Thread: Pureoras

Originally Posted by Longrun

Looking at going in around hauhangaroa hut this weekend. Given it's a bit higher and colder there, does the area hold deer over the winter months?
Would I be better served going in around the waihaha hut area being a bit lower?

just a good point about winter and deer - if the Pureoras are anything like Te Urewera which I know well then the deer go high in winter - why you ask - well days are shorter and what sun there will be will hit the high areas and the valley bottoms will be cold frosty and miserable with little growth - deer will find little spurs and knobs out of wind high up to sit in what sun there is