New Zealand's happiest and efficient wapiti Ai technician Simone Bouwmeester at the business end of a wapiti cow!
Tom had a big day out last Saturday not only being honoured as a life member of the society but also taking out the big velvet competition awards of Reserve Champion and Champion of Champions!
Tom May graciously accepting his life membership award Cromwell, February 2024. Enthusiastically all things Elk is our man Tom, well deserved.
This bull is a stunner he cut somewhere between 10.64kg @ 2 yrs old! To find out what that weight was and see the velvet in the flesh, The Gate Hotel, Cromwell, Feb 3rd, 2024 from 4.pm Along with Tikana there are two other breeders entering 10kg plus 2 yr old elk velvet heads!
35 years of breeding adds two addition tines and in some circles thats a big bonus!
Another lovely typical elk bull on the green fields of Southland
Tom Mays Innovative Hygienic velvet transport to the freezer
Life member Sir Tim Wallace recently passed away aged 85. A life well lived and a huge contributor to the NZ deer industry. R.I.P
EWS President Grant Hasse with Dave Lawrence of Takina Wapiti and his Champion of Champions head from Nepia weighing in at 29.99kg!
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Relaxing in sunny Cromwell
Collecting the silverware
No Photoshop involved here, just lovely Southland natural colour. Waller family Farm, Lumsden
One of the best photos ever taken, Angela somehow manged to hold the camera, organise her friend and take the photo.