Lindis Pass hunting

Has anyone had poke around in the Lindis conservation area? I'm looking for somewhere to go for a night or two maybe this weekend before I should probably get back to work for a bit with a chance of a chamois but I'm not real worried about success, seeing a few animals would be nice though. Pretty keen to go look at Timaru creek some stage but I'll leave that for when I have four or five days up my sleeve. Seems there's only one real access point and I never see cars there so was thinking it may not get much traffic. However, I would be hesitant leaving a vehicle there for a night or two on such a well travelled route, bound to be some degenerate drive past that has trouble keeping their hands to themselves. Ideas? Experiences? Cheers

Vehicle should be fine I’ve never had any problems, but I suppose it only takes one person driving past, you can sortve put it behind some gravel piles to hide it a bit. Normally a couple deer in there, a one nighter be best as it’s not a huge block

or maybe get someone at Omarama...from forum...to drop you off n pick you up again....look after your wagon.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

or maybe get someone at Omarama...from forum...to drop you off n pick you up again....look after your wagon.

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I do have a Ford Territory we bought as a second tow wagon that's insured for more than its worth to me... Lol

its a lovely bit of country....often gazed up into hills when driving past and thought what a great place to wander...even with just camera and binos.... please post up report when you return.

Should be heapps.... insnt that where the deer truck rolled over an they all got out an went wild from, home is where the heart is they say for the ol red deer haha jk. good luck

The country back towards the Dunstan stream is better IMO - east side of pass

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The country back towards the Dunstan stream is better IMO - east side of pass

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Otiaki do u mean??

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Should be heapps.... insnt that where the deer truck rolled over an they all got out an went wild from, home is where the heart is they say for the ol red deer haha jk. good luck

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Well it’s also where the first release of red deer in Otago occurred in 1871

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Well it’s also where the first release of red deer in Otago occurred in 1871

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Yip on morven hills but what is now forest range

Cheers for the advice and the guys that PMd. I'm gonna head in there tommorow morning for an overnighter and see how I get on. Packing gear to go now :)

If ur worried about leaving ur truck on the road let me know could leave it here and I could run u up the Rd also pack ur wet weather gear it's ment to rain

Cheers mate, I'm gon a just take the old Territory over, someone will be doing me a favour if they pinch it lol. Looks like a few showers tommorow morning and clearing from lunchtime. Don't mind a few downpours on the walk in to keep me cool :)

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Cheers for the advice and the guys that PMd. I'm gonna head in there tommorow morning for an overnighter and see how I get on. Packing gear to go now :)

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Keep us posted. Ive often wondered about the area but thought it looked too open to hold many animals but hey, what do I know!

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Cheers mate, I'm gon a just take the old Territory over, someone will be doing me a favour if they pinch it lol. Looks like a few showers tommorow morning and clearing from lunchtime. Don't mind a few downpours on the walk in to keep me cool :)

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Yip gone by lunch gonna get a tad windy to call in for a beer on the way home if u want

I came across somebody a few yrs ago who hunted from the car park in there.Walked in a few ks ,then a big circle (ks)and shot a young stag.It tasted nice too.

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Originally Posted by Trout

I came across somebody a few yrs ago who hunted from the car park in there.Walked in a few ks ,then a big circle (ks)and shot a young stag.It tasted nice too.

