Thread: Hunting spots done a complete 360 on us

Originally Posted by Pengy

Add to the above. Get a decent indicating dog

Several years ago I lost my hunting buddy to an unpleasant narcissistic girl who pretended she was from Wellington when actually she was from Paeroa... anyway he took his deer dog with him when she decided they were moving to the concrete and glass... How I missed that dog, more than my mate! It was wise and just so competant, he had deer radar and made ‘a quick hunt in the Kaimais’ a genuine summer afternoon proposition.

One last tip @Chelsea, the deer most definitely do come out on farmland, we have them here regularly. Very very shy and usually only nighttime but sometimes if you’re up at first light you’ll see them. So in spring and early summer - like now - when the grass is coming away nicely - the deer will bed down quite a lot lower during the day before coming out at night. So we used to walk in on a regular access track but take off on the contour at a low elevation, just a couple of hundred metres above the boundary, heading towards spurs and gullies than ran down towards good grass with good game trails. Came up with the goods a few times like that, saves on a long hike in and out.