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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick-D View Post
    SO what you are saying is that it is both Functionable, AND fashionable?
    Ha ha ha ha well played.
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    About to go and have a beer with Mark ,who owns spot X . Will tell him about all the good advertising you guys are doing for him. He'll appreciate it I'm sure.
    "ars longa, vita brevis"

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    Hey guys, Thank you to the people who have given me advice and to the people who understand where i am coming from. Im not looking for anyones secret spots or where to find a easy deer, I mean who would want a easy deer anyway. Thats not hunting. I have been out in the kaimais about 10 or so times walking though thick supplejack for hours on end so it annoys me when people say go and put hard yards in when i have been out there trying. All i wanted was to be pointed ithe right direction haha. Will post on sunday to tell where I went and how I got on. cheers!

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    Hey Yeti,
    Good on you for giving it a go.
    I would suggest that you give it a good crack by taking a few days off work and head bush for 4-5days in one go. you will learn more in this time then over 20 single day outings, especially if you keep going to different spots.
    Head through poronui and into the Oamaru hut in the kaimanawas. Base yourself here for your 5 days and pick an area on the map that looks good. lots of creek heads, north facing ect and go and explore. I can help with a couple, flick me a PM.
    Go and find some fresh sign then slow down. 10m a minute.

    I would give you a 80% chance over your 5 days of at least being whistled at or seeing a deer.

    Keep at it!
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    Yeh mate just give it a go. Taupo area is good to start with, bush hunting can be a bit daunting at first and I learnt the hard way, lots of day hunts and not being based in Taupo meant a lot of early morning starts in the car. Even though the DOC land gets a hammering at times the deer seem to still hang around and It wont take long for you to put something up and the best case scenario shoot one as well. Ive put up Sika many times walking into my favourite spots and even shot one 50m off a well used track not long after starting a walk in a few weeks ago.
    Sika are a resiliant little animal, sneaky and quite vocal but the younger ones let their guard down at times which makes it possible to bag one. If you get comfortable in the bush you can concentrate on finding the deer and not have to worry about getting lost and Im sure we all have that horrible feeling at some time of not knowing exactly where we are !! Taking a mate is good but I find your success rate is much higher if you split up and go your own way ( don't shoot your mate!)

    Good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gapped axe View Post
    About to go and have a beer with Mark ,who owns spot X . Will tell him about all the good advertising you guys are doing for him. He'll appreciate it I'm sure.
    Ooooh. Name dropping too.
    You have all the talents

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    Mark has been a good mate for many years and still is. And the issue is?? Ooooh are you standing it it or full of it. Probably full of it.
    Last edited by Gapped axe; 17-05-2014 at 11:26 PM.
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    Whoopsie to many whiskies (with Mark) last night. Can't delete or edit last post. Getting to be a stroppy bugga in my Old age. Not meant to offend, just don't like anybody stepping on my toes




    Quote Originally Posted by Gapped axe View Post
    Mark has been a good mate for many years and still is. And the issue is?? Ooooh are you standing it it or full of it. Probably full of it.
    "ars longa, vita brevis"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gapped axe View Post
    Getting to be a stroppy bugga in my Old age
    It happens! Ha ha ha ha
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gapped axe View Post
    Whoopsie to many whiskies (with Mark) last night. Can't delete or edit last post. Getting to be a stroppy bugga in my Old age. Not meant to offend, just don't like anybody stepping on my toes
    Will take a bit more than that to offend me.
    The young guy that started this post was not asking for the keys to your deer padock. He was just hoping to be pointed in the right direction by the more experienced and knowledgeable people on this forum. He did not deserve the shit you threw at him.
    l suggest if you cant take it, dont dish it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    Hey guys, Thank you to the people who have given me advice and to the people who understand where i am coming from. Im not looking for anyones secret spots or where to find a easy deer, I mean who would want a easy deer anyway. Thats not hunting. I have been out in the kaimais about 10 or so times walking though thick supplejack for hours on end so it annoys me when people say go and put hard yards in when i have been out there trying. All i wanted was to be pointed ithe right direction haha. Will post on sunday to tell where I went and how I got on. cheers!
    Now we starting to know you, keep it going it, you will develop nicely on here, post how you go, good or bad.
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    Hey guys, well headed down to taupo friday night and camped out, got up bright and early and headed for a rd named john mcdonald rd that I had found on the doc web site. Me and my mate walked around for a few hours seeing alot of deer sign but no deer. We got back to the ute around lunch time and arranged our next move. We decided we would go all the way to Te Aroha and go up tuahu track and walk up to the Te Rereatukahia Hut and stay up there the night. So we set off and made our way to tuahu track. we got up to the hut at around 7.30 that night not seeing any sign on the way up, not they we were looking very hard, we were more focused on trying to get to the hut before dark. Sunday morning woke up 6.30 started on our way back down stopping and scanning clearing where ever we could. Saw some trees that had been stripped of bark and some big prints just off the track. just down from there we were walking then wouldnt of even been 15m away a huge crash! and off ran somthing big! then the exact same thing happend about 1km futher down the track. Deffinetly learnt some lessons on that trip! But you cant win em all!
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    Sounds like you stumbled on your cuzzys (bigfoot) homeground. Now to find the deer.
    There are no deer in the Kaimais
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    When I first joins I asked for help how to hunt not spots to hunt. May have went around asking the wrong way. Il be iffy about ya farm access u got a farm u got a good chance in having deer? U wana make another hour and half trip to Napier I could take ya to a spot it toe but just not having much luck my self at the moment but at never no


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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    Deffinetly learnt some lessons on that trip! But you cant win em all!
    That's the important thing bro, keep doing that and eventually they'll start hitting the deck
    Yeah nah bro

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