Thread: Carrying firearm on doc track

Originally Posted by woods223

No problem carrying a firearm on DOC tracks. Just take note of permit condition number 5.
No firearm shall be discharged:
• In the vicinity of huts, tracks, campsites, road-ends or other public places.
• Within 500m of a Great Walk Hut or track. More about New Zealand's Great Walks.
• In a manner that endangers, frightens or annoys members of the public, or that endangers any
property.
I regularly use tracks most weeks and only ever had a couple of awkward meetings with people. One was an arrogant German dude and the other was a local who reckoned it wasn’t an open hunting area, it was and I had special permits for restricted hunting areas anyway. Majority of people are interested in what you’re hunting and if you’ve had any luck.
Go for it and get out there hunting. Good luck.

An arrogant German!

No way, I find that very hard to believe.

Who won the war anyway