Thread: Mangamaire Saddle Block

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Originally Posted by Rahul

What makes you say that , Have you hunted mangamarie saddle before ?

I hoping that 4 days in spring weather permitted will be enough time to see something surely !!

Yes, I have hunted the Mangamaire....great place...as many deer there as anywhere. 4 days in the spring is ample time, stay out of the hut, there are no deer in it. Take plenty of batteries for your torch and hunt till days end. Just hope you are not the next group after a spot lighter team have gone through.

Hunted that block in January. Easy open country, stay out of the bush, real thick and shitty and not worth the energy. Get on the tops, head south west along the main ridge and glass heaps.We saw 3 on our trip,very tasty. Ours were shot at 6am,10.30am and 11am on consecutive days so crawl out of your sleeping bag early and climb.Nice hut and cracker meatsafe.Good luck.

Originally Posted by Spook

Yes, I have hunted the Mangamaire....great place...as many deer there as anywhere. 4 days in the spring is ample time, stay out of the hut, there are no deer in it. Take plenty of batteries for your torch and hunt till days end. Just hope you are not the next group after a spot lighter team have gone through.

You are so wise mate

Good piks john pity about the wanker with the tikka


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What's access like to the river? Fishing is good in there.

Originally Posted by Spook

Yes, I have hunted the Mangamaire....great place...as many deer there as anywhere. 4 days in the spring is ample time, stay out of the hut, there are no deer in it. Take plenty of batteries for your torch and hunt till days end. Just hope you are not the next group after a spot lighter team have gone through.

legend mate, cheers.

cool man thanks heaps .

We have the Mangamaire Saddle booked for 2016 roar, has anyone been there during the roar and if yes any success?

Had a quick read before I headed in. Helpful, a few comments. In second week of March. Short trip, only 2 full days thanks to Covid. North west from hut, over top of airstrip spur, great country up to and through the saddle. Easy, so probably gets hammered. Due west of hut, cross creek and climb easy spur onto top of ridge. Small saddle on ridge definately holds animals. 50 or so metres north west of hut a marked track sidles down into the bush. Didn't get time but would be worth a look. South west, big guts. Hunted the first to no avail but they looked great. Had been very dry. Neighbouring block at lower altitude did quite well. There's a little bit of venizon in the freezer, no complaints. Like to go back again for a longer look, late spring, early summer though.
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Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Heli sika blocks cop a flogging. They supposedly close some blocks before the roar. We were supposed to be the first hunters into the lower Ripa after being closed only to find a fresh carcass not far from the hut. Their block fees are pretty bloody expensive these days too.
I can get on to a lot more deer and definitely better quality stags an hours walk form the car on public DoC land. Which is where I’m heading this evening for 4 or 5 days

Block fees are pretty steep alright, I think it was $850 for 3 person (2 rifle) for 4 full days...someone had had a bomb up on spikers (not allowed) previous to us being there...I never bother listening to pilots about deer numbers because I know if I was one I would be the biggest bullshitter that had ever flown.

Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Heli sika blocks cop a flogging. They supposedly close some blocks before the roar. We were supposed to be the first hunters into the lower Ripa after being closed only to find a fresh carcass not far from the hut. Their block fees are pretty bloody expensive these days too.
I can get on to a lot more deer and definitely better quality stags an hours walk form the car on public DoC land. Which is where I’m heading this evening for 4 or 5 days

Did you raise the issue of evidence of others having been in the block before you, when you were 'sposed to be first? Interested in what their explanation might have been.......

Thanks for your story and photos.Maybe next time veni on the table.