Last day, and the weather gave in. Initially expecting our metal bird at 10am, but low fog had us in regular contact with our pilot via the InReach. Floors swept, benches cleaned and firewood sorted...
Liked On: 23-04-2022, 07:48 PM
Day 4 while Kukuwai was doing it tough on his walk out, Munsey and Kev struck out for the tops on the west side of the block. Stingray set off up Mt Maling stream in a bid to gain access to...
Liked On: 23-04-2022, 01:38 PM
Bloody trampers eh. I think we need a tramper licensing system. Pages of background checks and paper work asking question like: “would you piss on someone on the top bunk?” “What about the...
Liked On: 23-04-2022, 01:08 PM
Day 4. So after shooting that spiker last night i realized that my pack was gunna be pretty heavy. While walking down the clearing in the dark i had cunning plan...I know, ill call those guys...
Liked On: 23-04-2022, 12:55 PM
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Liked On: 22-04-2022, 06:20 PM
Sweet that worked. So heres a few more. 195306 195307 195308
Liked On: 22-04-2022, 06:20 PM
Kukuwai hunting ground from above. 195286 Morning glassing in the frost. 195287 195288 Mt Mailling in background where we saw the 5 deer , the hinds beaded down on that nasty we spur...right...
Liked On: 22-04-2022, 04:24 PM
Out of interest the hut book goes back to 2009, and whilst some don't fill it in , this block did appear to receive a great deal of walk in hunters. Ours was a flyin to shoot animals, we as a...
Liked On: 22-04-2022, 03:44 PM
Kukuwai's day 3 report....... Encouraged by the sighting last night I was up early again and off on the sneaky sneak along the bush edge as soon as it was light enough to shoot. ...
Liked On: 22-04-2022, 03:43 PM
Rumour has it that some spooning was needed to stay cosy. Just a rumour though :D
Liked On: 21-04-2022, 08:53 PM
Kev and I spent the afternoon of day one hiking to the far end of our block to check out some grass flats. Arriving a little later than planned we set up camp about 700M away from the clearings, and...
Liked On: 21-04-2022, 06:08 PM
Here's Day 2 for me guys. It started much the same as the guys above, up in the dark. The rain had cleared during the night and the southerly flow that followed had frozen everything. No...
Liked On: 21-04-2022, 05:35 PM
Sorry folks have a shit of a time loading photos, plus we used a camera a lot of the time that is in ChCh so I'm waiting for a memory stick to arrive! Anyway day #2 for us on the tops, After...
Liked On: 21-04-2022, 04:25 PM
By good luck or very generous folks , I found myself and Munsey in the tops on Mt 40, the pilot dropped our gear got us out and lifted away. All went very quiet, I looked around and realised I was...
Liked On: 20-04-2022, 11:44 PM
On the 15th of August last year I recieved a txt from veitnamcam it was titled... 'Nelson lakes ungulate control' A local initiative from doc where hunters would be flown into blocks in the...
Liked On: 20-04-2022, 10:51 PM