Has anyone hunted in NZ with Richard?

If so, any comments?

Thanks.

Anyone interested in hunting with him should PM me. He is a major problem.

I take it your hunt didn't go according to plan Larry?

I didn't go.

From what I am told, he has not paid the landowners for any of the prior hunts. He owes them a bundle. The police are investigating him. He is wanted on various fraud charges unrelated to this. Again, from what I am told, he owes in excess of $100,000 on those charges. He supposedly owes in excess of $100,000 to the various providers on hunts conducted this year.

There are numerous problems on hunts this year.

The duck hunt aspect of my proposed hunt was after duck season has closed. According to the landowner, there are no stags on his property of the size that he indicated that I would kill.

He has $12,000 of my money. Of that amount, I would say that $6,000 is outright stolen. Long story.

I canceled this week. I feel 100% certain that my $12,000 is gone for good.

Sorry to hear that Larry. I hope they get him and you get your money back.

Thanks.

i hope we all get paid but I doubt it will happen.

You want to pm me some details and I will see what information I can find on the guy for you. No promises ,but the spy network reaches most places in NZ...

I would like to publicly thank Muzza for his assistance.

I am filing a civil suit against Mr Nunnick. Further, the police are doing a criminal investigation.

Stay away from Richard Nunnick.

Thats ok mate .

It doesnt do any of us any good to see another guy ripped off by someone posing as a professional guide. I hope it all works out for you in the end.

Thanks.

If it doesn't, I am going to make sure he has some sleepless nights worrying about it.

He has screwed a bunch of people.

larry.

I just got word that the police are definitely going to prosecute Mr Nunnick for theft.

Thanks again Muzza for your help. You may want to pass this along to your friends.

Larry

Real shame this has happen to you Larry,i do hope this has not put you off hunting in new Zealand.

Not at all. I am going anyway and have just completed arrangements with another company.

Great job Larry. Hang in there! If this had been posted on the African Hunting forum, Richard's buddies (even those who didn't know him(!)) would be out after your blood, defending him and saying "there are always two sides to every story!".
Peter.

Thanks to Muzza, I have found the following link with a lot of information about this prick Richard Nunnick.

http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1211533330

I am clearly not the only one he screwed.

Any one interested should recheck the link referred to above. It has gotten very interesting and seems that it will become more so soon.

Its like an episode of Columbo. Hope its not too traumatic

There is an article about our friend Richard Nunnick in today's Christchurch paper.

www.press.co.nz

Seems you are making good progress with this whole sorry saga Larry.
As a guide in this country its always bad to get reports that there is a rogue in our industry.

The word is certainly out and about in most circles now BUT way to late to help out those that got ripped off by this guy.

Question is what can be done to assure hunters that it won't happen again. Is it possible to stop this sort of thing.

Good job Muzza

Gidday Larry,

This arsewipe got front page top billing on the saturday paper today. He really is a prize peice of donkey doo.

he has taken more than you mate. Its a pity he didn't do this to a made man who would give him a set of concrete boots.

I hope they get him but I think your money is done though I am sad to say. This prick is real parasite.

I wish I could do more for you mate.

Happy Hunting

Hamish

Thank you.

I also doubt I will ever see my money. However,I have certainly made his life miserable. The newspaper article. Radio. A thread on HuntnFish that has been viewed by about 12,000. A lawsuit.

It is going to be harder for him to do this next time.

I just got an e mail from the police telling me that Richard was arrested and charged with 2 counts of fraud in connection with what he did to me.

it is a good day.

Is he the rooster that was ripping women off among many others?

Email from the police? That's nice! Good Job!
Peter.

Yes he is the same one taking the women for a ride.

Thank you Peter.

I just got word this evening that I won the lawsuit against this prick Richard Nunnick.

The judge awarded me US$6,000 plus about NZ$5,000 for costs.

I only sued for half of what he stole from me as this amount was very easily proved.

A welcomed outcome but no doubt a shallow victory.
Has he the $$ to pay? there are a queue of people behind you waiting.
May we never see the likes of him again.

Thats good news Larry.

I doubt I would be spending that money till I had it in my bank account tho ...I'm just too much of a cynic to expect Mr Numnuts to pay up any of it freely.

Time will tell. Hope it all works out tho.

Congrats Larry. I'm a bit of a cynic just like Muzza. I hope you get the $$ mate.

Another NZ Outfitter just "Bellied Up"

Called "Back Country"

I did notice a post where someone on this forum had booked a hunt with them. Hopefully you have alraedy completed your hunt, or you are on the case with retreiving your deposit.

quote:

Originally posted by TrackersNZ:
Another NZ Outfitter just "Bellied Up"

Called "Back Country"

I did notice a post where someone on this forum had booked a hunt with them. Hopefully you have alraedy completed your hunt, or you are on the case with retreiving your deposit.

How do you know that? Just wondering?

A fantastic conclusion Larry old mate...there are a few more of these so called professional outfitters/guides about that havent delivered the goods.... or in plain speak..."ripped/ or attempted to rip clients off" that will eventually be weeded out of the game from the obvious feedback that abounds online.

Quite so, John. Some of these people obviously don't think that we talk amongst ourselves...

This prick was sentenced yesterday.

He got 6 months house arrest, 150 hours of community service and was order to pay me $40 per week.

At least it is something.

http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com...erpath-predator.html

Richard does get around.......r in s.

quote:

Originally posted by larryshores:
This prick was sentenced yesterday.

He got 6 months house arrest, 150 hours of community service and was order to pay me $40 per week.

At least it is something.

ah this is good,and the results need to be posted wherever these people ply their trades.

The Hunting Report is getting ready to publish an article on Mr Nunnick's activities. Perhaps I can figure out how to post it here.

