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   TakaRat liked post by thatguy On thread : Stags and Bucks 2025

   I’m gonna get scolded for this, but one of these years I’d like to see a thread exclusively for public land Stags… sorry.

   Liked On: 11-03-2025, 07:24 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by DavidGunn On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   The drop in temperature forecast for the 19th of this month will start them roaring in the Kaimai's

   Liked On: 11-03-2025, 07:23 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by The bomb On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   Carry overnight camping gear and hunt evening,camp ,carry on hunting next morning.

   Liked On: 11-03-2025, 07:23 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by earplay On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   When hunting as a pair with a reliable/safe partner, we would often hunt parallel just within eyesight usually following a bearing. It allows you to put eyes on more area and in some occasions pushes...

   Liked On: 11-03-2025, 07:22 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by charliehorse On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   My gps is covered in marks, I'll usually just try and do a circuit that covers a few off

   Liked On: 10-03-2025, 08:42 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by charliehorse On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   Bumped 2 just off the track this morning. Probably 20m, wasn't expecting to see them there. They are where you find them up there. I just find a game trail and follow it. Works pretty well for me. As...

   Liked On: 10-03-2025, 05:07 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by No.3 On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   With that area the deer are so trained up for people it's quite crazy. I've been standing stationary as a tramping group goes through yapping their heads off (moved off trail to let them go through)...

   Liked On: 09-03-2025, 10:06 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by Friwi On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   It is so dry up there at the moment that you really want to target wet gully and streams. Move to newly undiscovered spots for you. That is another way of learning the lay of the land and find deer...

   Liked On: 09-03-2025, 10:05 PM

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   TakaRat liked post by tibo On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

   Use your ears, always heard them before spotting them in there. The ones I saw before hearing them all disappeared rather fast

   Liked On: 09-03-2025, 10:05 PM

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    TakaRat liked post by DavidGunn On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

    Stop looking at the ground once you find sign, each time you look up/down you are refocusing your eyes to different light conditions....all sign is historical, the foot prints you want are the ones...

    Liked On: 09-03-2025, 10:05 PM

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    TakaRat liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

    you are hunting what is likely one of the toughest blocks to hunt in North Island --wind yes get that one right - time of day - early morning late evening hot times - midday they will likely be lying...

    Liked On: 09-03-2025, 06:52 PM

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    TakaRat liked post by blip On thread : Spotting deer in Kaimai Bush

    They usually spot you first. Its thick in there

    Liked On: 09-03-2025, 05:58 PM

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    TakaRat liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : Crap Bivvy in the Bush

    well said mate -- we flew a lot of crap out when I was in Te Urewera -- the tuhoe land down the Whakatane was especially bad - a lot probably still there we did not touch anything on their land -...

    Liked On: 30-12-2024, 10:39 AM

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    TakaRat liked post by woods223 On thread : Crap Bivvy in the Bush

    While it riles me when I come across a messy hunter camp, be it a possum deer or pig hunter camp, one has to remember that hunters have been building these camps for as long as we’ve been hunting in...

    Liked On: 30-12-2024, 10:39 AM

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    TakaRat liked post by 30.06king On thread : Crap Bivvy in the Bush

    DOC regard them as taboo. Have heard sometimes they send teams in to dismantle a few that have sprung up but I don't think their budgets cover more frequent missions so they might not be winning the...

    Liked On: 29-12-2024, 11:54 PM

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