Thread: After Stewart Island Information

Originally Posted by bunji

We have hunted it a few times over the years as we normally do at least 2 trips down each year before the Chyna Flu SNAFU.IMO the best thig first timers can do is give the dunes a good work over if plenty of sign pick a spot over looking a well trafficked area,also do not over look the fact if the are grazing on salty sand dune plants ,they will be heading for a drink of fresh water on the regular.A lot of deer have been taken within a mile at most from the hut ,so just don't go power walking away to spots unknown.

Like l say we have hunted down there for over a decade now ,we concentrate n the White Tail as have plenty of access to Red Deer around home, l always re sight my rifle for a closer zero for a point & shoot out to 200 as in the scrub a lot of the time it is swing & shoot as the little buggers bust through the hip high ferny/scrubby gullies.The hunting down there is also where a suppressor earns its coin as many times l have a shot a deer in the dunes or gullies & the sound being hidden by the wind off the beach or swallowed by the fern choked gully meaning another tasty little bugger was also taken a short distance away.

Just a word of caution a few years ago a bunch of whales beached themselves a few months before we went down ,we are all keen experienced divers & one of the guys had a close encounter with one of the biggest White Pointers he had ever seen & that included cage diving in South Africa.Make sure you take a good torch as watching the Kiwis on the beach under a clear starry skies is a memory that sticks with you & one of the reason l like cavalier block hunts so much.Good Luck with the trip you will have a ball

Cheers for the the info mate, and here's hoping that no whales beach them selves any time soon then!!
Anyone catch blue cod down the gut area?