Well at least you got a result which is the main thing. Good on you for taking it through.

PUBLISHED IN THE HUNTING REPORT YESTERDAY


If you travel to hunt, you inevitably
share your adventures with
kindred spirits whose company you
enjoy both in the field and back at
camp. You form bonds and befriend
other hunters and guides with whom
you’ve shared memorable moments.
And with the modern advent of email,
you can easily stay in touch
with them. Many such friendships
last for years and lead to new and
exciting hunting opportunities, as
some of these guides become hunting
operators themselves. As friends,
you agree to support them with repeat
hunts and recommendations to
other friends. Unfortunately, every
so often one of these guides turns
out to be a scoundrel, taking their
friends for thousands of dollars.
Hunting Report subscriber Larry
Shores reports that’s exactly what he
experienced with New Zealand guide
Richard Nunnick, who was just convicted
of three counts of fraud in a
Christchurch District Court.
Shores says he met Nunnickabout six years ago at Glenroy
Lodge, where he experienced a flawless
hunt. “Nunnick and I hit it off,”
Shores says. “I found him to be
pleasant, competent, hardworking
and jovial. We stayed in contact via
e-mail. I liked Nunnick immensely.”
In November of 2006, Nunnick
contacted Shores with news that he
had terminal cancer. Shores spent
several thousand dollars on airline
tickets for Nunnick and his girlfriend
to attend his annual Christmas
party in Orlando, Florida, as he
thought it would be the last time
he’d see his friend. Nunnick never
showed up, claiming he was not
medically cleared to fly. Some
months later, Nunnick told Shores
that he was undergoing experimental
treatments that were effectively
reducing the size of his inoperable
tumor. By mid 2007, he claimed to
be well enough to take Shores hunting.
In late November 2007, Shores
sent Nunnick a $6,000 check for a
deposit on a hunt. Nunnick told him
the New Zealand banks wanted to
hold the check for a total of three
weeks. Shores agreed to wire him another
$6,000 and asked Nunnick to
simply tear up the check. Soon after
Shores wired the money, the original
$6,000 check cleared the bank.
Five months later, after several
attempts to get his money back and
receiving numerous promises and
excuses, Shores was still out
$12,000. He had also learned that
Nunnick had yet to pay the deposit
to the landowner for his upcoming
hunt. Other things turned up wrong
as well, such as the duck shooting
Nunnick included in the deal.
Shores learned the season was
closed during his hunting dates.
And while Nunnick promised a red
stag of a particular size, the landowner
told Shores he did not have
any such stags on the property
where the hunt was to take place.
Before all of this came to light,
Shores had arranged a long-distance
introduction between Nunnick and
booking agent John Barth of Adventure
Unlimited, a longtime friend of
Shores. “Larry is a very thorough
person,” Barth says. “He vouched
for Nunnick and that was all I
needed at the time.” Barth proceeded
to book several clients with
Nunnick. The first hunt was a freerange
stag hunt that was problemfree.
The second hunt, for a highgold
stag and several other animals,
had some issues. While the third
hunt was taking place, the landowner
involved, Neville Cunningham
of Mt. Cook Trophy Hunting,
informed Barth that Nunnick owed
him $50,000. Laurie and Malcolm
Prouting of Mesopotamia Station,
another hunting property involved,
had not been paid either.
Due to the efforts of Cunningham
and Barth, the New Zealand police
opened two fraud investigations
against Nunnick. Turns out not only
did Nunnick scam Shores, Barth, other
hunters and landowners, but he also
had a history of financially scamming
women. A New Zealand newspaper
portrays Nunnick as a Casanova-type
who wooed sympathetic women
online then scammed them out of
room and board, plus money, with a
bogus story about, you guessed it, a
terminal cancer diagnosis.
Last October, Shores won a judgment
against Nunnick for just over
$11,000. He has yet to see a penny
of it. Some months after that, Barth,
Cunningham and the Proutings
came to an agreement about the release
of the trophies after much
time-consuming efforts and great expense
on everyones part. Cunningham
says that despite not having
been fully paid for the trophies
he felt he had little option but to do
so for the sake of his and New
Zealand's reputation as a hunting
destination. Just recently, Nunnick
was convicted of fraud – two counts
of “obtaining by deception” and
one for “using a document dishonestly.”
His sentence? Six months
home detention, 150 hours community
service, and an order to pay a
total of NZ$45,169 in reparations at
a rate of $40 a week to two of the
complainants. Some, including
Shores, would say that justice was
hardly served here. “I am a pretty
savvy guy who has been around the
block more than a few times,”
Shores says. “There has never been
anyone that has fooled me like Richard
did. He is a very slippery character
as it ends up.”
Here at The Hunting Report, I
have seen this scenario more than
once. Not just among hunters, but
among international anglers too
when I worked with Don Causey on
his other publication, The Angling
Report. The camaraderie and bonding
of kindred souls in a hunting or
fishing camp has a way of disabling
some of the defenses we usually
erect when it comes to business
dealings and financial transactions
in our professional lives. We somehow
expect a system of Old World
honor in our hunting and fishing
friendships. Unfortunately, we cannot
count on that, as evidenced by
the likes of Nunnick. So, do we
abandon such relationships, or keep
these friendships at arm’s length?
Refuse to make financial commitments
or help with personal recommendations?
I would say, no. We
don’t need to be that severe. But we
do need to apply the same rigorous
standards of evaluation to guiding
and outfitting “friends” that we do
to any other business contact or
venture. The old adage about money
and friendship not mixing applies
here. Business is business. Always
treat it as such, even when it’s a
friend. – Barbara Crown, Editor.