Thread: First time Whitetail hunter needs advice.

Warm clothes, an umbrella for camp chores etc (You may get laughed at the start but if it rains like it can down there then the smile will be on your face) and fishing gear
Whitetail stick to about 300-500m from the coast from everything that i've read and i shot mine within 400m of the beach (that was the northeast corner of Stewart Island though).
No real trick just lots of QUIET stalking and steer clear of crown fern if you can, their ears are the size of their heads!

I know a guy that did bird counts for DOC down there. it consisted of walking transects in the bush, stopping at every intersect (every 50 or so metres) sitting down for 10 mins to listen and note what birds he heard and how often he heard them. He heard a lot of birds......... as well seeing 3 whitetail, one of them being a trophy buck.
The buck not realising he was there wondered right up to him, he said hi to it, it bolted and stuck its head behind a log, body in full view!

hope this helps

RR

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Warm clothes, an umbrella for camp chores etc (You may get laughed at the start but if it rains like it can down there then the smile will be on your face) and fishing gear
Whitetail stick to about 300-500m from the coast from everything that i've read and i shot mine within 400m of the beach (that was the northeast corner of Stewart Island though).
No real trick just lots of QUIET stalking and steer clear of crown fern if you can, their ears are the size of their heads!

I know a guy that did bird counts for DOC down there. it consisted of walking transects in the bush, stopping at every intersect (every 50 or so metres) sitting down for 10 mins to listen and note what birds he heard and how often he heard them. He heard a lot of birds......... as well seeing 3 whitetail, one of them being a trophy buck.
The buck not realising he was there wondered right up to him, he said hi to it, it bolted and stuck its head behind a log, body in full view!

hope this helps

RR

Dont know if that is 100%? I shot my only whitetail just above the high tide mark. It ran into the water when hit... There is always heaps of prints on any beach at low tide...

Apologies i meant the 1st 300-500m from the coast

Originally Posted by Wildman

Dont know if that is 100%? I shot my only whitetail just above the high tide mark. It ran into the water when hit... There is always heaps of prints on any beach at low tide...