Thread: Reminiscing

It certainly was a great few days with @mopheadrob and @CamD. Great location and company. There will definitely be a 2nd annual trip, and 3rd and 4th....
For readers of this Rob has completely understated the efforts he went to attempting recovery of Cam's first deer. It was a massive effort for the first night. He's also understated our concerns back in the hut. It's fair to say we were getting 'worried' when the 'it'll take a couple of hours' time as exceeded and we could get no answers on the kiddie radios we had with us. But we stayed controlled and sensible recognising there was nothing we could do, or searchers, if we did press our PLB. Any actions needed to wait until closer to day break. We knew Rob had skills, a PLB and if I recall correctly first aid and emergency blanket with him. As 2 hours became 3 then 4 a plan started to be made. Cam was very relived when a crackly radio message was received about 1:30am as he'd been planning how he'd break the news to his sister how his first deer had lead to injury or worse of her husband. Quality radios or inreach would have been useful and reduced the stress, however Rob's skills and our calmness meant it was all fine. If shite had happened Rob had a PLB and so did we. We also all had NZ Topo50 on our phones plus a paper map and compass. Preparation is everything. Shame the prep hadn't covered my scope which later tests showed it was well off. Pork would have been nice. Recovering my binos after 24hrs in river was awesome though! https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....4/#post1108712