Thread: South Island bunny hunt planning

@LJP , living down here and doing a lot of rabbit shooting I thought I would throw my observations into the ring as well.
As mentioned by Planeutz the hills generally aren't moving and numbers are down probably through a combination of factors which have been mentioned already.

Vineyard shooting will be a problem , firstly access during daylight hours. The harvest is happening at the moment and that will be followed by winter pruning so there are a lot of workers about.
Vine yards are tricky to shoot as there is a massive amount of infrastructure in place. Vines themselves, irrigation, frost protection, pump sheds, machinery and a heap of other items.

Unless you know the vine yard well a lot of the shots will be long and back ground unknown in the dark. You don't want a .22 or 223 round howling off into the darkness ending up fuck knows where.
Central isn't the sparsely inhabited place it use to be..
Look for a farm or two, knock on doors and be prepared to be declined plenty.
It can be done as I did my first Central Otago rabbit hunt from the North Island before I moved here. I made a lot of calls and it took a long time to get a break.

Good luck, Viper