Thread: Kaingaroa pine block deer

Hunted up there a time or two in the early 80's.
If you could get a gate key and an early start, an effective method was to drive around the block segments until you see fresh tracks across the sandy road, park up, and follow the sign into the forest.
The little sika buggers are a bit ljke Stewart Island whitetails in that they don't seem to venture in much further than 100 metres or so from open areas.
It's easy going on your belly because it's all soft dry sand.
I don't know what it's like up there these days, but in the 80's there were logging trucks everywhere, and they seemed to mostly go in before daylight.
I guess the deer got used to them.
Best of luck mate.