A quick trip up Mt Duppa

Me and the kids have done a lot of possum/rabbit/hare missions over the years but the youngest (11) really wants to get into hunting bigger stuff.

I've got .243 and have bowled the odd goat and deer, but only the stupid ones as I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to getting onto bigger game.

A compounding issue is that I snapped a tendon in my left leg at the beginning of the year which means I can't walk to well, do have been trying to find places to take him where I didn't have to walk huge distances.

Anyway, Mt Duppa outside Nelson looked like an option. We drove out there mid afternoon hoping to be in a good spot by dusk.

Saw a mob of goats beside the forestry road not much before the carpark which was a good sign.

We snuck up the track through some nice promising bush.

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Some quartz crystals were found in the limestone outcrops.

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And we saw some Poweliphanta shells.

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We got to the summit just on dusk, for a pretty good sunset.

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We found our way back down by head torch without to much trouble. No animals were seen anywhere on DOC land.

On the drive out through the forestry we saw a pig, 2 hare and a possum on the road. 路

The youngest loved it and wants try going and have a look out from Inwood Lookout next.

Good to spend time and encourage the young ones.

Don’t always get results the first time but they will come in time.

You're a lucky man to have the "want" to go, choice of where to go, and best of all, a young fella who wants to go. Keep it going!

@Vanman good stuff, encourage that enthusiasm mate.

This is from the latest Nelson NZDA mag.
Might give you a few ideas [emoji106]

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I saw goats in those rocks 6 weeks ago but they spooked real quick. There are goats at inwoods heard but not seen in a steep gully last week. No deer seen at either place Yet

Private message me if you want more info. I'm in Brightwater

Thanks @kukuwai and @Happy Jack.

School holidays are coming so we'll be out there as much as we can around my work.

Might cheat for a few days and go down to a mates farm in central Canterbury where he has often shoots deer in his garden from his veranda.