Oteake - worth a look ?

Got a week or so hunting lined up in the deep south in a few weeks time - chasing red stags. My favoured plan's "A & B" are both public land within a couple of hours drive of TeAnau, but both these areas likely to get hammered if another weather bomb hits Fiordland/Southland which seems to be the pattern at present ..... so looking for some options for a "plan C" in drier parts of the south within a few hours drive of Q'town. Was thinking Ahuriri but also wondered about Oteake. Looks like it has plenty of 4wd access so perhaps it gets hammered ? Also recall a year or so back it got waro'd quite heavily. Any recent intell or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Not big numbers in there every man and there dog goes through there mostly just truck Hunters if u go walkabouts there is a few animals in there

You’ll find something if you give it a decent go

you could give the kirklistons a go not so much pressure, access can be a challenge (you have to know who to talk to) but quite a variety of animals to hunt