Thread: Kaimais

Cheers for the tips guys. I finally got to drag my sorry arse up the hills at Kaimai today. Went in from car park off Whakamarama Rd. Didn't get off to a good start Couldn't find my GPS, my map that I ordered on line off Bivouac Outdoor hadn't turned up in time (had to revert to a printed screen shot off the internet and my ole compass) and I slept in. Got to the car park was vehicle no 4, so changed camo for high vis loggers top and set off.
Some tight scrub in most places but I did find some nice areas that were more open under the trees.
Didn't see any animals but did encounter some fresh red sign, some nice prints about. Found some decent looking stag prints on one of the loggin tracks. He was obviously hauling arse, as there was a set of dog prints over the top also hauling. The dog prints looked massive (maybe he was in velvet trying to stay out of the tight scrub and out run the hound). It was probably not surprising that I didn't se much, as the wind was swirling around a fair bit, and judging from the BO smell on the ride home,, any self respecting deer would off smelt minging whitey a mile away.
Hope fully get back there for a day or two so I can have a better look about. Will head the advice on these blogs a bit more next time... Secatears and GPS a must. It was an easy place to get disorientated down the southern end, not many places to pick out land marks.
Got home in time for kids school xmas do, my young fella give me a sniff and said "ooooyuck you smell like shit", Thanks mate.