we had dinner and visited with the group of hunters that were currently staying there.
Our trip to New Zealand was definately one of the best trips that I have ever gone on!
