Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.
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Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.
Can’t wait until next MondayQuote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Bumped a reasonable even 8 today in an area where I have been seeing lots of rubs and the odd wallow. Going to leave it be for a week or so now.
Strangely have been through there a bit since probably mid December and found this little guy today....
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So flew in yesterday 👍 just lag is not to bad at present. Bulk buy and organise day today. Then into it:thumbsup:
Have packed all wrong though can’t believe how hot it is here at present 24 in Morrinsville yesterday :wtfsmilie:
Kaimais have a heat haze cloud on them. Attachment 107526
@Sideshow - you appear to have landed in "sideways earth" not middle earth. Either that or the jetlag is much worse than you think.
Taupo farm stags were going off yesterday and started on the weekend. Figure the wild ones will start up soon enough then. Any noise down wairarapa?
Was out 2 hours before light this morning - mainly to try out my new toy (RFL Thermal)
Nothing on my side of the Sound - but observed 4 x H&F's (not Hunting & Fishing calm down) and 1 lone 2yr Stag
3 Stags across Bay going well - 2 young-ens winding an oldie up and went from 5.30am - near 7am
Me and my son :-)
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Went bush in the kaimanawas Monday Tuesday. Heard one he haw far far away early as in the morning.
Tena koe,
Aerial Control for Wilberforce Mathias – caution period expiry
On behalf of the Department of Conservation we wish to advise that the caution period for the above operation has now ended. Visual monitoring of both baits and carcasses within the treatment area and the toxicity analysis result of bait samples indicate undetectable traces of toxin. Warning signs have now been removed.
This operation was an important part of the Department of Conservation’s Battle For Our Birds.
Yours sincerely
Just recieved the above email via DOC that the 1080 drop in the Wilberforce/Mathias area all cleared and good to go for hunters.......... hope the deer repellent saved a few?? Time will tell.
Like fuck it did ... see R93's posts above. Criminal waste of resource and top blood lines. And which "bird" did they save ??? wankersQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunteast
To be fair I wouldn't put much stock in what I seen. It did look dire regarding sign etc but I am not sure when it last rained in the areas we covered and a storm was approaching.Quote:
Originally Posted by chainsaw
I have done hours in the air where there are good numbers of deer and experienced the same thing.
No sign no movement and cover the same area a week later and they're everywhere.
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chainsaw - hoped you at least placed a submission in last year about this drop? The drop was to do with the Mountain Cedar & Halls Totara dieback with possum browsing.
Someones this is why rec hunters fight up hill battles on AATH, WARO, pass Tenure Reviews etc. It's a numbers game with submissions and history shows we are dismal in this area.
But Twig & Tweet seem to get their arse into gear nearly every time on matters that concern us hunters.
Just sayin..
yep I made submissions on 1080 drops and waro "consultation".... sadly both went ahead regardless. It's a box fuckn tick exercise.
Going down opotiki way tomorrow for a look...hope to spark up an early one
Went for a look today. Had a stag roaring at me from 300m straight after got out of the car, he moved on thou.
Not much else when it came to noise but spooked a stag with a hind later on. As the freezer bit empty the hind run out into the open and a great running shot with the 308 straight nthur the shouldr secured some fat as mud venison
same mate - game cameras over wallows do the recon & give you the best times to target the specific areas, not to mention a good indicator of trophy quality
Recons going well heaps of roaring the other night, even had 2 stags roaring either side of my tent 50m-60m away camped up on a spur terrace. Some stags with hinds others not, had a few roaring during the day. Only seen 3 stags on the tops and the dog got me onto 18 other close encounters stags, the dog was on a roll this week. The bush stinks of stags and stag marks everywhere, a lot of roaming stags sussing out where all the fannys at. Roared in only 3 stags so far. Back in the bush again today for a few more days in a different part of the country see how that goes.
One of the stags I roared up from one of my camps one evening, taken down with the 300 blackout subsonic on the spot.
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Nice one. Lucky you to have so many animals around, no wonder the roaring going well . The DOC where i hunt over the hill have so little numbers no wonder i only hear a few at best a year but normally roar in one or so. More 1080 drops due soon so its not going to get any easier but theres still animals in DOC close to town if you do the hard yardsQuote:
Originally Posted by tikka
Heard one in the local pines last night, the first. Out again tomorrow night to listen.
Heard a stag having a wee moan about an hour ago while I was fishing.
He then let out some half hearted roars. He roared enough to make me walk a ways back to my truck and grab my roaring horn to wind him up.
I could hear him over the river so he was pretty close but went quiet or moved off by the time I got back to where I was fishing.
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Went to the gym ( hunting ) 2 days ago to get fit for a fly in trip next week, despite the shitty weather.
Ran into a very good stag on the tops in heavy mist. But he was gone in a flash !!
Dropped down to where I could see a little and heard my first roar for the season.
A bit half hearted but still a roar.
Found a stag and spiker sparring at around 400m
Stalked in and took the stag ( made me feel a little bit better at least for a short while ) as he was a bit of a runt head and the spiker will be a better stag one day.
The dog loved it and I had a long wet climb to the track and trudge out to the truck.
I love it at the real world gym !
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Nothing going down opotiki way yet
Spent 4 hours in westcoast bush, nothing herd, found a few rubs but no stag stench
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Really? I could smell a rutty stag when you were at mine this morning [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiddy
I see that weather hitting now. Gunna be a rough few days and then they should be into it.
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Lol ffs I thought it would help with them not winding meQuote:
Originally Posted by R93
thought they might crank up before the change of weather but no, and there were fresh boot prints witch was abit of a cunt
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Every man and his dog starts poking around here in the next week. They scent everything up instead of just using their brains and holding off them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiddy
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Shot this fella last weekend 500yards with the .260 143ELDX at 2850fps https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4cd8eecd6d.jpg
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north west blowing its arse off last night so was a bit of a crap evening. All i need is a couple days southerly just to get in to one spot and drop the temp
Don't worry about the temp, it was 25C on the hill last week and high teens through the night, and they were going bonkers. Get out there now!
Off to the local haunt for a day mish Saturday, hope to catch up with a big fulla I saw last year. I will be so unfit i'll likely die in there :D
Nothing happening in pureora.
Good luck Gibo, still haven't heard one in our spot yet, mind you we can only go in weekends so they might have started by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Never was an early block - 6th - 12th then again a flare up around 18th-23rd-ishQuote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Pungapunga would go off 1o days ahead some year and its b all away to the South - odd ah
things are happening.....plenty of activity just not roaring....... alot a sign its been so hot down there during the day i think they are hunkering down in the cool tight guts and only coming out in the wee small hours....... like sarvo said couple more weeks ......but then it will be like queen streetQuote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Ah. I was just in with a forum member and we heard nothing. Just a decent bit of sign in the creeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
Crafty buggers.Quote:
Originally Posted by scotty
Yeah. Lost if sign in those but thick Bush.
Im heading in to Tongariro this friday evening for a couple nights. Hopefully stir something up.
I was talking APRIL !!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Southern Pureora has started, just right on last light and through the night
I know. We went on last weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
That's good. Hope that next week it's on where we went.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pongo12
Spent last week in the hills. Stags going well morning and evening and moaning throughout the day, hot too! All the deer were hunkered down in the damp creek heads and shady south faces. Good times!
