Thread: Advice for a new hunter - Tararuas

never been there...BUT you planning 7-8hr walk....minimum....could be far more productive to walk for hour or two to good vantage point,stay UNSKYLINED and sit and let binoculars do the walking.....far better to walk couple of hours,look for another hour or two,move along a little more,look some more,hopefully find and shoot/recover animal and walk the 2 hours back....if you shoot animal 4 hours in,either way its a 4 hr carry back out....
take water,make a cuppa when you get bored looking,then look again..sooner or later animal will pop out.hopefully you can then plan how to get into range without being winded by animal....
good luck.