Young club

The Victoria group was formed in 1962, so the club is young, small and very active.

It has endeavoured over its short life to arrange trips during long vacations and during the shorter breaks such as Easter, study week, and Queen's Birthday weekend.

Because a deerstalker is essentially a lone ranger, organising trips is difficult. It is not usual for more than [our members to go on any one trip, as any number above this becomes too cumber-some for successful hunting, so consequently transport has become the club's biggest problem.

The real value, therefore, of the club is to provide a means for shooters to meet, talk and arrange trips with the help of the gear that the club can provide and the pooled knowledge of its members.

Members' experience ranges from ex-government cullers to prospective hunters who have never seen a deer, and here the real value of the club becomes apparent.

The club has a certain amount of tramping and camping gear, which it is hoped can be expanded this year.