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I went in there, pretty hard barren country, few good faces (not hard to work out where they are on a map..) so stopped there and set up camp on the tops opposite. Had a snooze and when I woke up it was about 3pm and blazing hot, though to myself surely any animals would be looking for shade in this heat, bugger all cover about, so picked up my binos and looked at the very first shady spot I could see under some rocks on opposite face and what do you know there's a chamois sitting there. Did a big mission down hill untill I was 410yds straight across from it. The 270 did its thing and the chamois rolled down the face, only to get caught up. Spent ages trying to get up to it and the pup finally got wind of it when we were well above it, so followed him down and got to literally 10m from it but just couldn't get to it to knock it off the face without breaking my neck. So stoked the pup is doing what he's meant to do though, he was a bit frustrated also but actually made it over to it at one stage and gave it a sniff and a lick and looked back at me like "come on ya wuss!" I didn't have 4wd like him and wasn't keen on a fall from where it was.
Didn't take many photos, in photo with pup you can see cham on the face opposite side of picture. Bit disappointing but not the first time and possibly won't be the last, that's hunting in the South Island! Don't know if I'd really make the effort to go back in there, there's not a hell of a lot of (decent) country to explore and it's a bit of a mission navigating around the edge of the private to get in there, you can use the track if youre not hunting which would be far easier. There's bugger all water, I literally found one creek with water in there and it was right down the bottom of the block as I went down and up the other side to try retrieve the chamois. Good to tick it off the list though and as said super stoked Bo did all the right things. It's like a whole new dimension has opened up hunting with a young dog and seeing all your work pay off.
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That’s a pretty cool shot of the dog and chamois. Some rugged country


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Bugger you couldn’t retrieve it.

great photo indeed...neat Bo is learning the trade so well.
pleased you got out and enjoyed some time on hill .its all good just being away.

Thanks for the write up Ryan, 'tis good to read some good positive posts. Saw the video of your pup working, the start of a lifetime of stories, well done.

Just a thought @Ryan_Songhurst did you try dropping a couple boulders down on to it to dislodge it ? in the hope of retrieving it further down the face ? (not much help now I'm sorry)

Nah I couldn't even get directly above it. I looked at it with my binos and you can kind of make it out in the picture, it's body is facing towards camera but it's head is twisted back around facing the other way and one of its hooks is literally hooked onto a slab of rock so it was stuck there pretty good. If there was a bit more scree down below it I would have had a go but if I slipped from where it was I would have had about 2m of scree to stop myself before a big drop straight down. 18 year old me probably would have found a way but 36 year old me values breathing and walking

oh for a mate and 50 mtrs of rope LOL....the photo ALMOST makes it look doable...then you look again at how Bo is tucked in against hill and realise how steep it is....with drop below you made right call bud, pleased Bo got back up to you ok....

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oh for a mate and 50 mtrs of rope LOL....the photo ALMOST makes it look doable...then you look again at how Bo is tucked in against hill and realise how steep it is....with drop below you made right call bud, pleased Bo got back up to you ok....

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Yea, something to watch with him I suppose, he was nose down and determined to get to it especially once he had actually spotted it. He sat there for a bit as I put the stop command on him because I thought he was going to try go straight across to it and knew he probably wouldn't make it that way. Then he managed to scramble onto the ridge line just above him and went down and checked it out. Let him have a sniff and a lick and praised him heaps from a distance then called him off it.

Nice part of the country. Is that a siltarp you have setup there?

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Nice part of the country. Is that a siltarp you have setup there?

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Yeap siltarp2

Better to read yr story on here Ryan,than in a search and rescue report on Stuff.Even Bo hesitant in going down to the chami.Big country and not a lot of feed n water in there or bush.Good effort Ryan,good to look around new country.Maybe next time,meat for the freezer.

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Yeap siltarp2

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Hi Ryan
What are you using for a pole and what is at the top to protect the fly?.
Do you find you have enough room?
Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by erniec

Hi Ryan
What are you using for a pole and what is at the top to protect the fly?.
Do you find you have enough room?
Thanks in advance.

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I just use one of my walking poles. Don't put anything at the top to protect the fly as the handle of the pole is nice and soft anyhow. Yeap could comfortably sleep 2 people so heaps of room for me and dog and can sit up etc. Works well, good system and set up like that it's stood up to every bit as much wind I've ever had a proper tent in no worries
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Thanks for that.
I thought you may have put under the centre tie out reinforcement and wondered about room.

nice Ryan, done well mowing around the Tent too, good one