No bloody help to you at all, but if you did decide to go public, I can reliably inform you there is five fifths of fark all around Jumbo/Holdsworth in the Tararuas. Tagged along as an unarmed observer with a mate there a couple of weekends ago, and the fresh growth on ferns and other standard bambi fare was rather impressive - absolutely no grazing, sign, or spoor whatsoever, even on the tops. We found out on departure from the car park it had been 1080'd in July (you live and learn...), so that may have something to do with it, but shit, I have to say, it was bloody good to see what a forest looks like without deer and posso's!
Oh, the woofer sniffed out a little piglet just off the track. We did our hunterly duty, and there wasn't much left of the poor wee fella when he ran into a fast moving 7mm round at about 15-20m :/
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