Must be trampers from Wellington? We had one incident in the Waipakahi hut with a group who's alpha males muttered things about "bloody hunters" all afternoon after we arrived. Unfortunately for them...
Liked On: 23-02-2023, 10:15 AM
did you scream "run vegans" and take off in opposite direction???? bro in law and I coming out of local block incountered some young folk playing in creek,might have been 9-10 there was 4 of...
Liked On: 22-02-2023, 12:26 PM
Years ago I was hunting off the round the mountain track on the Whakapapa side (before it was a great walk, so 300m was fine) and was sitting watching a face in the scrub with a big flat stone on it...
Liked On: 22-02-2023, 08:13 AM
Very seldom. Mostly they are just interested in what I am doing - and interested to hear that there are deer in the area. I did stay one night at the Waihohonu hut and an awesome party from...
Liked On: 22-02-2023, 07:25 AM
The booking for Otutu from today is gone too, and the one for Tussock later in the week that only appeared recently. Helicopter availability may be the issue with all the need in Hawkes Bay
Liked On: 20-02-2023, 12:22 PM
As part of my December trip into the Kawekas (https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f17/12-days-11-nights-kawekas-89468/), my partner Sharon and her son Marcus were supposed to fly in to the Otutu...
Liked On: 20-02-2023, 10:32 AM
There is chapter two from a couple of weeks ago I should write up too...
Liked On: 17-02-2023, 07:46 AM
I have to shoot left handed and I like short rifles and I like 243. About ten years ago there was Model 7 in the local shop with all the above likes. I faltered and missed it, great regret, kind of...
Liked On: 16-02-2023, 10:35 AM
#1 rule for tops hunting.....think before you shoot, just cause you can see it does not mean you can recover it. Have a quick assessment of how you can get to and recover an animal before you pull...
Liked On: 16-02-2023, 07:41 AM
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Liked On: 14-02-2023, 01:23 PM
Jimmy will happily pick you up from a roadend They don't charge to fly from bridge pa Sent from my SM-S906E using Tapatalk
Liked On: 01-02-2023, 07:44 AM
I've had a fair bit of time in lieu owing lately due to some solid weeks at work. I had a few too many days for my bosses liking and the mrs gave me the green light so the solution was to go bush....
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 03:02 PM
With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 02:37 PM
The most important thing to come out of all this is that there is an urgent need for an alternative to Heliska, prefably based to the east of the kawekas
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 01:45 PM
I see Manson hut is now available from 9th Feb to 8th March - I'm pretty sure that was booked pretty solid right through when I looked last week (Manson and Tussock seem to pretty fully booked most...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 12:42 PM