Me, the missus and kid were in mangamingi earlier this year. A hell of a lot of scrub on mako side. Should be reasonably good roar block. Up stream has some nice ground. Even mangamingi side of...
Liked On: 01-08-2023, 09:13 PM
Left the hut and ran across a little pig within 500m. Dropped him and dragged him back to the meat safe 229128 Then carried on up the hill, and found a Sika hind 229130 Carrying that out,...
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 06:15 PM
I think the clarke brothers on YouTube do a summer mission in there each year. might be mistaking it for another block though. from what I remember they said the stag genetics in there weren’t too...
Liked On: 05-07-2023, 10:38 AM
Another minter of a day. Decided to go over to another adjacent property and look for deer in the late afternoon. Found them no problem, but they were a long way away, on the other side of the gorge....
Liked On: 12-06-2023, 01:16 PM
It seems like eons ago since I last hunted under a blue sky. These past four days have been a soul repairing escapade for this rain weary old bastard. And a few more good days to come it seems. ...
Liked On: 10-06-2023, 08:17 PM
Popped up and into the kawekas over the weekend, On the first arvo my mate shot his first sika at 300, just a tasty little male yearling. The next morning, we headed to another spot and as I...
Liked On: 06-06-2023, 08:35 PM
Just spent the last few days staying with a good mate of mine in Lake Hawea and he was kind enough to gather some intel for me about a catchment to hunt from another friend who was unable to come...
Liked On: 28-05-2023, 09:22 PM
Go up towards the waitawhero saddle. Take you about 6 hrs roughly. Then can camp at the bottom and hunt in almost any direction really. There might be a few people push over towards the Boyd but if...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 07:40 PM
Was in there in march. Pretty quiet on the roaring side of things but a ton of sign about. Although all the deer were sitting in the tight stuff until 2am and gone before daylight. If I was going in...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 06:08 PM
Did a mission into the southern end of that block in mid 1990's. On that occasion we flew to Boyd and walked in via Te Matia Stream, and camped for a few days just below the Makokomiko high point....
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 06:08 PM
These are the 3 sika stags we took back in April. All were roaring or came into roars. 223916 223917 223918
Liked On: 15-05-2023, 07:22 PM
Got my best sika on Sunday. Only one or two hehaws heard each day. 223575
Liked On: 10-05-2023, 08:02 PM
I was on the corridor recently and saw 20 sika for the day Might have been just over 20 Had heavy rain on the way in then just a light drizzle for the afternoon When the weather turns the...
Liked On: 03-05-2023, 01:26 PM
Had a strong SW wind here today. The fallow were in a North facing gully with a bit of dappled sunlight in the bush but not far from the bushline. Missus got this fella. 222069 For those of you...
Liked On: 25-04-2023, 12:18 PM
Bloody awesome bush hunt this morning , pity about the crabby tops but a nice mature stag all the same. 221388
Liked On: 20-04-2023, 10:00 PM