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WILD SOUTH

Adventures across the last great hunting and angling frontiers of the world. Available in good bookstores across New Zealand, or buy from Amazon.com. ‘Pete Ryan is one hell of a writer – he writes as a man who knows the ground on which he walks, the waters in which he wades.’
RIDING THE ECHO DOWN

Explore the lives of the great hunters of the past – from the primeval forests of early New Zealand to Africa, Asia and the Americas – to the present and future of wilderness hunting.
‘This is uplifting … a masterpiece.’ NZ Hunter magazine
‘Monumental – a celebration of adventure.’ Dallas Safari Club
HUNTING LIFE

Reflections from the jagged peaks of New Zealand’s Southern Alps to the scorching deserts and steaming jungles of Africa. In turn wildly adventurous and gently sentimental, these essays are, in Ryan’s own words, ‘a hymn to an old way of life, and a long love letter of sorts.’
ABOUT PETER RYAN
Peter Ryan’s writing and images have appeared in the world’s finest outdoor magazines – Gray’s Sporting Journal, the African Hunting Gazette, Fieldsports, Sporting Classics, Shooting Sportsman, Field and Game Australia and The Hunter’s Journal. His essays have been published in several languages.
His first three books launched to critical and popular acclaim. This fourth (Riding The Echo Down) was released in October 2025..
REVIEWS
‘Pete Ryan is one hell of a writer – he writes as a man who knows the ground on which he walks, the waters in which he wades. He’s the real deal.’ Sporting Classics (USA)
‘Sure there are those who pump out words. But unusual is the author who writes from the soul, who strings prose together to melt your heart.’ Fish & Game New Zealand
‘Once in a great while some wonderful and unexpected delight hurtles from thin air…such is the case with Peter Ryan’s marvellous book, Wild South.’ Shooting Sportsman (USA)
