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i suggest waipakahi road bout 30 ks south of turangi. kinda central to all good big campsite, plenty of scope for a hunt with lots of room. clements mill to busy. just a thought.
My bad found it Waipakihi Road.
Looks like a nice spot sakokid:cool:
like i said good camp site, if not taken. nice river if not flooded, plenty of places to sniff around for a jap, or cross jap. and on the way home call into tokaanu hot poles for a soak!! clothing optional:omg:
Any fallow or reds around as well, also is there mobs of goats we can bomb up?
Thats cool then
Yeap its a good area, i have spent a little time in there over the years. Also no goats around there, the nearest would be down around national park.
Guys I would be super keen for a hunt down there, there is always the option to stay at the Owango Hotel, we do a trail bike trip down there every year, think it costs us $50 a night including 3 meals and they brought lunch and fuel to us in the bush! There are goats about 5kms from the hotel on the owners farm, he told me in june that I could shoot the lot, and then obviously right on the 42nd traverse for deer and pigs.
Would be a bit of a drive across to Waipakihi Road but assume you could go 42nd traverse?
Campsite sounds great too, just throwing some options out there!
I too would be a starter just need to give couple of weeks notice to work but keen as
to hang out with you good buggers I might even have to make the pilgrimage up from the badlands of mid canterbury :D
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OK guys this is starting to look like a go and I for one would love to see young Toby there. I know that Dougie is keen as well so why don't we organize this to coincide with a long weekend (e.g. Auckland Anniversary or Waitangi). Not sure what the dates are but will post them up later so we can get a consensus of opinion on when to do this.
Toby can you tell us what your thoughts are because I would like to meet you young man and I could think of no better place than over a camp fire doing the thing we enjoy (hunting).
Could be a starter, will have to see what funds and work is like nearer the time.
Im a keen bean, but im not making promises just yet. I still wanna see about my pesky leg and that the op gos good and crap. also I will have to find a way up there but other then that im ready.
OK guys I have checked out the dates for the two long weekends. Auckland Anniversary is Monday 30th January 2013 (which is also Nelson Anniversary VC) and Waitangi is the following Monday 6th February.
Let me know which suits best. If you google Waipakihi Road and trace it right to the end I think you will see that we could easily set up a tent city if needed and there is a lot of bush on the other side of the river.
Sounds like a nice area
Dont know to be honest. I start chemo in late jan but may be able to make the weekend it would be palmy. if I haven't started treatment I will catch a bus or something or drags dads ass up there
For all that are interested in this hunt please see below a topographic map of the area. I have not been hunting in this area but there are certainly some interesting arears to be seen on the map that would be worth checking out.
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I could be wrong but i had been told the treverse had been nuked.
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Where'd you get that map, Rushy?
Dougie I use NZ Topo Map - New Zealand Topographic Map
I locate the area that I want to look at and then blow up to a size that I want and print the section off. I always carry a topographical map folded in my day pack but tend to use a blown up version of an area on A4 sealed in a zip lock bag as the map I work from in conjunction with GPS or compass.
I like it, especially the free part.
we would be keen on the 6th of feb
Excellent FH. Now all I need to do is figure out how to keep track of who prefers what dates.
I sweet talked my mum into taking me up there and she will stay at friends. I would say 6th feb to then as it gives me that little bit longer healing time. I am pretty happy about this now it seems possible for me :D
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Just be aware anything south of the river is private :)
There is DOC camp sites in the area as well though ...
Toby I am looking forward to it too! :) Can't wait to see you, we'll totally have to have an arm wrestle....I should start practicing now.
I've got some tips for you on that dougie takes about 25kgs out of your opponents force ;)
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WHAT!!!! trip hasn't started and there's talk of my nuts :O_O: What am I getting my self into :D
www.wams.org.nz is a good place to look, type in Urchin and follow the tracks back and you have Urchin and Kaimanawa road camp sites... Clements of coarse and Sika lodge or one of the many camp sites.
Lots camp on private land down there and get away with it but as a Forum hunt its probably not a great idea ;)