Thread: Hunting in the Kaimai ranges

Cool. I read somewhere its a 'skilled only' walk. Im sure Ill be aight.

N S track from Wairere falls is like a two lane highway. Pretty sure the rest is good and clear too. lots of traffic though.

Originally Posted by Sniper

Any one know what the north south track is like to walk/use for access? Aongatete area.
Chur

Just some wind fall around at the moment fine in the light of day can be a challenge at night

Originally Posted by Sniper

Cool. I read somewhere its a 'skilled only' walk. Im sure Ill be aight.

Crack up ive been walking since I was one, hope im classed as a skilled walker

Originally Posted by Gibo

Crack up ive been walking since I was one, hope im classed as a skilled walker

Haha, yeah. It said you need navigational skills.

Originally Posted by Sniper

Haha, yeah. It said you need navigational skills.

Im out then! Notorious circle walker

Fark me with a pineapple ! The track in question runs North to south and South to North. Even you couldnt manage a circle on that one

Originally Posted by Pengy

Fark me with a pineapple ! The track in question runs North to south and South to North. Even you couldnt manage a circle on that one

Want a bet

There have been several rescues on the North/South track...one of the latest was a guy sitting in the middle of the track and didn't know which way to go...a helicopter went in after dark to help him out.

Originally Posted by Spook

There have been several rescues on the North/South track...one of the latest was a guy sitting in the middle of the track and didn't know which way to go...a helicopter went in after dark to help him out.

Ha ha ha fuck thats a hard case

I retract my last post after reading that

Originally Posted by Gibo

Ha ha ha fuck thats a hard case

A couple of years ago a dairy farmer shot up the track after morning milking for a quick hunt, was on the cellphone within two hours saying he was lost...didn't get out till late the next day as the police rescue unit got lost trying to get to him.

Mate you can hear the traffic thundering down SH2 at least use that to get your bearings

Originally Posted by Mauser308

That's a hard case, I really don't know how you get 'lost' in there. After all, it's less than a day from matamata to the katikati side (I've done it). The range runs mostly nth-sth, the creeks tend east-wst with the bigger ones running to the south, and if that's not enough the area is littered with old logging roads and cuttings for skids that run due east-wst. I'll admit it and say most of the time I never even bothered to take a compass or map in with me (however they are essential kit now).

I have once spent an entire day covering 200m to get back to the Waipapa Rd track. Went in on a possum trap line south from the car at the top of the track from the blade carpark, then followed a animal track into the thick crap. Lost the track, decided to follow the compass due nth, 5 hours later arrived at Waipapa Rd. In the middle of that pile of crap, a huge wallow with rub marks higher than my head and no way or track through the supplejack - I mean impassable without a saw or secateurs. Unbelievable - how do they do it? Been back in to that spot a couple of times since, utter mission to much work but regularly used.

You spent an entire day covering 200 metres and you weren't "lost"?...if you ever hunt further to the north you will find those highways of tracks and tram ways peter out and once the cloud comes down there is every opportunity to become "lost".

You can go a long way on those old tracks & tramways in a short time.Very easy to get disoriented when the cloud comes down ,very good reason to own a GPS .