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Anyone keen to share a blue mountains block for a overnighter or maybe a two nighter? Thinking of putting in for one since they're handy to home. End of the day we could just go bowl over a deer at home on the farm if no luck and you want the venison. Keen to get in there in the next few weeks before bucks start dropping their headgear.
Nice gesture.
PM me, I am interested.
Hey mate , I'm pulling tits in the area also , I spend quite a bit of time up there normally chasing pork around but do a bit of deer stalking as well , I've quite often got block permits during the week .
Drop me a pm if you like
Cheers
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I'm keen mate. Haven't hunted they Blueys before..
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Really? First I heard of itQuote:
Originally Posted by berg243
No, permits very clear, no camping in blue Mountains. Mostly not an issue on most blocks, but Smithys Spur difficult to get in and out and have a decent days hunting without camping.
Yea its bollocks aye some mean spots to pitch a tent , iv never used them but the huts at Beaumont could be an option for you , I think the south Otago deerstalkers administer them but could be wrong , the pub will probably no.
I would just drive home to my own bed each night if that was the case. Strange I couldnt find anything on the doc website about no campingQuote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
Trip report would be nice if you go please:) let us no how the new down grade on the rifle goes as well;)
Kind of puts a bit of a downer on the whole thing if you can't stay in there. The reason I want to go is I'm going stir crazy on the farm. If I just wanted to shoot a deer I'd go out and shoot one right now he home in 30 minutes
The 'no camping' rule has been in place for some years.
Side note, I see you have changed your gang colours/affiliations. Interesting.
Can anyone point me to some kind of literature on this issue? I cannot find anywhere where it says you cannot stay overnight in the blue mountains. If it is only written on a hunting permit and nowhere else (ie: only "hunters" know that you're "not allowed to camp in the blue mountains) then they can stick that rule up their bums, I'm going hiking, with my rifle.
If you go in from the Tapanui side via Black Gully Rd there's a legit wee camping ground there, quite nice. I think the reason for "no camping" is the supposed fire and H&S risk for the forestry crews. A few people I know do "overnight" in the blocks but usually don't leave their vehicle in there and keep a low profile . . . . as long as you don't do anything "untoward" I'd just go and do it. Its a fantastic place and plenty of game if you do "old fella" hunting - watch and wait - a lot!
And I'm always keen for a (short if its with a pack) walk, being a broken down old fencer and self employed I can usually get away alright . . . .
when we hunt the north side, we usually stay at Black Gully camping ground? (not really a camping ground, more a big picnic area with about 5-6 cabins) think 1960"s forestry huts with a couple of bunks and power on. $15-$20 a night per person. if we hunting the Rankleburn side we stay at the Pub, they have basic cabins as well, i think they were $25 a night, but when you get back after dark you can go to the pub for a couple of drinks and they serve up a mean evening meal as well. yea, spose to be no camping on any of the blocks, not to sure where i read it, either on permit or on doc site, although we have stayed in a hut that is about 300m from road down in the bottom of a gully, can't remember name of block off hand would have to look at a map, Dunn creek rings a bell, will look up web site.
I wish it was a bit closer @Ryan_Songhurst ! Since I've chased fallow all my life up here in Wanganui I've always wanted to have a go at them in the Blue Mountains. But a bit far to go for a weekend!
It is very clearly written in the conditions section of the your Blue Mountain hunting permitQuote:
Originally Posted by kidmac42
Pretty horrible hut that one in the Gully at Dunn Creek. Personally I wouldn't stay in it. A bit like the "fisherman" hut down by the Pomie, best pitch a tent in the domain.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUNTY
There heaps of options to stay in or near the Blue Mountains:
Black Gully -$15 per night
Beaumont Pub - maybe $20-30
Tapanui Camp ground
Camp for free along the Clutha River
Camp at the fisherman at down by the pomie, again free
Also have slept in my car at road ends up on the mountain and have camped up on Smithys Spur, so I'm certainly not telling you not to, just that you not allowed to.
So someone who is not a hunter will never know that and are free to do as they please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dama dama
so only hunters aren't allowed to camp ? well technically your not hunting when your sleeping :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
Yes, and as far as I know nothing stopping trampers from camping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
Like you, I didn't know about the rule until someone mentioned it to me. I not sure why its there. Is it something to do with it being an RHA? (but that doesn't make sense as you can camp in all the others I've been in). It could be something to do with the forest company. I dunno, but the rule is there. Camp up there if you want. As above I have on occasion.
As I mentioned earlier it probably because the main access is through working foresty, I know in the past there have been major problems with illegal spotlighting and pighunting, with forest harvest gear damaged and workers threatened . . . so the gates are carefully controlled and locked at night now
The camping rule has been around longer that the padlocks.
Seems a bit biased that only hunters have this rule imposed on them? Well, ill vbe taking my overnight gear, just in case I get caught out and have to spend the night, can never be too carefull....
It's for everyone no camping in my thirty odd years of hunting that awesome place ,I have never seen a tramper or day walker only hunters .They also would have to pay there money to get a block ,and then they would have to ring up and get gate combination it's not a case of rocking up there and doing whatever you want.
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@NRT the walking track from Black gully to whiskey seems quite popular... only hunted that side a couple of times mid week but always met a few trampers on the track or hitching between tack ends. The track traverses 4 blocks and is 14km, would be tempting to camp on the tops, quite scenic!
Hunted it once ,that would occur eastern blocks never seen a walkerQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunty1
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The camping rule was introduced as a result of my Grandfathers camping activities. His favorite camp fare when hunting in the Blue Mountains being a stew made in a 4 gallon tin over the fire from a recipe of 1 piglet and 12 Wood PidgeonsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dama dama
When I rung them up they said I was allowed to camp.
Same, have run into day trampers in Black Gully. Is a nice walk from there to whiskey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty1
Wow. That cool is that's the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwigreen
I don't have my last permit lying around so I can't check the rule, but its usually on there....
Like I say I've camped in the past, particularly on Smithys Spur. Its a good couple of hours walk to get to the good hunting, so not that practical for a day trip.
Permit condition no.11 , you'd be brave to camp up there the amount of people running round with spotlights and thermals at night . If you do camp up there get well away from track and roads .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...494294d89a.jpg
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Been in the forestry a few times and haven't run into anyone yet, it is winter I guess. Easier for me to hunt the western blocks being so close to Roxburgh, only 40mins away to black gully. Westwood-whiskey/brandy isn't in the 1080 drop either.
Does any one know when the 1080 drop is happening in the Blue Mountains?
That doesnt mean shit to me if it's only printed on a hunting permit and everyone else is free to do what they pleaseQuote:
Originally Posted by skyflyhigh
Go for your life then mate
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