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    Help a young hunter out - Taupo

    Hi, Me and my mate are planning a trip down to Taupo this weekend from Auckland and wondering if anyone would be kind enough to point us in the right direction. We have never been down there to hunt but have heard many good storys about the area. We are both hoping to get our first deer. I brought a quad bike last weekend for farm use but if anyone knows of any track I could take it up that would be use full also. Look foward to your replys

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    Piss off go and do some hard yards first, then after a year if you have had no luck, then and maybe then I'll take you out.
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    Don't think he will be looking forward to that one so much but still the right un pc reply in my book.
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    Thanks for your input gapped axe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    Hi, Me and my mate are planning a trip down to Taupo this weekend from Auckland and wondering if anyone would be kind enough to point us in the right direction. We have never been down there to hunt but have heard many good storys about the area. We are both hoping to get our first deer. I brought a quad bike last weekend for farm use but if anyone knows of any track I could take it up that would be use full also. Look foward to your replys
    Join your local Deerstalkers assn, go to the meetings, maybe do the Hunts course, make the physical/face value connection with experienced hunters and make it clear you don't expect a free lunch, you want to get, you got to give too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    Hi, Me and my mate are planning a trip down to Taupo this weekend from Auckland and wondering if anyone would be kind enough to point us in the right direction. We have never been down there to hunt but have heard many good storys about the area. We are both hoping to get our first deer. I brought a quad bike last weekend for farm use but if anyone knows of any track I could take it up that would be use full also. Look foward to your replys
    Get off the bike and walk you are young.
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    Drive halfway up Clements Mill Road. Park up and go for a walk/stalk.
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    Where did you have in mind?

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    wow angry much gapped axe??forget to pop you're pills or something??
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    Quote Originally Posted by 257weatherby View Post
    Join your local Deerstalkers assn, go to the meetings, maybe do the Hunts course, make the physical/face value connection with experienced hunters and make it clear you don't expect a free lunch, you want to get, you got to give too.
    Second this. Meet real people you will get a lot more info than asking a forum that you have made 7 posts in. Ive done the hard yards also have made a few posts and helped members out and still get eff all info on spots. Good luck i would help u out if i could


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    GA up there with the best on this forum, I understand where he's coming from, this forums to about free lunches, but once you've done your time they'll give you all the help you need. Go wear ya feet out and post a good report, with pics, on what you did, good luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    Hi, Me and my mate are planning a trip down to Taupo this weekend from Auckland and wondering if anyone would be kind enough to point us in the right direction. We have never been down there to hunt but have heard many good storys about the area. We are both hoping to get our first deer. I brought a quad bike last weekend for farm use but if anyone knows of any track I could take it up that would be use full also. Look foward to your replys
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    Please be very careful.

    New and inexperienced Hunters like yourself and your Mate, hunting in an area you have never hunted before can be a recipe for disaster.

    Things can go bad very quickly if your not on to it.

    Ask yourselves these questions

    "How good are my Bushmanship skills"?

    How good are my firearm handling skills?

    How well do I trust my mate with his firearms handling skills?

    How well can I navigate in unfamiliar areas in difficult conditions? ie poor visability, darkness, cold etc.

    How well am I able to positively Identify My Target in a bush setting?

    What's our backup plan should things not go according to our original plan?

    How well am I prepared to spend a night or two out in the bush should I not be able to make it back to camp?

    How would we get help in an emergency if it's needed.

    These are all things I had to learn when I was first starting out.

    Also study the area well, eg. Google earth, maps etc.

    And get a reliable short and medium term weather report for the area you intend to Hunt.

    When you arrive at your destination, pick out some landmarks like a prominent rock out crop or ridge line and remember how to get back to camp from there.

    Clements Road is a good choice for a weekend Hunt but remember there will be other hunters there too as it is a popular area.

    Don't forget to do the hard yards, have fun, hone your skills and learn from your trip.

    Let us know how you get on.

    Cheers
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    I agree with the advise on joining the Deerstalkers. You will gain so much experience and opportunities. Consider doing a HUNTS course through them

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    Yeti,

    There are some real good bastards on this forum, who will be more than happy to help a keen young fella out, but as you have probably guessed by some of the replies, its not seen as good form to come onto the forum as a new poster and straight away ask for hunting spots etc.

    If you havnt already got one, get yourself a 'Spot X' hunting book, which has most of the public access spots in it, with what road end to head down etc, and info about each spot - Pretty good value for a new hunter.

    As far as i am aware your quad want be much use to you on 99% of the public land spots i have hunted, but thats mainly Hawkes Bay Kaweka/Ruahines and one trip to Clements.

    Get out into Clements, and explore, keep the wind into your face and go very slow when in an area with fresh sign, ie take 1 or 2 steps and stop and scan everything you can see, another couple of steps and repeat, most new hunters (sika especially) go way to quick, even when you think you're going slow, slow down some more.

    When i first started, i spooked plenty thru going to quick. If theres no sign, speed up a bit until you find sign, then slow right down again.

    The other tip i can give you is GET OFF THE TRACK, i have seen other new guys say theres piss all sign about, then i find out they never got off the track - You only have to go a couple of meters off the track in many places and you will find sign, where on the track there was no evidence of animals at all.

    Good luck - Report a few stories on here of how you got on, where you went, what you found etc, and people will be more willing to help you out once they have seen a bit of a track record.

    GWH
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    put the hard yards in mate

    im a newbie to deer stalking just a bounus I have a good and hard task master showing me the ropes @Rushy
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