Kaimai hunt

Saturday I was up early (3am :wtfsmilie:) and went to an area totally foreign to me. The walk in began in the dark with foggy conditions (10m vis max) which made things interesting. Thank god for the GPS. Bumped into some other hunters later in the day and had a good chat and even shared some good oil on the area (hunters I have met so far are good like that). Set up bed in the hut and ventured off for some exploration. Within 15 minutes I had spooked a deer, but not made eye contact. Sloppy work on my behalf. The bush in the Kaimais is certainly challenging and yep that supple jack in some instances had me going around in circles for a bit before admitting defeat and going back the way I had come. The day was getting on and light was fading fast. My attempts to secure venison that day was not to be. I did find a nice old wallow though. Back at the hut, another hunter had turned up who was new to the whole thing so gave him some little advice on what he should do in the morning. He was super keen to go one way for the last 30 minutes of light, even though I said he would come to a wall of supple jack. Off he went, and 10 minutes had passed and he was back. "Shit mate you weren't joking about that supple jack!" :ORLY: Have to say I was disgusted in the amount of rubbish around the hut (gas cylinders, toilet paper, cans etc).

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The next day dawned foggy and a bit wet and the guy in the hut was keen and off. My plan was to slowly make my way back to the car going off the beaten track where ever looked good. This proved to be a good way of getting to know the lay of the land, and I saw plenty of deer sign. One area I could sense was super deer country and sure enough I saw 2 deer arses trotting off. No chance of a shot. The idea of chasing after them crossed my mind and in hindsight I should have as I had nothing to lose, but just seeing them made me feel like I was doing something right and would take it as a learning experience. Marked some likely looking spots on the GPS and made my way back to the car in the afternoon. Awesome place, and a challenging area to hunt (a GPS a must!)

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Good to hear they are about.
Great photo that Rusky (of the tree)

Cool

Good stuff mate.

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Not everyday in there you see the rascals. Good stuff

Good stuff Rusky, top effort on getting onto a few, it can be bloody hard work up there at times.

Surprised on your comments about rubbish around the hut. It was tidy as when I was there a few weeks ago, there are some filthy shits out there.

Well done Rusky. It sounds like a good trip

At least you're out amongst it :thumbsup:

Nice effort, that tree looks pretty cool

Good report mate nice pic of that tree looks magic.Hey next time those deer trot off follow up but no directly behind them if they just trot off they arnt bolting so will/could be close or a stag could be close.At least have a squize at what they were up to and get a good wiff.

Think your right Neckshot, they could have held up long enough for me to just get a bit closer and come over the brow they dissapeared over. It was misty the whole time I was there as illustrated with the tree pic. Sometimes it would clear up for 10 minutes which was nice, then back to mist.

Bryan, big hole behind the toilet dumped with rubbish, and cans etc around the meat safe. Cans too in a bin in the hut.

Good stuff:thumbup:

Water looks muddy in that wallow, can't have been far away ;)

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Nice one Rusky, getting to know the area will be a big plus for your next visit....heres hoping.....

That last pick looks like good bush for the Kaimais. The bush in there is not bad in the few places that they didn't mill back in the day. You're doing well to have seen them. Now you just gotta go back there and get em :cool: How long have you been hunting for?

Ps. VC, I worked out why your thumbsup never works. Its thumbs with an s not :thumbup: :thumbsup:

Must be and American spelling thing. It works on Tappatalk but not on pc.

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Yours show as words to me :D :thumbdown:

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Phillip, ive been hunting 8 or so years but never done bush hunting really. Hunt private land and open faces mostly. I was stoked when i finally saw some as I knew I was doing most things right.

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Great trip Rusky.
When the 2 deer departed, was the wind up your arse? If not slow down in those hot zones they may have heard something and moved a short distance on high alert.

1st time I hunted there I shot a hind within 40min of starting out as walking 100m+ from a farm fence. 2nd time not a thing on the open tops for the night.
They are where they are

Sako, the wind was a cross wind so no chance of them sniffing me. Think they heard me more then anything. They went down hill but didn't go to investgate where exactly they went. No barks tho.

A successful trip nonetheless
I use to beat myself up with "what if" and " if only i had..." - mind fucking. now i take it all in my stride and learn a lesson for next time

Yep all but of the learning experience. Think next time ill have a better idea of what to do. Hopefully in a few weeks time.

I will investigate next Thursday :)

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Phillip, ive been hunting 8 or so years but never done bush hunting really. Hunt private land and open faces mostly. I was stoked when i finally saw some as I knew I was doing most things right.

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Good stuff. Bush hunting is really exciting and challenging isn't it? Get right in close, close enough to smell them - gets the blood pumping! :thumbsup:

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I will investigate next Thursday :)

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Day off work?

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Day off work?

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Yeah kept my days off that I booked for the Rusa hunt, but due to new family and stuff said to number 1 I would not go away for 3-4 days on the basis I go away for 3-4 mornings ;)

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Yeah kept my days off that I booked for the Rusa hunt, but due to new family and stuff said to number 1 I would not go away for 3-4 days on the basis I go away for 3-4 mornings ;)

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You're a genius, Gibo, lets hope your wife never finds out :o

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You're a genius, Gibo, lets hope your wife never finds out :o

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Finds out? She signed the deal ;)

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Finds out? She signed the deal ;)

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Must be a keeper :yuush:

Ha ha fucking hope so, married her!!

Hope you read the fine print on that one Gibo..... There is ALWAYS fine print ... often so fine you cant see it....

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Hope you read the fine print on that one Gibo..... There is ALWAYS fine print ... often so fine you cant see it....

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Yip but this time I wrote the contract so she better read the fine print for cancelling a hunting trip ;)

Haha. nice one...... Let me gues .... or she is walking funny for a month straight!

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Haha. nice one...... Let me gues .... or she is walking funny for a month straight!

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Ha ha good guess!!!

There sure are some retards who use the huts. Last time I was in the kaimais I went to the Hurinui hut, and some douchebag had done a huge turd right next to the meat safe.