I only hunt DoC land, only because I don’t have private land to hunt on though. I certainly wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to hunt private land. I bumped into 4 hunters in the bush this roar!!...
Liked On: 01-05-2025, 02:03 PM
We don’t get out as much as we used to, life just seems busy the last couple of years. It used to be rugby in the winter but with a new found love for cricket weekends in summer are lost now to....
Liked On: 28-04-2025, 01:49 PM
He found it a bit hard with his pack and got tangled up a lot. Had quite a few lift overs in the creeks too where he couldnt climb out of the creeks.
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 02:11 PM
well done -- the last three words sum it up ya know where they sleep
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 11:58 AM
After poring over maps for a fair whack of time and hoping my preferred area of the Northern Ruahines wouldn’t get 1080’d I found out the drop was postponed. I had looked at a series of faces from...
Liked On: 09-04-2025, 11:58 AM
been out a bit lately just poking round new spots and checking out the old spots to see if there's anything new going on. went up peel for a look with a mate , found some new wallows seen some...
Liked On: 08-04-2025, 05:32 PM
Heard a few hee haws, single calls and a red roar yesterday morning. Managed to knock this guy over with my 7mm SAUM when he popped out at 645metres.
Liked On: 26-03-2025, 04:24 PM
Just came out from Mangatutara. Deer numbers knocked by 1080 a year ago, and cullers (ground and choppers) been hammering the remainder. There are ground based cullers in the area now. The grass...
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:36 PM
total crap to get thru -- need scrub bar or a D6 Dozer - you likely wont need to get that high - pick a ridge and start climbing - be up on top or near top by 1-2 pm work with the wind - a much...
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:34 PM
thanks Lentil thats pretty much what I had heard so Quintin if you were going to fly in from Opotiki then why not the upper Waioeka good animal numbers in many areas some huts to use as its not...
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:34 PM
Barry the hunter i wouldn't waste my money flying into these hut. This area has now become over populated with people even more so since the burning off the Te Urewera huts. My mate was walking out...
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:34 PM
bugger never was that popular - I wonder if one flew into the very upper end say right up the Makakoere where the old bivy used to be
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:34 PM
"Sam the Trapman" has been promoting the area in articles, his book, and youtube videos. His group have traps all the way to Forks hut. I went in there one roar, and saw 10 people by the time I hit...
Liked On: 25-03-2025, 01:34 PM
It is huge very steep country - some of the highest ridges have leatherwood on top not clearings - the area may well have received Wild Animal Control aerial and ground as it is part of an area...
Liked On: 21-03-2025, 04:15 PM
Got approval from the fam to head out for 3 nights and 3 days solo Goals: Explore a new part of a block, shoot a deer with the 223 for the thread :thumbs-up:...
Liked On: 19-02-2025, 07:57 AM