Thread: Skunked AGAIN

Originally Posted by 308

No season
Ballot system on Wapiti which is same as Elk (I thinlk)
Mostly public land
No tags
There is a duck season and some gamebird seasons

Public land is a huge percentage of the total country area compared to US
Wild sheep, goats, red deer, sika, pigs, go for it

Plenty of hard country that will need to be treated with respect

No bears, no poisonous animals to speak of (a spider that lives on beaches and has killed 1 person ever IIRC)

Fuck all people

The bush here would be best described to a Statesider as a coldwater jungle but it varies a hell of a lot, open toips and mountain goats (tahr and chamois) down south with ice down to tussock ciuntry and bush below that
Wallabies too (small kangaroos)
North Island less open generally, more bush stalking
Have a nosey around the DOC (Govt department which administers public land) site it will give you an idea of scenery and animals each region if you're interested
Go online, get your hunting license to go on public land and you can run a suppressor without asking the govt first

https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets...s-brochure.pdf

That's excellent. You could probably go for days without seeing someone. There are a few places like that in CA, but I find most, not all hunters here are lazy. Electric bike sales are through the roof, as ppl want to use as little effort getting to their hunting zone. I don't disagree with using a bike to get to a trailhead, but many use them to get right to the spot, if possible. I'm fine with that, as I'm willing to go farther in, giving me a better chance.

No bears? That's good, and bad, as you're unable to hunt them. I was doing an archery elk hunt in Montana a few years ago, and guide got killed by a grizzly about 5 miles away.
The hunter shot an elk halfway up a ridge, on a small bench. The guide took off his pack, and shirt, cuz it was a hot day. The guide proceeded to process the elk, and made it part way when a mama grizzly and her cub came flying down the hill after getting a whiff of the kill site. The guide had taken his pack off, and left it about 20ft away. The mama started mauling the guide, and the hunter went for the guides gun off his pack. The hunter had never used a handgun (other than a revolver) and fumbled with it until he accidentally ejected the mag out of the Glock. The mama went after the hunter, mauled him a little, then went back to the elk. The hunter was able to crawl away, and made a cell call. The hunter died shortly after.

I had a brown bear tag when I was doing the archery elk, and brought my 45/70 Marlin for the job, but never saw one. I saw a grizz about 100 yards away, and it was freaking huge. I never want to run into one. I keep a 10mm on my chest AND bear spray just in case. It would be nice to be able to hunt without that crap on my chest.

So the only predator you have is the gray wolf? Do they impact solo hunting at all?
How 'bout snakes? You have to have snakes...