NZBS Historical Pictures

Wattie Harriman was a foundation member of the Auckland Archery club and its hunting section

Norman Murgatroyd and Gordon Stacey with a goat from Port Waikato

The New Zealand Bowhunters Club was formed in 1951

Jack Simpson shot this goat with his 60lb Osage longbow

Ian McVinnie with his homemade Hickory longbow which he made in 1933

Early homemade broadheads mostly made from old saw blades

Claude Hyauiason dropped this boar with one shot from his 56lb Yew longbow

The hunting section of the Auckland Archery club was formed in 1945