Forgotten Years: Helicopters and Hunting Stories helicopters and hunting stories By: Brian Conroy

New Zealand’s early backcountry heritage is encapsulated among the recollections of the men who pioneered the West Coast’s early venison recovery days. Accounts of competing helicopters lined up ready for a dawn takeoff in Makarora, hundreds of deer flanking tussock basins, and the hardy men and door-less helicopters ready to take charge.