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    hunting with drive in acess

    looking to find a spot with good drive in access my mates couldn't quite handle the walk in and out with packs in
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    Get better mates
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    I consider Piro Piro flats "drive-in access".

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    How many lives were lost?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
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    An alternative:

    The McDonald's in Hamilton, New Zealand is located at 24-28 Greenwood Street, Hamilton 3204 www.tripadvisor.co.nz. It's a fast food restaurant offering takeout and seating, and is also wheelchair accessible.
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    I suspect you'll find you can only have two of : public land, easy access, and good animal numbers. Somewhere like Clements mill might be an exception, but not easy hunting for the inexperienced.
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    Don't like to carry a pack.....day hunt. Want to drive to hunting....pay for private land hunting,management culls on safari block. Or buy meat from supermarket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blakeday View Post
    looking to find a spot with good drive in access my mates couldn't quite handle the walk in and out with packs in
    I know one, it's next to the beer fountain

    When you go there, don't forget to ask for the hookers and blow, they're free
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    fair play just trying to get some people who haven't grown up around hunting into the hobby
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    Quote Originally Posted by blakeday View Post
    looking to find a spot with good drive in access my mates couldn't quite handle the walk in and out with packs in
    How old are your mates?i see you only 18yrs.You guys should be fit as.Do what Tahr suggests,join the NZDA up there and learn how to hunt,find deer.Enjoy
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    I was playing fair... Very very few public land places have good easy hunting close to car access. They get thrashed if easy. There are some low price low Hassel meat animal hunts in north island on farmland. Yes it will cost you but will possibly be best option.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blakeday View Post
    fair play just trying to get some people who haven't grown up around hunting into the hobby
    They ought to join Waikato NZDA and get onto the HUNTS course.

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    I recall taking a non-hunting mate into the Kaimai's when we were about 18. Needless to say he encountered supplejack for the first time, spent a lot of time dropping expletives, and never came hunting again...

    So I can see the appeal of finding an easy access spot for those who aren't likely to do a HUNTS course or similar - maybe settle for a few unarmed bush walks with a couple beers to get them started?

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    Couldn't find a better time to begin hunting, excellent numbers, ask the guys who started in the 80's & 90's what tuff was.

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    Spooking a deer every third hunting trip made me happy.... Would hunt hard to achieve even that. Any deer spotted was shot ASAP regardless of angle as I sure as shit didn't want it to get away. Nothing,and I mean NOTHING was left on carcase. I even carried a few out whole so could get every scrap of meat off them.
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