New Zealand offers a range of prized big game animals, from Himalayan tahr to stunning sika deer, big sambar to chamois, and beautiful fallow deer, to name a few. But the red stag is the big ticket ...

“If you do a 4-day hunt, which is typical, you’re looking at $7,500 to $8,500, which is in line with a guided elk hunt [in the States]. If you kill a really big stag, you could be looking at $10,000 ...