Thread: Hunting Permits

Hello Everyone, new member here, I'm planning a solo, self guided 5 week backpack hunting trip from the UK to New Zealand South Island in February and March next year. I'll be after camp meat, so a goat, pig or young deer is all I'd be after, no

Trophies. Been doing lots of research and I'm aware I need to purchase Permits for hunting(recurve bow) and fishing on DOC land. The permits are valid for 4 months so I haven't purchased any as yet, but when looking at the DOC website I get the

impression that I'd need to buy a permit for every Block I intended to hunt in. Is it possible to buy a permit for either the whole of the South Island or maybe just regions, also how much do they cost, I can't see any prices on the DOC website.

Many thanks,

Nick

Hunting Permits are free, and you can just select all areas when you get it online. Fishing license for fresh water must be purchased


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There are some areas which are balloted I think but not too sure on those as I don’t go there


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Free ?!!, I can't believe it, your so lucky down there. I was budgeting quite a lot of money for the permits. It would cost me the equivalent of about $400 NZ dollars to have a 3 hour stalking session here and then the same again to buy the hind that I'd shot, a lot more

for a stag!!

many thanks for taking the time to reply HOO, you have made me very happy.

Best wishes,

Nick

Originally Posted by Nick-UK

Free ?!!, I can't believe it, your so lucky down there. I was budgeting quite a lot of money for the permits. It would cost me the equivalent of about $400 NZ dollars to have a 3 hour stalking session here and then the same again to buy the hind that I'd shot, a lot more

for a stag!!

many thanks for taking the time to reply HOO, you have made me very happy.

Best wishes,

Nick

For a lot of us deer are pest animals that need to be gotten rid of.

Originally Posted by Nick-UK

Free ?!!, I can't believe it, your so lucky down there. I was budgeting quite a lot of money for the permits. It would cost me the equivalent of about $400 NZ dollars to have a 3 hour stalking session here and then the same again to buy the hind that I'd shot, a lot more

for a stag!!

many thanks for taking the time to reply HOO, you have made me very happy.

Best wishes,

Nick

Public access hunting is really good compared to Europe and even parts of North America. Just bear in mind that in a lot of areas, you have to put in the hard yards and have good skills to get on to an animal, especially if bow hunting. A lot of the hunting that you see on social media is done on private land which is a different kettle of fish. Goats are a great animal to start on, being plentiful in some areas and no too bright. My family live on goat meat.

Originally Posted by Nick-UK

Free ?!!, I can't believe it, your so lucky down there. I was budgeting quite a lot of money for the permits. It would cost me the equivalent of about $400 NZ dollars to have a 3 hour stalking session here and then the same again to buy the hind that I'd shot, a lot more

for a stag!!

many thanks for taking the time to reply HOO, you have made me very happy.

Best wishes,

Nick

You'll need to put that $400 towards diesel and RUC's

Originally Posted by XR500

You'll need to put that $400 towards diesel and RUC's

Hi XR500, what are RUC's?

Originally Posted by Nick-UK

Hi XR500, what are RUC's?

Here we have a fuel tax on petrol but not diesel, for historical reasons relating to farming. The tax is hypothecated for building and maintaining roads. The diesel cars that drive on the road pay Road User Charges instead, levied on kms driven, not litres of fuel.

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Yep it’s a pretty good system.

Just make sure you print the permit out and take it with you.
I’ve never actually been asked by anyone to see it but always have it with me or at least screenshots of it on my phone.
Has all the rules regarding hunting in NZ on the permit and I assume any rules that might pertain to the area you’re hunting in.


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Some people would disagree but numbers are too high here so shoot hinds does or nannie’s for camp meat


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Originally Posted by HOO

Some people would disagree but numbers are too high here so shoot hinds does or nannie’s for camp meat


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Hi HOO, thanks for your replies, it is much appreciated, I fully agree.

Goats better than lamb IMHO MB
just not old stinky billies

Originally Posted by Sharki

Goats better than lamb IMHO MB
just not old stinky billies

I would like to eat a goat better than this wild lamb from last week !

So tender and tasty you could suck it through a straw

So

Originally Posted by akaroa1

I would like to eat a goat better than this wild lamb from last week !

So tender and tasty you could suck it through a straw

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But head shots only on these little ones or you wreck half the meat.
When you catch the ewes out in the open they are hard to get close
Lots of very wary eyes despite the long wool over them