Author(s): Ross Curtis

Hunting

Ross Curtis shot his first deer at the age of eight, by the age of 12 he was keeping the family in meat by hunting and doing his schooling by correspondence. Not surprisingly deer and deer hunting continued to play a major part in his life. Author of the highly successful books Murphy's Law and The Hunter , Murphy On My Back, How I Met Murphy, Murphy Strikes Back and Ranger Murphy. This book covers the latter years the author spent as a New Zealand Forest Service Ranger in North West Nelson, his interest in flying and how the arrival of the meat-hunters and their helicopter influenced his daily routine. Then a change to forestry and the stresses of the job relieved with family hunts - with Murphy always in close attendance. Told with humour and a deep affection for the people places and events he describes. This book is filled with a wide variety of stories from numerous hunting trips both on the job and off, as well as anecdotes from every day life as a forest ranger and forestry officer. Inevitably Murphy has the last word.