Thread: Gear for 2 weeks in Kawekas

Thanks Spook I am really looking forward to it and just can't wait to go. I will no doubt have plenty of time to record my experiences and share them with everyone when I get back. I am dreaming of shooting my first stag!

Originally Posted by Remington700.270

I am dreaming of shooting my first stag!

They will not have much in the way of headgear this time of year

Take at least three knives...one for working on animals, a second in case you lose it and a third for carving your name in the hut timber on those days it is too wet to go out. Take a machete, quality socks, a pair of crocs [your feet will bless you], take a stone for sharpening those knives [another rainy day job] ...forget all the fancy rain gear, buy a swandri and stay in the hut on really wet days...take a deck of cards, if you are any good at it, make a fortune out of hut mates, again on rainy days...yeah, yeah I know I go on about the rainy days, but fuck you are going to the Kaweka's and shit happens.
Have you made up your mind which hut you are going to?

take a compass. +1 for swandri bush shirt, Powder for your feet, med tape, electrical tape, gastrolyte this time of year, water sterilization tablets, survival blanket.
and 2 maps of the area, leave one in a dry bag.