Thread: ohakune , national park hunting

My go to used to be Erua, but after the 1080 some real arseholes have been turning up there so ill probably go up the mountain again like i used to. At Erua in the last few months have been everything from people getting thereatened with getting shot by some "hunter" right to someone taking powertools to the 1 gate and shooting off the locks on the other so now both pileon tracks have become 4x4 tracks, i was there 2 weeks ago and saw very little in the places where i used to see lots this time of the year so ive decided to no longer go there. ive been hunting that block for 7 years. I wont be surprised if this restarts the local farmers blocking hunting or harassing hunters in their campsites liek it used to be a few years back. us guys who regularly hunt there have managed to build good relations with the farmers there but now these new cocks turning up will probably ruin it for all yet again. this new lot seems to be cashed up out of towners based on the flash toys they turn up in.

Take the track behind the Mangahuia campsite https://goo.gl/maps/6cw3jMuEH1iYWTEd6
Go to where it crosses the Whakapapiti river and follow your nose, usually a few hanging around there, try get there early before the trampers start coming past. Get well away from the track