Thread: Hawkes Bay Today wild deer article

Originally Posted by BRADS

I couldn't agree more the ruahines are a classic example of this, a mate came out of the ruahines yesterday with his kids after a loop walk, saw mobs of 10- 20 deer the whole trip.
Yet when someone posts on here they went up there and did some culling they get accused of wasting meat...taking two many animals etc..

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be great if one could get some co-ordinates of the mobs and post up for the new hunters going in there - any help to new hunters would go down well

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

be great if one could get some co-ordinates of the mobs and post up for the new hunters going in there - any help to new hunters would go down well

Virtually every main slip system 45 mins or more from the road end from mid November onwards (no grass growing at the moment so a bit less activity) will have a deer out on it at some stage throughout the day.
If you went for an overnight hunt and sat and watched slips morning and evening and didn't see a deer it would be very bad luck. Look at some of the YouTube channels of guys that hunt the Ruahines, most of them seldom come home empty handed.
Also remembering the age old saying 10% of hunters shoot 90% of the deer is still reiterated by a lot of chopper pilots and I think that uni survey a few years back had a similar outcome. Plenty of hunters just haven't clocked up enough hours and simply struggle to get deer even if the numbers are high.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

be great if one could get some co-ordinates of the mobs and post up for the new hunters going in there - any help to new hunters would go down well

I've done that on almost every ruahine thread for years Barry
While they are my stomping ground I have no hesitation in helping others out.
I'd rather we managed it ourselves than doc stepped in.

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