Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

The Quad fleet,Orongas in a banker,river buggies etc etc.If U can't squeeze anymore in the back of the '64 Vanguard station wagon,chuck em up on the homebuilt roof rack the

No dropping to the chiller that weeked.All kills in Davy Jones locker.Oronga running high.No snorkels back then

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Just like your Austin buggy getting A-Framed behind the red (Valiant station wagon??), the Braddy was occasionally A-Framed back up to Wainui to get battle damage repaired.The Black n White Traffic Cops would turn a blind eye back then but Costers Cavalry would have a different view now

Gidday again bluebaiter222...the ol Austin was A framed on the longer trips to various areas. We did however hit the tarseal and gravel back roads a lot in the buggy itself, it really sucked the gas though so we always had a coupla big containers on board.
I knew one crew who kept using av gas mixed but that did eventually f*** their buggies lol.
It's funny yi mentioned the Black n Whites ...the one stationed at Hasst at the time did very well thank yi very much in his buggy along with his cook while he rode shotgun lol. Blind eye fi sure. The river flats all over the show were lit up pluss the road sides.

For the younger forum members who mite be bored - just scroll on by.The generation before me who we learn the sport off and who we looked up to as wee tackers.meat hunting Orongarongas 60's - mid 70's.Apparently they used to drop to a chiller in Whitemans valley.dont ever remember that.

Wandering off topic ,so will wrap it up here. river buggy shots up the Orongas.The well known split Totara Baines hut mid- upper valley mid 70's.Doc would go butchers hook if they saw U up there now with a buggy.History.

well I learn something new everyday..the skin trade went much longer than I previously believed...I know the skins were used to line aircraft fuel tanks of combat aircraft in hope they would help to plug up bullet/shrapnel holes but thought the trade was over long before the 60s...I heard of a farrier who thought instead of cow leather apron he would make one from deer leather...BAD MOVE... it wont rip the same and big draft horse put foot down half way through shoeing,nail caught in apron and farrier ended up on deck.

A bit of history. 2 neck shot for the chiller with what was one of the first 7-08's in the country.
Steve Blenkarne imported a reamer and this was one of the first turned out. I put it on a Tikka M55. In the Waewaepa.
I carried them whole over 2 trips. About 1.75 hrs there and back for each one.



This is a mate and I with the old trapper nelson packs and a slasher on board. We were forever clearing tracks and making new access. In the Pari (Ruahines).



Me as a lad in the Kaimanawas on Middle Range. We carried HQ's from out of there. Eventually they stopped that and you could only trade whole carcasses.

This ol pic was an old English job..could get three ti four wee Fallow tied on with a push lol.
The second pic is a tad later on but on this particular trip over several days I managed quite a few Fallow and more than paid fi the bike..I was wrapped and collected good $'s. Blue Mts area Otago.

Originally Posted by doinit

This ol pic was an old English job..could get three ti four wee Fallow tied on with a push lol.
The second pic is a tad later on but on this particular trip over several days I managed quite a few Fallow and more than paid fi the bike..I was wrapped and collected good $'s. Blue Mts area Otago.

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

Originally Posted by doinit

This ol pic was an old English job..could get three ti four wee Fallow tied on with a push lol.
The second pic is a tad later on but on this particular trip over several days I managed quite a few Fallow and more than paid fi the bike..I was wrapped and collected good $'s. Blue Mts area Otago.

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

Originally Posted by caberslash

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

I'll have a look see but don't hold yi breath mate. When I look at it now I cant believe that it was actually any good..very short and it was knocked up from a piece of tanned Goat hide if I remember rightly. Rough as guts really eh and bugger all protection at all lol.

As my mate used to say "glamorous job aye"

Originally Posted by mpf

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That photo is gold mate

Originally Posted by mpf

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Musta been a change to hop aboard with Lin? LOL.

Pigs were rather awkward on this wee outing so could really only get two up on board owing to rather steep country.
A slightly more grunty bike here on a Chamois Skin pluss headskins trip..