In this interview, Jock talks about his early life in Fairfax. His first job on leaving school was at a saw mill near Otautau. Jock worked at other mills as he became more experienced. When he was 19 Jock joined the army and spent about 18 months in Japan. From an early age Jock got involved with deer hunting and on his return from Japan he became a deer culler for the Department of Internal Affairs and worked for 5 years without a break. Jock married in 1960, He then became involved in a venison meat factory in Mossburn and took up meat hunting before moving to deer farming at The Key where he pioneered deer fencing. Jock also talks about competing in wood chopping competitions - he is a life member of the NZ Axeman's Association. The interview finishes with Jock talking about early memories of the Te Anau basin and Fiordland.