Thread: Recommendations Kaikoura/Marlborough Kids Meat Hunt

Originally Posted by Puddleduk

The meat off a yearling in Puhi peaks is likely to fit into a large snaplock bag, they are quite possibly the smallest red deer in the southern hemisphere.

We used to have permission to hunt the farm adjacent to puhi peaks and your comment couldn't be more true. Great fun to hunt though with game tucked into almost every little corner so plenty of opportunities to make stalks. We once decided to weigh a boned out yearling red from there, as I recall it was under 20kg of meat maybe closer to 15kg. There seems to be quite a few fallow getting through the area now and apparently they are doing much better than the long legged hares (red deer).

Definitely some better sized animals at Glencree but the puhi valley is a neat place tucked right up under the seaward Kaikouras, great adventure for kids. They'll see a heap of game but just don't expect a whole heap of venison.