The helicopter live capture game was a no holds barred raw industry. Milton Kiri became legendary in venison recovery in the late 70's and 80's.
Milton pulls no punches in his autobiography- it is what it is- some good, some bad and some downright unbelievable.
I have been friends with the author for over thirty years so I may be a bit biased about this book but its genuinely good fun and there's lots and lots of truth to all the tales.
I have met many of the characters in this book and characters are what they are, very hard men who earned a very dangerous living ignoring other peoples rules. Those that didn't die young are now getting on a bit and I would imagine these survivors consider them selves fortunate. These are men that are as far away from bearded,check shirt wearing , bicycle riding safe room using snow flakes as you can imagine. Thankfully this type of person still exists in New Zealand but only in small pockets.
When the live capture industry was in full flight society in general wasn't under scrutiny like it is today. None of the events that are recounted here would occur today, there's too much technology, too many rules but this book adds to what is now a very good group of histories of an industry that really could only have happened in New Zealand.
So, I'm pleased Milt has written it, he started talking about it about ten years ago and its great to see it on our shelf.
As stated this is a good read
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