Thread: Anyone hunted with Alpine Hunting?

Originally Posted by XR500

Its the old Bare Acre station, that used to be run by a 'dad and dave' setup, along classic Barry Crump run-down-station lines (the father and son lived in a couple of railway carriages with 2 bar electric heaters all over the place running 24 hr/day as the lines charge was higher than all the electricity they could consume!

Then it got purchased and turned into a high end Ranch style shooting establishment, originally by the owner of one of the early shed/garage building outfits (Quinns??)

Accom is pretty flash. Very flash actually. They've got some pretty top Sika trophys there, as their live capture paddocks down by the river just accept the Ngamatea animals that cross the river whenever the population/feed pressure in Ngamatea gets too high.
The place is heavily tracked, and the scrub has recovered significantly since the 1984 fire went through them like a dose of salts.

It basically has a southerly aspect, so can get horrendously cold in Winter. The top plateau is at 11-1200m from memory, so easy to catch the snow in Winter.
Having said that, there's plenty of sheltered gullys.

A gat that shoots 300m is all you need.

Cheers mate

Yep, the .308 will get there easy enough.

Sounds great, looking forward to it! Great to know some of the history too!


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