Thread: Hunting on Horseback

Originally Posted by XR500

Bear in mind that there are bugger all places on Public Conservation land that you are permitted to take a horse (not that it seems to slow down some sectors of the population). Each district may have only one-two locations. ...And those usually tie up with areas that permit 4x4s to play, so generally not ideal.

i.e. go to DoC website, punch in horse riding East Coast and you get only one permitted location : Whirinaki. Put in the whole of the Waikato and you only get the Pureoras.

Where I am on Thompson's Track in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park one can access a small part of the park with horses as the track is a public road and the area most hunted is under Enviroment Waikato control, EV have no signs up and nor does DoC as to where boundaries are, so one can ride up to the Hundred Acres, leave the horse on EV land and hunt DoC land....at the moment there is no quad or 4X4 access on Thompsons, one can get through on a motorbike (needs some skill level though)....if anyone wants to do a weekend away and wants a pack horse to get their gear up there (one doesn't need to ride but can lead) I could possibly help out as I have horses and pack saddles.