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.

A wounded hunter has described the moment he was accidentally shot by a friend - a feeling he likened to having a “hot, sharp metal rod” smashed across his back.

The young Invercargill man shot dead on Stewart Island had helped build a hunters' hut on the island with his father and been on the local deerstalkers association's executive.

Police have released the name of a young hunter shot dead on Stewart Island yesterday.

Check Ditch Keeling's voicemail announcement. "I'm in the middle of killing something right now," it says. "Leave a message and I'll get back to you just as soon as it's dead.

Former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath has issued a public apology after images surfaced online of him participating in a big game hunt in Zimbabwe.

Chances are you've probably never heard of Kid Rock. He's not the kind of character who appeals here.

The parents of a young man shot dead in a hunting accident hope law changes prevent a similar tragedy happening again.

A young man spent hours in near freezing conditions after leaving a hunting group in bush near Oamaru, early this morning, drunk and with no shoes.

A deer hunter has been hospitalised after his quad bike rolled and crushed him in remote forest overnight.

All Black lock Sam Whitelock has defended himself and Crusaders teammates after images of them posing with dead big-game animals were posted online.

Angry friends and relatives of a young Southland hunter walked out of court when it became apparent the man who mistook him for a deer wouldn't be sent to prison.

A man who shot his friend in the elbow on the first day of duck shooting season can now be named.