Thread: Pureora / Piropiro first time

Originally Posted by MB

Hunting during heavy rain (admittedly not super fun) or just after heavy rain when everything is softer underfoot can give you superhuman stealthiness.

and when the skies open up it can really rain it (guess thats why its a sub-alpine rainforest )kinda has its own little micro climate going on , it can be fine out in waimiha but bucketing down on the piropiro flats or vice versa.
i prefer hunting in the drizzle with next to no wind in there........
the green rain hasnt fallen in there for a long time (7 years?) i hear kiwi at night and even seen kokako (the breeding colony isnt that far so they are venturing out i guess) as mentioned by someone in another thread TA Deerstalkers run traplines successfully down there. while some good hunting areas (e.g angels rest) have been bulldozed for the cycle track it has made access to waione easier (you dont have to shimmy across the maramataha on a steel cable anymore)