Thread: Clements Mill Road.,?

This rain will do it good.

Anyone hanging around Taupo after the sika show for a hunt ? I had planned to head into the Kaipo but plan b I guess....

Originally Posted by matto1234

Crap guess i might aswell get my camera out of there then

Why? It might be useful to leave it up and see how much the traffic drops off. They have used repellent.

Good point , might have to set it somewhere else and get an idea of numbers because i cant eat anything from a drop zone for 3ish months? Is that right?

It's ok it won't kill you

Originally Posted by Tahr

Why? It might be useful to leave it up and see how much the traffic drops off. They have used repellent.

No repellent on those baits.

Originally Posted by H&K MAN

No repellent on those baits.

That's not what I understand? Slightly reduced area, and repellant used?

Went for a walk in there on Saturday. Plenty of little green baits all over the show. Although nearly all of them were turning to mush due to the rain. Did see a couple of dead rats in the bush though.

Looked at dozens of baits. No sign of repellant.

Originally Posted by Woody

Looked at dozens of baits. No sign of repellant.

No sign of it after the rain Woody, but was it sown with repellent on it? It was meant to be wasn't it?

with these drops generally, if you hunt that area soon after, how toxic is the water in the streams?

Is it safe to take animals from the area or too soon? Will go check my camera tomorrow. Cheers

Originally Posted by matto1234

Is it safe to take animals from the area or too soon? Will go check my camera tomorrow. Cheers

Check the operators website, stand down for meat removal is 4 months from memory

If the signs are still up it's "deemed' to be unsafe to take animals, the signs were still up at Pureora south of HW30 but there's heaps of hunters in there, dogs and all.

Nothing to do with Clements rd, but I had to nip down to Hastings last week, absolutely amazed at the effect the big snow dump over the Rangataiki/Napier Taupo hill has had on the countryside---the scrub,(and there's plenty of it), is as flat as a pancake, even the gorse/Broom, is flat!! It's incredible! And at various places along the road--Te Haroto/Tarawera, there's heaps of pig rooting right to the edge of the road. The piggies are as safe as a church in that crap, it was hard enough to get through before but it's fargin impossible now!! A lot of damage to the tops of the bush at various places too.