DOC land - The real Hunters bragging rights?

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Originally Posted by Dingo

I do find that I am far more interested in others stories of success when they involve public land.

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Thats excatly what I meant.

80/20 rules applies in my experience.


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Originally Posted by Tentman

Haha, same here but early 80s, headed to Knobs Flat to help with a working bee, overshot the Flat abit and had to stop in the bush there for a pee. Shot a hind still in my town shoes after having to back to the truck for a rifle. Meanwhile back at the camp the boys were fuming cause a chopper boys had a dump pile for the freezer truck on the other side of the road. One of the few deer I've shot in the bush!

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Haha so funny , on a long weekend my mate Colin and I drove up to Knobs Flat hut after a wedding and in the morning headed along in the direction of Guns camp . The first rocky slip from the hut he bold over a nice hind and we where both
in our wedding suits , dragged it down the slip and drove the car to it and away home .

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Originally Posted by Tahr

@XR500 I worked at Tisdalls after school and during the holidays for 2 years. Jim took me under his wing. Took me hunting in the Ruahines (Pari and Rangi). Took me to the tramping club and on club trips. Huge influence

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@Thar, yes. Jim was the President of the Manawatu Tramping and Skiing club when I met him. Our family joined the club when we met him and stayed part of it for a couple of decades. He ran great bushcraft courses every year. Was always a mine of information. And was pretty fit for his age. Mind you I think he had always been a racing sardine:thumbsup: Bought my first rifle from him when I turned 16.

Guns camp=pouring rain and sandflys decades ago.Bloody rain nearlly stripped the paint off my old Humber Hawk.

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Originally Posted by XR500

@Thar, yes. Jim was the President of the Manawatu Tramping and Skiing club when I met him. Our family joined the club when we met him and stayed part of it for a couple of decades. He ran great bushcraft courses every year. Was always a mine of information. And was pretty fit for his age. Mind you I think he had always been a racing sardine:thumbsup: Bought my first rifle from him when I turned 16.

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@XR500 I recall Jim suffered from quite bad asthma. I wonder what happened to his BSA Hunter 7mm. The first gun I fired at a deer (missed). I still have an illustration he drew for me of how to get back steaks out.
When Jim took me to the Pari he said "I want you to forget where Ive taken you". He needn't have worried 'cos I didn't have a clue where we were or how we got there. About 10 years later I was living at Mangaweka and meat hunting in the Ruahines and went up the Pari and recognised it as where Jim had taken me. So it became a bit of a special place where I hunted quite a bit.

Whether it's private land or public land, each have their own charms and challenges. Private land you enjoy a special privilege and maybe there are more animals and they're a bit on the naive side. There can be too many animals which means you get spoiled for choice or you spook one and it alerts all the other animals. Doc land gives you a real wilderness experience I feel even in a 300 hectare block. You see and hear loads of other cool stuff on DOC land: historic sites and huts, unique plants and animals. Then of course the challenge of fewer and spookier deer or having to go the extra mile for spot x.