Thread: Hunter shot in Kaimai Range near Te Aroha

Please excuse my ignorance here but I am keen to get out and bag my first stag was keen to get into the Kaimai's but after this incident, I am very hesitant. i wear orange blaze hat and other gear to make myself visible to other hunters as well and with @Pointers advise i move away from the tracks and will be hunting away from the beaten tracks

What the safest way to get out on to DOC land and bag a Deer?

I have a young family and I cannot take the risk of them ending up without me. or do I need to read between the lines here and stay out of the bush during the Roar, or hunt book a hunt on private land?

Originally Posted by Milan501

Please excuse my ignorance here but I am keen to get out and bag my first stag was keen to get into the Kaimai's but after this incident, I am very hesitant. i wear orange blaze hat and other gear to make myself visible to other hunters as well and with @Pointers advise i move away from the tracks and will be hunting away from the beaten tracks

What the safest way to get out on to DOC land and bag a Deer?

I have a young family and I cannot take the risk of them ending up without me. or do I need to read between the lines here and stay out of the bush during the Roar, or hunt book a hunt on private land?

Be as responsible as you can whilst hunting, you can't control the actions of others.

You take more of a risk driving on the road to your hunt than you actually do hunting.

Originally Posted by Timmay

Be as responsible as you can whilst hunting, you can't control the actions of others.

You take more of a risk driving on the road to your hunt than you actually do hunting.

I'd also loose the orange blaze mate

Originally Posted by GWH

I'd also loose the orange blaze mate

@GWH , why lose the orange blaze ?

Originally Posted by Milan501

@GWH , why lose the orange blaze ?

It's quite commonly accepted that it actually makes you a target, in low light under bush canopy and when it's obstructed behind scrub etc it looks very similar to deer colour.

I've witnessed this myself in a roar situation. Scared the crap out of me.

Some of the more recent miss-ID shootings have involved the victim wearing blaze orange.

I will never wear it! And many others share the same opinion.

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Originally Posted by GWH

It's quite commonly accepted that it actually makes you a target, in low light under bush canopy and when it's obstructed behind scrub etc it looks very similar to deer colour.

I've witnessed this myself in a roar situation. Scared the crap out of me.

Some of the more recent miss-ID shootings have involved the victim wearing blaze orange.

I will never wear it! And many others share the same opinion.

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Noted thanks , in that case what is the best to wear to make yourself visible to other hunters but not deer ??

Originally Posted by Milan501

Noted thanks , in that case what is the best to wear to make yourself visible to other hunters but not deer ??

To be honest worrying if a deer will 'see' you particular in a bush situation is the least to worry about, they will sooner smell and hear you.

Light blue

Just don't get into the mindset that because you are in the middle of nowhere that there can't be another hunter around.