INTO THE DARK
Robert, now 83 years old, is a seasoned hunter who has done it all. His many stories of hunting around the world always intrigued me, but the story that captivated me most was the one about hunting Wapiti bulls in Fiordland in the late ’60s. Listening to his words started a fire within me. That fire was fuelled further when he gifted me copies of his personal photos from these trips. I was hooked!
Fast forward to 2013 when Rob Fickling’s first season of ‘Beyond the Divide’ aired on Australian TV. In it was a double episode of a Fiordland bugle hunt he did with a friend in George Block. These episodes drew me in like a moth to a flame. The scenery, the hardships, the bulls, the bugles and the scenery again – I wanted it all.
I introduced Fiordland and the Wapiti to my hunting partner Kyle Moffat, and without a second thought, he was in. Kyle and I have done many hunting trips together in both New Zealand and Australia. He is both mentally and physically fit, so when considering a partner for a trip like this, I knew he was the man for the job.
In 2014 we applied for the
