Day 1 Upper Whirinaki Hut.
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Walked in from Plateau Road end. Just an easy start to the mission.
Next day on to Upper Te Hoe. With heavy packs it took us 7 hours.
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But there was heaps of cool bush scenery.
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There was a family already at Upper Te Hoe. They walked in from Pukeroa road end. We didn't have a hunt but their son managed to get one.
Next Day it was onto Central Te Hoe.
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The dreaded Te Hoe Bluffs.
They weren't that bad really.
We got to the hut in good time so we had time for a hunt. After a feed first.
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We tried downstream first. There was an abundance of Ongaonga and the river was swift and powerful,to the point of being dangerous. We turned back and had a look upstream. It was the right call and Oliver soon had a deer in his sights. He thought it was a spiker so smacked it. It turned out to be an in milk hind. Bit of a bugger but an pplhonest mistake.
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Central Te Hoe is in a cool spot. Very steep though.
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Next day we headed to Mangakahika Hut. Oliver carried the back steaks and hindquarters meat.
Stopped at the Bullring campsite on the way.
Found a huge wok hanging up.
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Looking back down towards Centrl Te Hoe.
Mangakahika is a neat spot. Didn't go hunting, but there would be a few around I'm picking.
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I put the boy to work getting wood while I put a feed on.
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I can assure you it tasted better than it looks. :thumbsup:
Next day was a big one. Head to Roger's and on to Moerangi.
There was a couple of choppers at Roger's.
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One of them turned out to be an old time meathunter in to celebrate his birthday. He was interesting to talk to but we had to push on to Moerngi.
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Next day was another mission to Mangamate.
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next day we had a quick hunt and Oliver smacked a fawn.
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Today we got back to the truck to be greeted by this.
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Bit of a stink end to the trip.
Luckily the truck was still drivable. Unfortunately I left my wallet in my truck.
My credit card got a good hammering before the bank stopped it.
All in all a fantastic trip.
My son has proven himself a good shot and can carry a load as long as required.
Our next trip will have less tramping and more hunting though.
Thanks for reading.