Thread: New to hunting

Il be flying in to tussock hut labour weekend for a week,got asked tonight if i wanted to go...hmm let me think,,,,fuckn ay i do!

Welcome aboard the forum

Welcome Jhunt, good luck with the sika, there a hard bastard to start hunting for, all the advice up to now is sound....keep at it mate, dont give in......

thanks for all the welcome! and how do i private message people etc?

Originally Posted by jhunt

thanks for all the welcome! and how do i private message people etc?

If you go into "Settings" at the top of the page you will see

Welcome Jhunt.... Good luck with them sika. The best info I can give you on where is, just on the outskirts of the thick shit that you have been trampsing tru. The may live in there but have to come out to feed at some time.. also don't be scared of getting out of bed early and walking in torchlight!
Good luck...... and post some pics when you get one..

ok thanks . that was my next plan to get in the bush on torchlight so we are in there for the sunrise!

Hunting is an awesome thing but make sure you're in it for the right reasons, it's not about killing deer, it's about being out in the bush and enjoying every aspect of it. Once you enjoy just being there, the rest will fall into place

I agree with Matt2308 ... watch the wind & take a small Bic lighter with you ... and buy a set of Leica's ... keep safe in the hills.

keep out there mate and go for it, i am a beginner and went on 20 trips before i shot my first deer, was worth the wait (11 point red stag) and its just kool exploring the lay of the land, learning the ins and outs, enjoy the journey!

Try getting down lower into the Red Beech forest where it can be a bit more open. Try and cover a fair bit of ground at first to suss out where they are. Quite a few will whistle at you. Once you are in a good area then start stalking. Move one step at a time and look around and through each tree supplejack thicket and mingimingi bush to make sure there isn't a deer there. If one whistles, there about a 1/3 chance of seeing it. Try and circle to downwind and preferably above it. Easier said than done but you don't have to be super quiet in this situation as they already know you are there. Just one mistake by the deer and it's waltzing matilda with you.

Another strategy in that area is to get up a bit onto the spurs off the main range or down towards Lotkow and Macintosh and spy out over some clay pans from a distance. Lookout for contorta forest - very prickly and horrible.

All the best.

Originally Posted by rookiesniper

Il be flying in to tussock hut labour weekend for a week,got asked tonight if i wanted to go...hmm let me think,,,,fuckn ay i do!

I have a fly in trip the weekend before