Rex Forrester
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Born8 November 1928
Died31 August 2001 (aged 72)
OccupationsHunting and fishing specialist
Rex Forrester | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 November 1928 |
| Died | 31 August 2001 (aged 72) |
| Occupations | Hunting and fishing specialist |
Rex Forrester (8 November 1928 – 31 August 2001)[1] was a recognised New Zealand hunting and fishing specialist.[2] He was known for his deer culling, helicopter hunting, live deer capture, pig hunting and trout fishing within New Zealand and Australia. He was also an outdoor sports author who published nine books.
Writing
Rex Forrester published the following hunting and fishing books:
- Hunter for Hire - Co-author with Neil Illingworth (1965)
- Hunting in New Zealand - Co-author with Neil Illingworth (1967)
- Rex Forrester's True Hunting Adventures (1980)
- The Chopper Boys: New Zealand's Helicopter Hunters (1983)
- Trout Fishing in New Zealand (1987)
- Helicopter Hunters (1988)
- A Hunter's Life (1997)
- The Chopper Boys and the Helicopter Hunters: New Zealand Hunting Classics (2002)
- True Hunting Adventures (2006)
Tahr Hunting
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the legendary story teller, author and hunting guide Rex Forrester, put tahr on the top of the list of big game animals that overseas trophy hunters came to New Zealand to hunt [4]
