Thread: Any roaring yet?

Originally Posted by Sika 8

A mate is trying to convince me into heading into Pourangaki hut dropping in via Maungamahue via Rangi hut, I often camp at the Tarn but have never actually been into that catchment before but suspect it wouldn't get a lot of pressure?

Yeah i don't think it gets much pressure either , would be a good place to go in the next week or so. Just a big climb out if ya carrying meat . I walked out via Kelly Night hut and down the river but going to Pourangaki hut via Rangi tops is good idea i recon !!

Originally Posted by 30late

Yeah i don't think it gets much pressure either , would be a good place to go in the next week or so. Just a big climb out if ya carrying meat . I walked out via Kelly Night hut and down the river but going to Pourangaki hut via Rangi tops is good idea i recon !!

Does look like a big climb!

Originally Posted by Sika 8

A mate is trying to convince me into heading into Pourangaki hut dropping in via Maungamahue via Rangi hut, I often camp at the Tarn but have never actually been into that catchment before but suspect it wouldn't get a lot of pressure?

awesome spot fellas,i want to get in there as well.so much hunting to do but the tararuas have got most of my Time this year.

Yip they moaning in south Canterbury today...but strangely all the old wallows haven't been opened up again.i went past four that are normally used and none were muddy.saw a few that were more like scrapes. Bizzare.

No roars where I was in Nelson Lakes this week, but in other parts I hear they were from another member

Originally Posted by Longrun

Going for a look in Ureweras this weekend.

Was there last weekend. No roaring and actually not many deer seen over 3 days. 1 hind taken.


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Just out of the Upukerora headwaters . Stags roaring well. Busier than Queen St with other parties. Called it quits early.

Originally Posted by Sika 8

Does look like a big climb!

Pretty sure the track goes down that ridge in the background

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Just out of the Upukerora headwaters . Stags roaring well. Busier than Queen St with other parties. Called it quits early.

My old uncle use to manage a big doc farm up that way 50 yrs ago.Nothing like doing a boundary fence check at night in the old Land Rover towing a trailor.If I was a good lad Id be allowed to shoot a deer with his 30 06.bugger it would kick like a mule.He s still alive today in TeAnu,if you like hunting storys,he s the man to listen too.

Originally Posted by 30late

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Pretty sure the track goes down that ridge in the background

Same spot 40 odd years ago (the gully this side of the track ridge). Used to go over into there from Rangi quite often. As said, it's a grunt back up with a load.
A good roar spot used to be down the big central plateaued elephants-head ridge that comes off the top into the Orua headwaters.

Heard first roars last Friday in Tararuas.

A spotted chestnut stag this evening, split palms,, I won't turn him down if he sneaks into my place to serve my hinds, by trad bow.

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Just out of the Upukerora headwaters . Stags roaring well. Busier than Queen St with other parties. Called it quits early.

@Nathan F That’s interesting, We walked into there from Army hut several years ago, only saw one other party and they go every year, neat valley, plenty of deer.

Was up Mt Patriarch/ Lake Chalice last Monday. A couple of stags roaring down on SE face of Patriarch, one low downstream of Lake and another couple on faces opposite mid Goulter hut. Just back from a drive through Molesworth and look around St James area for old times sake and to have a look at the areas where they’ve been dropping old established pines and redwoods. Happened to see a couple of good stags in Redgate area, again low down and just mooching around. Hunters ute parked by track entrance into Redgate/Tarndale so maybe they’ll get lucky.

Felt like things were just kicking off up the awatere valley yesterday, lots of small hind groups scattered around with the odd 2/3yr old stag just feeding. Right in that last 30mins of light the older stags started making noise. Was neat to watch 5 decent stags all chasing one hind (must've been the hot one), the ran nearly 1km and then back again flat out roaring and trying to hook the hind off away. Good fun to watch