Thread: Kaimai hunting areas

Originally Posted by possummatti

sounds to me he is the stig by the way your explaining him .

Not the stig, he is simply the spook!

Very catchy

Spooks the stigs new zealand cousin

Originally Posted by possummatti

cheers Spook
are you a local around there mate or just a frequenter. last time i went up tuahu was just after duck shooting . me and my mate walked up to the hut at the top and stayed the night then headed along that west ridge for about 10km. saw a little bit of old goat sign but nothing pointing us towards any deer. recently i havent been out lately thou managed to get up thompsons a few weekends ago although cannot really venture much further than 5km either side of the track dues to me being only sixteen and prefer no to get too confident and finding myself in a predicament. im currently looking for a riffle as i will soon have my restricted drivers licence therefor i will be able to go up in my time rather than pesting mates to take me up. i have experience with riffles and have my firearms licence. would there be any particular riffle you would recomend to me as i will basically be hunting just the kaimais for now and being a student im a tight arse so dont have as much coin as you more experienced hunters. appreciate any help. thanks

Yeah pretty much local, I live on the lower slopes of Mt Motutapere...I have never hunted north of Tuahu track as I have heard deer numbers are low and where you have goats you wont have deer, pigs yes but deer, no...as for a choice of rifle on the tight budget to shoot the Kaimai's, I say .303. If you have a few dollars, then maybe .308. I used a .270 as my choice of firearm for many years until I had my STW built for me, but then that rifle was for a particular style of hunting. My advice is don't go under 7 mm until you have the confidence of placement of shot and good tracking skills as the Kaimai's are littered with the bones of lost animals. The Kaimai's is a hard place to track woundies and you need something that will put them down on the spot. Many on the forum will cry out in anguish but you asked for my opinion and you got it...opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one.

Dont agree with your 'got goats you wont have deer' comment spook. Where I was hunting roar gone there was shit loads of both. Sometimes metres apart.

Originally Posted by Spook

Yeah pretty much local, I live on the lower slopes of Mt Motutapere...I have never hunted north of Tuahu track as I have heard deer numbers are low and where you have goats you wont have deer, pigs yes but deer, no...as for a choice of rifle on the tight budget to shoot the Kaimai's, I say .303. If you have a few dollars, then maybe .308. I used a .270 as my choice of firearm for many years until I had my STW built for me, but then that rifle was for a particular style of hunting. My advice is don't go under 7 mm until you have the confidence of placement of shot and good tracking skills as the Kaimai's are littered with the bones of lost animals. The Kaimai's is a hard place to track woundies and you need something that will put them down on the spot. Many on the forum will cry out in anguish but you asked for my opinion and you got it...opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one.

cheers spook I appreciate your opinion.

Some say, he has a third nipple (always erect) and that he was the inspiration for a 'Bond villain'.........

Originally Posted by Gibo

Dont agree with your 'got goats you wont have deer' comment spook. Where I was hunting roar gone there was shit loads of both. Sometimes metres apart.

And yet there are areas where there is almost a line through the Forest. Goats on one side and Deer on the other.

Deer are the ones that don't like sharing their grazing with other animals, they are always in the best paddock.

Originally Posted by Scribe

And yet there are areas where there is almost a line through the Forest. Goats on one side and Deer on the other.

Deer are the ones that don't like sharing their grazing with other animals, they are always in the best paddock.

I suspect it depends on the amount of feed available. I will admit this place could have easily sustained Dundee's entire herd for the year

Originally Posted by Gibo

I suspect it depends on the amount of feed available. I will admit this place could have easily sustained Dundee's entire herd for the year

Was it hard climbing over the fence ???

Originally Posted by Happy

Was it hard climbing over the fence ???

Drove them flat

some say that if you pronounce his name backwards, there's a mysterious message there. Some say that it's a cryptic message for the meaning of life

One of my hunting blocks in the Cntrl NI have goats and deer on the same grass clearings , guts an ridges ,where the goats are you will the find deer , things must vary from place to place in the country id say .

Originally Posted by NZHTR

One of my hunting blocks in the Cntrl NI have goats and deer on the same grass clearings , guts an ridges ,where the goats are you will the find deer , things must vary from place to place in the country id say .

Yes I think so too, a property have access to deer are NEVER with sheep yet will mingle with beef while @BRADS shoots deer in the middle of his flock of sheep.

The place I hunted in Wanganui had deer and goats chilling out together. But I have heard of them not liking each other to.