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Thread: Living and hunting in Hamilton.

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    Seeing your name, there is a very nice archery range in Hamilton . You just have to become a member. Otherwise archery direct on the north has an indoor range and all the gear to empty your wallet. Conveniantly placed near the base where your missus can empty hers.

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    Hamiltons all good! Sika, reds, fallow, pigs, goats, game birds, fresh and salt fishing all within 2 hours max. Even heard of a guy caught 3 pigs and shot 2 fallow on public land 15 minutes from town recently. Name:  IMG_0857.jpg
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    Shot this guy 45 minutes from leaving my driveway - don't know the scenario your used to in Neilson because I've never been there myself but there could be worse places to be mate
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    Not sounding so bad now! Thanks for the replies fellows.

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    Hamilton "city of the future" according to Simon Doull.

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    Weather can be the only gripe with the place, but everything is within an early morning drive.
    Cambridge is a very good place to be based, and house prices are starting to show that, depending on what part of Hamilton you are based work wise will play a part on where you will live as traffic is starting to increase with all the cashed up Jaffa's

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    Gidday @Stickbow

    The tron is all of the above, I have hit up various parts of the Kaimais and had a lot of fun (and Learnings) a few mates have also had some luck down the Pereoras (yet to venture that far). There are a couple of fallow blocks between Cambridge and Matamata which are also good fun. Heard of people getting goats/fallow/pigs in Pirongia also.

    Just bought a place in Cambridge but been living in the tron for the last year. There is plenty to do if you know where to look.
    If you need a hand looking around give me a PM and I will fill you in with my experiences.

    Cheers

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    Dont do it! Just did it moving from Hawkes Bay for work. Not a good move!

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    You obviously haven't looked hard enough mate
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    There's heaps of really good hunting within an hour of Hamilton and it's good because people don't know about it lol.
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    Let's keep it that way then ;-) where would be the challenge ,the adventure and the surprise of coming across wild animals where you don't expect them if all the good spots where revealed just like that on an open forum?

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    The shootable fallow are mostly on private land so take time to cultivate contacts. If you make the contacts then Waikato is the best region in the country for bowhunting.

    There are no real mountains near Hamilton. Thats truly the main drawback.

    Also there are no deer in the Kaimais so I recommend you just drive straight on past to Clements Rd, Ruahines or Te Urewera.
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    Known as the Tron "city of the future" trouble is the future is always in front and it never catches up there are far better cities in New Zealand to live in.
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    Raglan :-)
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