In the Wake of the Pioneers: Fiordland Museum Trust Oral History Project
     Subject 
  
    Subject Source: Local sources
    
    
     Found in 1 Collection or Record:
DEAKER, Cyril Richard (Dick) interviewed by Morag Forrester
     Record Group 
  
    
      Identifier: H0567
    
Overview
             It was 1960 when Dick Deaker first set foot in Fiordland as a schoolboy introduced to deerhunting expeditions. Three years later, he was back on a more permanent basis having started work as a deer culler in the nearby Takitimu Mountains and the Murchison Mountains/Takahe area. It wasn't long after gaining a private pilot's licence in 1968 that he combined his two great interests — hunting and aviation. By bringing out the deer he shot in his fixed wing Piper Cub, he could sell for a relatively...
          
      
          Dates: 
        2007
      
      
   