Thread: Clements 8/9 January

Quick trip report from Clements over the 8th/9th Jan. I can't tell you where the Sika are as I didn't find them but may be some useful intel for you regardless. I hunted three zones, all north of the road.

1. North side of road near Quarry. Started here but pulled the pin as there was very little sign/activity and wasn't 'feeling it'
2. North side of road near Kapako
3. North side of road, west of Kakapo

Few recent tracks, scattered sign but nothing fresh.

Bush is very dry and noisy underfoot, very difficult to stalk quietly despite recent rain. Also the howling wind turned into dead still so no noise protection there. Probably a better time of year to park up on a clearing than bush stalk in there at the moment unless you're a lot quieter than me (admittedly not a high bar).

Pretty quiet on the road, a few cars/people but not many. Suspect it's probably been very busy over Christmas. Clearing had maybe 4-5 groups staying. Most other campsites empty or near empty

Only had an evening and a morning to hunt, focussed on hunting right up to change of light so I never got very far from the road, perhaps not far enough? Heard one shot not too far from me on the morning of 9th, north of Kakapo near the forestry presumably, might have been somewhere on here and if so hope you got'em.

This tree stump got the pulse going and a round chambered...