Thread: Advice for a complete beginner in a new region

While you're working on your firearms licences and later on marksmanship, joining a tramping club is a good way to learn some Bush craft and visit a few places, know where the road ends are and see what the country is like.

Many nzda branches run a course once a year covering very basic Bush craft,trip organisation stalking, shooting and meat management.

Going for a walk, no one will tell you their favourite hunting spot of course but it's not my backyard and I'd suggest a day walk up from makahu saddle to kaweka j and back down another spur if you feel fit or else look up stanfields hut where you can walk in up the riverbed and back out along a high sidle track. Both fairly long walks. For a shorter walk very easy track go up to sunrise hut and back.