Deer on My Doorstep

Colin Davey

Published by A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1965

About this Item

Signed by Davey on the title page. Minor edge wear to the jacket. Set first in the Wairarapa Colin Davey set out to improve the quality of the deer he was hunting. He was disappointed in the trophy quality and wanted to hunt bigger and better trophies. Not content to just go and shoot any deer he set out to selectively cull inferior and sub standard animals and in the course of time over several years improved the health and trophy quality of the deer he was hunting, within a small area of the Wairarapa. At the time this book was published his ideas were regarded with some scepticism, and caused a minor sensation. The second part of the book is about Colin's adventures in Fiordland. He returned to Fiordland many times, over his lifetime and voiced his concern about the decreasing trophy potential of the Wapiti herd, unless sound management was introduced. Again at the time the book was originally published his ideas were regarded as some sort of heresy.

Seller Inventory # 044692

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deer on My Doorstep
• Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sport
  • Hunting
  • Aotearoa, New Zealand