Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

Farmers worried for their safety after prized deer shot and killed.

A pig hunter who spent a near-frozen night in the bush wearing just gumboots, t-shirt and hoodie, was "very happy" to see his rescuers today.

The family of a hunter missing in bush as temperatures dropped to near freezing are relieved he has been found and still has his "cheeky smile".

Hastings hunter charged with careless use of a firearm after the death of 23-year-old Danny Jordan.

A Dunedin man whose hunting companion was killed after a deer stalking expedition went ''tragically wrong'' has been fined $1000 for illegal hunting.

Authorities are hoping that the only creatures shot during duck hunting season are of the feathered variety.

Animal rights groups are aghast this country is again being promoted as a premier destination for enthusiasts.

Trophy hunting is an industry that reportedly pumps tens of millions of dollars into the New Zealand economy each year.

Hunters tempted to ''farm'' wild deer or pigs before hunting competitions are likely to be out of luck at a competition later this month.

Most hunters are intelligent, successful, well-adjusted, compassionate individuals who invest heavily in conservation and animal welfare, says Daryl Crimp.

When Cecil the lion was lured out of his sanctuary in Zimbabwe, a train of events started that ended in his beheading and an American trophy hunter going underground, writes Sandra Kyle.

The Minnesota dentist is the target of worldwide odium after it was revealed he had wounded a well-known and much-loved lion who was king of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

The hunter has become the hunted. The predator is now the quarry. Cecil the lion, a once-mighty symbol of the natural world, has been slain, and now it is his killer, Walter Palmer, who is on the run.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service wants to talk to Walter Palmer. But it can't find him.

People angered by the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe are being urged to donate to efforts to save Africa's dwindling population of the big cats, and some animal-rights activists are pushing for African countries to stop trophy hunting.

Mother and her two daughters are among the hundreds who have staged a protest outside dental practice of man who killed Cecil.

US dentist who achieved worldwide notoriety for killing the most famous lion in Africa paid out US$127,500 to settle lawsuit.

Stephen Dickson carries ferrets down the front of his jersey when he is out rabbiting in Wanaka. He uses ferrets as an alternative to shooting and poisoning rabbits in rural areas. Source: Otago Daily Times/Youtube

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council has reminded hunters about firearm safety after two hunting tragedies last month.

A hunter who was reported missing in the Coromandel State Forest Park, near Hikutaia, has been found.

A visiting hunter from the United States had a cold night in the Paringa bush during a sleety south-westerly storm yesterday after he dislocated his shoulder in a 40m fall down a rock shoot.

More details have emerged about a boating tragedy on the Waikato River that left one man dead and his three mates clinging to trees after their runabout capsized yesterday.

The father of a Southland man shot during a hunting trip to Stewart Island, has pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm.

Marilyn Edge is preparing to say goodbye to husband Murray after the hunter's body was found near Timaru on Monday.

A pig hunter is in a critical condition after being accidentally shot in the back in the NSW south west slopes region.

Police said they arrested an Invercargill man in relation to the fatal shooting of Samuel Phillip Long on March 23.

The school attended by a teenage boy who shot himself in a tragic hunting accident will close on Thursday as a mark of respect.

Jamie Johnston never got the chance to give his mother Ginny her Mother's Day present after a duck hunting trip went horribly wrong.