The deer are in decent numbers between Waiorongomai and SH29, numbers start getting a bit lower north of there.
Pick an access point and keep going back until you learn the area. A lot of the Kaimais are hard hunting - tight 2nd-gen bush, but there are plenty of deer there.
I shot my first deer there a decade ago, just north of Te Rereatukahia hut, bang on midday.
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