Errol first arrived in Te Anau from Auckland to work as a ranger for the Fiordland National Park Board in the mid-1960s. He soon discovered that commercial deerhunting, a job for which he had previously gained experience as a Forest Service culler in the North Island, was a more lucrative option. At about the same time, the first helicopter assisted meathunting began in the Te Anau Basin and it wasn't long before Sir Tim Wallis invited Errol to join his deer recovery operation, Luggate Game Packers. A helicopter accident in 1968, which resulted in months of recuperation, brought a hiatus to the hunting work — instead Errol joined a crayfishing boat in the Chatham Islands. But by the early 1970s, he was back in Te Anau working for Wallis as support crew for Alpine Helicopter's chief pilot, Bill Black and the company's newly acquired Bell Jet Ranger. This interview, which is not a full oral history recording, concentrates mainly on Errol's deerhunting experiences as a government culler, groundhunter and LGP/Alpine Helicopters employee.