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I have just returned from a evening hunt and reading this post i remind myself what hunting is all about , a southerly had just blown through and had cleared into a perfect evening , i watched 3 deer...

Is Bruce Hut still there ?

In 2008 while on a cruise through the Fiordland sounds , a DOC manager was doing a commentary on the history of Fiordland , i caught up with him that evening and during our conversation we discussed...

From the old access 5 hours to mid Po another 2 .5 to ngamoko

It was good money when it hit $ 1.00 a pound around 1970 but not for long .

i got caught with withholding tax selling possum skins , unless you gave your real name they were not interested in...

Te hekenga & High Ridge rear right of photo

Well Bruce , reading your post brought back memories of my time in that area , hunted there from age 16, walk in Friday night ,sleep on the floor of the original ski hut ,up before daybreak walk back...

Mike Martin was there late 60 s early 70 s , Mike left NZFS to work in the game parks of South Africa , sadly received the news Mike was killed in a accident not long after arriving in SA , top...

Have fond memories of the old tent camps in the Poh , Diggers and elsewhere , always had company at night , do you remember Mike Martin from Poh Base

Is the book on Ngamatea called Ngamatea , the land & the people by Hazel Riseborough .

There have been numerous books written about Ngamatea and i guess more will be written in the future , Dave...

I was hunting a few kilometers north of where you were and experienced the thunderstorm first hand , i knew the storm was getting closer and made the decision not to return to camp , i have to say ,...

This thread has taken me back in time , over 55 years in fact to when i first hunted deadmans , not much of a track back then but we made do , one winter we decided to recut the track which we often...

I had the privilege of having access to this property for 35 years prior to moving to Tauranga in 1999 , there was always no access during lambing and we where always welcomed back when lambing was...

Thanks 7.62 , Lester Masters wrote a introduction into the Golden Hills Hut Visitors Book and included what you wrote about in your post , it started with a poem

Golden Hills Hut

We "ll take...

Thats a great photo Tahr , one you will cherish in the years to come

I never hunted the bottom end of the Pari , only the top end , we would camp at tarns and spend our days hunting Mania , Dirty spur , beautiful tussock country of the Whanahuia range

Well Bruce , Your post is a inspiration and a timely reminder to those that think they can no longer do what they could in the past , i would encourage them all to continue as long as possible ,...

Thanks 7.62 for putting up your photos from 2014 , the Hut had deteriorated further in 2017 when we flew in to carry out a survey of the huts condition as to weather it was still possible to restore...

Hi Ruger 7 mm ,

Thank You , that would be very welcome , we are flying in Sunday 17 th for the final Restoration Trip , if you could PM your contact details .

Great rifle caliber as well .
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Our final Restoration Trip is planed for 17 - 22 nd Jan to complete the minor work that is still to be done .

We will be displaying items found during the Restoration and are on the look out for 2...

Great job Bos , many memories are going to be made there , what a wonderful and very respectful way of saying thank you to the property owner for the privilege of having access to there land

I remember the old farm house and old man macrocarpa trees down the Ahu Ahu valley , we would come in from Kai Iwi and camp up stream on a small flat where the large creek entered on the left and did...

Thank you NZ Hunter and all those involved in last nights brilliant show

Enjoying this thread , so important these old huts are saved for future generations