The company says it's due to a lack of consumer demand and the politics surrounding gun violence.

A Palmerston hunter used his T-shirt and duct tape as a tourniquet before hobbling more than 200m to meet rescuers after impaling his leg in the Maungatua Range.

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

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.

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.

Montaperto is a true country girl. It was a year before boyfriend Jaimee Ellis saw her in makeup or a dress.

A missing Coromandel man who failed to return from an overnight hunting trip was located on Thursday evening down the bottom of a bluff near his home.

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.

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.

The number of young Kiwi duck hunters has increased by more than 70 per cent in the past 14 years. Duck shooting season kicks off tomorrow, with most regions reporting healthy numbers of ducks....

A missing Auckland hunter who sparked a search-and-rescue effort has turned up safe and well.

If there's one thing that will bring Murray Edge home safely, it's a simple threat: Come home or the tree gets chopped.

The wife of missing Dunedin hunter Murray Edge is losing hope, saying 'it's a bloody good way for him to go.'

A young man shot in the back in a hunting accident was luckily bending down emptying stones from his boots when his mate fired the bullet.