Thread: Nelson Lakes fly in hunting blocks

Will Mole tops be getting Waro?

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Originally Posted by Fat belly Dog

Will Mole tops be getting Waro?

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Couldn't be sure mate but its a stones throw for a machine from those blocks Ryan is talking about so quite probably.

There is always a few chamois about up there and its a cool spot so i would go anyway if I were you especially with this weekends forecast !! Good camp spot with water right at the top of Jamieson ridge if you were planning on heading in that way.

Not so good in Ryans case as it is an expensive bird ride into nardoo etc for 150 culled deer, dont blame you for not going @Ryan_Songhurst

What a shame ah !!


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Thanks Kukuwai,

Heading off tomorrow for 2 to 3 nights. To many choices on places to go, more about getting the daughter and dogs out for a hike and camp. I am waiting on a new tent to arrive so I will be either in a hammock or under a tarp, while daughter is in the 1P tent

Other option is walk up the Goulter for a trout fish and hunt. 4wd Access road is closed so 3 to 4hrs to lower hut.

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Originally Posted by Fat belly Dog

Will Mole tops be getting Waro?

Wilderness magazine printed a route through the Mole Tops and Ella range a few years ago, last time I went up there it was a thorough fare for trampers and zero animals in areas that had always produced.
It would be good to hear if that’s changed for the better.

Will report back if we see any animals. Couple of y-t that do mid winter snow camping videos frequent that spot too. Be nice to get up there and show my WA sand plains daughter what NZ hills are like...

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Spoke to another hunter tonight at our LandSAR meeting who has a block and is having the same dilemma as to whether to still go or not.

Expensive trip to just find piles of gutbags. Anyone know who the Waro operator is?

The choppers have also been back a 2nd time too. The weeks before last I think it was.

Kill sites from one flight, I think @tonyd has mapmfrom another flight. I wouldn't bank on that being all the kills either...

@Moutere
Tad busy today in the carpark on the way out. 15 plus cars... only saw on other person up but meet three on the walk out via the creek. All sign months old, deer shit old and dry.

Covered a bit of ground and glassed lots but didn't see any animals, fresher sign lower down.

Great country and glad me made the effort to head up, took too many photos. Great to be spending time in the mountains with my daughter and her dog.

Cheers FBD

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Carpark

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Wow. Busy.

Are they flying people from the Nelson College camp?

That last pic takes me back many years, parked my 73 Statesman there & got a less than average note left on it from the farmer at the time, we used to hunt the Mole alot, never forget shooting 4 by mistake & two trips out in one day with ALL the meat, getting out of the Statemen in Richmond at my mates place & not being able the walk

Or the time we went in late on Friday after work, slept in the rough in the bush on the way up the river, got up to the Mole hut REAL early on Saturday morning only to have a chopper hunting there (numbers covered), the prick even went over to Bull Creek & shot a deer out from under my mate ( National park NO chopper hunting ) so we buggered off back home, those were the the days 35-38 years ago....I'm getting old

Amazing what you remember

Nice one @Kiwi Greg. Dad has a cool picture of him outside the original Mole hut knee deep in snow over Xmas it would be late 70's early 80's. I too have spent a bit of time in that area.