Thread: woodhill ballot results

Re: rules

https://www.fallowdeer.co.nz/conditions.php

DOE permits are the default option this year - if you want a BUCK permit you need to apply for it. Write BUCK on the left of their name on ballot return form. BUCK permits are optional - do nothing if you don’t want a permit for a BUCK.
BUCK permit is not transferable.
Accepting a BUCK permit excludes that person from taking a DOE.

It says 2024, but I hunted there last year and pretty sure it was a doe or a buck for the ballot holder. I wonder if they have the date wrong on the website?

Originally Posted by MB

Re: rules

https://www.fallowdeer.co.nz/conditions.php

DOE permits are the default option this year - if you want a BUCK permit you need to apply for it. Write BUCK on the left of their name on ballot return form. BUCK permits are optional - do nothing if you don’t want a permit for a BUCK.
BUCK permit is not transferable.
Accepting a BUCK permit excludes that person from taking a DOE.

It says 2024, but I hunted there last year and pretty sure it was a doe or a buck for the ballot holder. I wonder if they have the date wrong on the website?

Got the 2025 paperwork this evening.

Just to clarify:

2. Primary Permit Holder is issued a permit for a Buck or Doe automatically and can take either a Buck or Doe, but is limited to one Deer.

3. The other hunters in the party are issued a doe permit but can apply for a buck only permit, tick the box next to your name.

4. Accepting a buck permit excludes that person from taking a doe.

Good news, it read different from that on the website.

I managed block 7 in early September. Hope there are some left in there by that time.
Looks like a long coastal block.
Any tips appreciated.

Originally Posted by D@n

I managed block 7 in early September. Hope there are some left in there by that time.
Looks like a long coastal block.
Any tips appreciated.

There will be deer there, search up for "block 7 woodhill" and try and figure out:
- any cutover areas (which are worth getting to at dawn and dusk)
- any areas of native (which are normally the best areas for holding animals in the day, although they do hang out in the pines as well)
- game trails and areas with feed, especially by the edges of thick young pines (which are pretty much impossible to stalk in - but the animals will feed out even in the middle of the daytime)
- If you find buck sign (scrapes, rubbings etc) then treat that like gold, theres normally only a few bucks in a block from my experience.

Don't spend all day walking around, find the likely areas with sign and spend time there.

Wind is normally from the west.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by Low box

There will be deer there, search up for "block 7 woodhill" and try and figure out:
- any cutover areas (which are worth getting to at dawn and dusk)
- any areas of native (which are normally the best areas for holding animals in the day, although they do hang out in the pines as well)
- game trails and areas with feed, especially by the edges of thick young pines (which are pretty much impossible to stalk in - but the animals will feed out even in the middle of the daytime)
- If you find buck sign (scrapes, rubbings etc) then treat that like gold, theres normally only a few bucks in a block from my experience.

Don't spend all day walking around, find the likely areas with sign and spend time there.

Wind is normally from the west.

Good luck!

Thanks, I'll do a search of the forum and find some spots on the aerial images.