Thread: Advice for red deer

All those locations are equally good in their own ways.

Your success and enjoyment really depend more on the planning you put in, the connections you make, the gear you have and your expectations !
Good gear, a little bit of local knowledge ( like you have done, connecting with this forum ) and realistic expectations equal great trip .... and if you do shoot something decent that's a bonus !

Do not underestimate the Southern Alps of NZ.
Yes we don't have poisonous snakes or spiders. But we do have a very volatile weather as @Mathias stated.
We also have a lot of gravity down here and it can cause a lot of issues in the sort of country you will need to get into to be successful.

There is the added bonus of probably bumping in a Chamois in any of those locations.
Even if they aren't high on your list of targets you will be pretty keen once you have seen one in the wild.