Thread: hunting fiordland help please

Originally Posted by Bill999

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this sort of thing but in the other end of the south island

Perfect ! 4 days and 2 thousand liters of diesel and you be into the reds and tuna

yea its a bit far from where I wanna be

I have trip booked end of march 2014 just before the roar for 4 days for my brothers Stag do (he doesn't know yet ). Going with deep cove charters- think that is the Seafinn boat and just in doubtful sound. Costing around the $1700 mark per head for 12 of us includes food but not booze. I think we were quite lucky to get a booking for that time- might pay to check availability early, the roar booked in advance for couple years... Will let you know how we get on!

They will be roaring end of march

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

They will be roaring end of march

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Hoping so Cam!

They were this year.

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this is the handy info, get in on a roar hunt and have an awesome week in the sounds

im looking at a trip in november, looks like a boat based trip will cost a bit much, so heli in to a hut

costs are looking to be roughly 1200 in travel, flights, bus and heli.
now to find someone who wont drive me nuts living in a cabin with for 7-10 days

Originally Posted by Bill999

im looking at a trip in november, looks like a boat based trip will cost a bit much, so heli in to a hut

costs are looking to be roughly 1200 in travel, flights, bus and heli.
now to find someone who wont drive me nuts living in a cabin with for 7-10 days

hey Bill, PM 'goat commander'.....sure to have a few laughs with him!....no?

no thanks mate, itl will be mostlikely someone that I allready know

forget having my trip ruined by an annoying other person. nothing agaist the person you mentioned

Im planning at the moment to drop off anything I shoot at the local butcher to get made into salami, them post/courer it home.
anyone had experiance with this?

Originally Posted by Bill999

Im planning at the moment to drop off anything I shoot at the local butcher to get made into salami, them post/courer it home.
anyone had experiance with this?

No but i sent Angus a vac packed frozen muscle from hind quarter.
The courier took from 6 am Thursday till Monday or Tuesday to deliver even tho i was assured it would be at his house on Fri morning.
It was still fine and still cold but i had wrapped it in shit loads of newspaper to insulate it.

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Originally Posted by Bill999

Hi guys

Im really keen to get into fiordland and do a hunting and fishing tour, mainly tending toward the hunting. but with a little bit of free diving and fishing on the side

Looking at the tour operators the options iv found are the likes of the Tapuku tours (Takapu Charters)
and similar,

Im keen to hear from what people who have done it think and what they reckin I should do

Billy I have been on the Takapu some years back and depending on your budget he can offer some awesome shit!
I have been told that he now offers the option to have a r22 or r44 on the boat that drops you off in the tops in the morning and you call him up on the hand held when you arrive down at the water to collect you (same or next day. He has been doing it for years. The boat is not what I would call 5 star accommodation but its Fiordland..... who cares!
The way we got there was by being dropped off at called Hauroko got a Pre arranged "water taxi" to the far end and helicoptered over to Dusky sound and landed on the roof of the boat.

If you do go we want a full report!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

Billy I have been on the Takapu some years back and depending on your budget he can offer some awesome shit!
I have been told that he now offers the option to have a r22 or r44 on the boat that drops you off in the tops in the morning and you call him up on the hand held when you arrive down at the water to collect you (same or next day. He has been doing it for years. The boat is not what I would call 5 star accommodation but its Fiordland..... who cares!
The way we got there was by being dropped off at called Hauroko got a Pre arranged "water taxi" to the far end and helicoptered over to Dusky sound and landed on the roof of the boat.

If you do go we want a full report!!!!!!

Yep, I did the Takapu trip a few years ago, and it was an awesome trip. Most of the guys were into fishing, so hunting time was limited. Not sure if Mark (Ballbag) is still skipper, but he is a "no frills" guy who can get you into some neat places. Same as twoshot - some flew direct from Tuatapere, and rest of the group went up lake Hauroko, then chopper to Chalky Inlet. Takapu cruised Chalky and Preservation. Fishing and diving was amazing. Cost was nil (Boss paid!!) Shit I miss that job.

You can count on that mate,
My budget won't stretch as far as a the daily heli ride. Maybe just the one drop off and pick up