Free range to me means not fenced in. Can be public or private, but there's a difference in my eye between free range private and free range public. That is, anyone can access public free range so it...
Liked On: 01-10-2014, 06:48 PM
I think there is a lot of skill involved in properly training a dog for any type of hunting, also a lot of balls to knife a big boar! As long as the pig is dispatched or released quick I have no...
Liked On: 01-10-2014, 06:39 PM
Htown this is my take on the Kaimais. Half the hunters you talk to say "No deer in the Kaimais" because they've tried a few times and haven't had any luck, but know that they're in there because...
Liked On: 19-09-2014, 08:17 PM
If you want to come down Palmy or the Wairarapa way during the summer, give me yell via PM. We can arrange something for the lad.
Liked On: 16-09-2014, 09:13 PM
Anywhere from Turangi south off SH1 seems ok. Pretty steep in places but only a 30-40 minute grunt through open Beech or tight Manuka to open tops, so plenty of everything. Never hunted the foothills...
Liked On: 13-09-2014, 10:53 AM
Where the road crosses the Oturere Stream, keep heading south and look for the first of the tussock/snowgrass on the left hand side of the road. That area was always called the old tearooms site,...
Liked On: 13-09-2014, 10:53 AM
Its been awhile but I don't think things have changed much. I used to leave Taupo and head down and hunt the right hand side of the road heading South. Always hunted up toward the mountain . ...
Liked On: 08-09-2014, 08:10 PM
The 2 squiggle bits (for want of a better word) along SH1 either side of Tree Trunk Gorge Road is from memory called the Twin Sisters. I know for a fact that the land on the left side of SH1 of the...
Liked On: 08-09-2014, 08:09 PM
Look on Google earth and or wams for photos, gives much better idea of type of bush. Sent from my GT-S5360T using Tapatalk 2
Liked On: 08-09-2014, 08:09 PM
If I had a $1 for everytime clements mill rd was mentioned here I'd soon have my new rifle in the safe.
Liked On: 08-09-2014, 07:55 PM
What a waste of time that would be...Philip at the hut with your gear for three days waiting for you to catch up.
Liked On: 07-09-2014, 10:51 AM
Here is one of the best tips I know of. Pictured below is "Ongaonga", also known as stinging nettle. Any hunter who has spent time in the bush, or been into cold gullies would have been stung at some...
Liked On: 28-08-2014, 09:02 PM
Membership for TVDA cost me $80 this year ,Hunts course starts next Monday 1Sept; $150 I'm on the old guy list but am doing the course ,maybe a place left if your keen . Just a phone call or...
Liked On: 26-08-2014, 09:26 PM
Well another successful afternoon hunt today with a mate that decided to come for a walk too. We headed in from the same place as last time, Not far into my walk i had a wee accident which then...
Liked On: 17-08-2014, 02:04 PM
+1 great advice Hunt4life.... nz_hunter....when i took up hunting about 18 months ago, i didnt have a clue where to start (still dont!) i decided to join this forum, (thank fuk) read every thread in...
Liked On: 17-08-2014, 01:59 PM