Thread: Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

When I started in the kaimais 18 years ago, it took me 10 outings to kill one deer. Then progressively I started to get down to 5 trips for one deer. Now I am between 3 and 4 .
Two and half years ago I got a Chinese guy who came to me asking where to go to hunt and how to hunt.
I pointed him to old kaimai road. Go hunt there with a gps ,a secateurs and a bottle of puff of flour for wind direction. After a few month he came back to me saying he saw some deer but was to slow to shoot them. Anyway he carried on a bit more. Then I did not hear from him till last year after the roar. He came to see me saying that he d shot his first deer. He showed me a picture and it was a massive and beautiful 12 pointer which is a rare thing in the kaimais. He went quite deep in the bush , pushed a couple of basic roar and that big thing just popped out in front of him ready to be shot. I was quite proud of his achievement. Moral of the story, keep persevering.

Originally Posted by Friwi

When I started in the kaimais 18 years ago, it took me 10 outings to kill one deer. Then progressively I started to get down to 5 trips for one deer. Now I am between 3 and 4 .
Two and half years ago I got a Chinese guy who came to me asking where to go to hunt and how to hunt.
I pointed him to old kaimai road. Go hunt there with a gps ,a secateurs and a bottle of puff of flour for wind direction. After a few month he came back to me saying he saw some deer but was to slow to shoot them. Anyway he carried on a bit more. Then I did not hear from him till last year after the roar. He came to see me saying that he d shot his first deer. He showed me a picture and it was a massive and beautiful 12 pointer which is a rare thing in the kaimais. He went quite deep in the bush , pushed a couple of basic roar and that big thing just popped out in front of him ready to be shot. I was quite proud of his achievement. Moral of the story, keep persevering.

Back when there was a deer processing works up on the Kaimai's I knew the stockman and on two occasions WapX stags escaped into the bush...several years later I shot what would have been one of their offspring on Mt Motutapere, a big yearling hind...a friend spotted another big animal near the Xroads on Thompson's Track...but since then I have never encounter another one myself and not heard of any other person coming across any.

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Back when there was a deer processing works up on the Kaimai's I knew the stockman and on two occasions WapX stags escaped into the bush...several years later I shot what would have been one of their offspring on Mt Motutapere, a big yearling hind...a friend spotted another big animal near the Xroads on Thompson's Track...but since then I have never encounter another one myself and not heard of any other person coming across any.

I recall hearing similar stories from an old hunting mentor who used to be involved with some helicopter hunting around Thompson's way. Probably back in the 90's from recollection though.