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If not too far from the hut/camp head back and have a couple of salami and cheese toasted sammies in the frying pan
Head back out after a siesta when the deer start moving again

Use Helihire if you fly in

Just spent $40 on Croc jandals to replace the ones I left in Wanaka

Have fun and learn
In the 90s went up the Motu River by boat. Didn’t see anything. Did it rain. Take a sizeable blue tarp and rope if weather looking a bit iffy

Making room for others is a grin, not a sin

How did you find Hamish’s knives?
I have one and rate it as my ‘go to’ for gutting and boning out

Free plug for HGD Designs

Fuk me days, have they move quality control to Somalia

Wait, even Somalia wouldn’t pass something like that

Thought they may be wild as the ones in Gorge Road were in the same Reserve as the Fallow deer a couple of years ago
Not interested in shooting them more surprised how many so close to town. Bit...

Forgot to load a photo. The ones in Gorge Road looked in better condition
Was passing through and back home now

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Out of curiosity are the goats on Gorge Road on the left heading just before going into Queenstown and the ones at the top of the gondola wild or farmed?
Two years ago saw 2 Fallow in the same spot...

Cost $14 to go in and can have a 30min guided tour. Unfortunately time was limited as had to get kids to Tekapo for a soak in the hot springs

Literally had 10min while waiting for wife to get the kids out of the toy museum so had a look at the deer museum

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Nice intro Charlie

He will be the one behind a desk sitting on a donut cushion

Contact Brenda at Challenger Safes www.safes.co.nz she will be straight up and probably put you in touch with someone down there

I’m sure DoC have got worse under Jacinda

Helped the neighbour across the road do a fence using his nail gun. Came away with tinnitus
Sometimes don’t notice it and sometimes quite annoying
Would have only taken 5min to get earmuffs from...

Nice shot. Where spending hours shooting long range gongs pay off
Thought you would have got a Red on one of your trips here

By now Hoo you can see that everyone has their own way of hunting successfully, the similarities and the common denominators
Won’t be long before you start getting a few on the deck and offering...

I’m going to Tussocks reply when I can’t get to sleep tonight

I’m never going to be a competition shooter. As Cordite said it is about where the first cold shot lands in a humane bang flop

One thing you can do is keep a diary as a memory jogger for when planning to go back into an area of the time of the year and where not to waste your time
Photos of deer you have shot are always good

I used to read all the books with no success then 30min into a hunt with an experienced hunter a lot of it made sense
Not long after that I started to have deer fall at my feet, well almost

Guess you haven’t been to my mother in laws place

Good on you Lucky for getting out there

I wonder if CraigC feels the same way
Nice trophy room

That was Lucky