Thread: Any hunting tips / advice

Originally Posted by Hunt4life

I reckon we can pick the guys who had hunting easy when they were kids where dads and uncles introduced the privileged little buggers to hunting in nice easy country (often private farmland) with plenty of game animals to harvest with little effort spent. Probably shot their first deer at 7 after already cutting teeth on goats earlier.
Seriously, some of you guys are so full of your own prowess that you can't even give a positive supportive tip of advice to a guy who's trying to teach himself. Shame.
For those who did throw a bone, thanks, from a self taught hunter who spent waaaaaay too long missing out on being successful because selfish bastards wouldn't share some basic info.
@BLR Bushpig - Start by choosing your preferred and/or most accessible area. From Hamilton, I suggest you should be heading to Pureora or Kaimais. Both are pretty challenging though, for very different reasons. Kaimanawas are awesome with healthy animal numbers of both species, particularly on the western side (Desert Rd). Then stick with it. Get to know the area by studying Google Earth and time on the hill working a grid. Eventually you'll learn where the deer prefer or travel through. Then slow right down, hunt with the breeze in your face and eventually you'll ambush or stumble over one (Murphy will always reverse the prevailing breeze just as you're getting close to a deer by the way, so always be ready for a burst of action).
Think about what a deer needs to live. Warmth and shelter, a safe place to sleep, a constant source of good food and, to a less extent, social interaction and water. So where will they be? Start with sheltered north facing gullyheads and slip faces/clay pans.
Remember: go slow, stop and scan often, wind is key, and...assume EVERYTHING that moves is human until you cannot possibly be mistaken that it's a deer.
The shooting is the easy part.
Good luck!!...Because much of this hunting game is just that. Right place, right time
Cheers


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+1. And your local deerstalkers club and do the Hunts course. The first ones are handed on a plate, but there are good buggers that don't mind sharing info and even offering a tag along trip.