Thread: Seeking Advice - New to Hunting

Hi guys,

Myself and my fiance have decided to get out of town for a while, and do some long-term camping. While we are stuck in Auckland for the time being, our ultimate goal will be to move far, far away.

Anyway, I have always wanted to learn to hunt/fish, camp and become self-sufficient out there as much as possible. I have a bow and an air-rifle (I can hear you laughing), but that is all I can really work with at this stage. A gun license sounds like a fantasy in the current environment (a friend said not to bother... there is a 2 year wait-list at least).

Can anyone share their thoughts on how we might approach this? Where should we go? We have 2 (non-hunting) dogs that will be with us, and we are happy to rough-it long-term. Ultimately we will probably get a sweet camper trailer of some sort, but we want to start with the bare minimum before we go fancy. This is going to be a way of life for some time, assuming we enjoy it as much as we think we will. Also, the plan is to slowly migrate south, assuming we will ever be able to get into the South Island again...

Don't get me wrong, we aren't going to be dependent on hunting and fishing to survive, given I still have income from a business I own... but it would be fun to try and make that work.

• Where would you start?
• What would you do if you had no choice but to do this?
• If you needed to maintain some kind of cell reception, how would you do that?
• What gear would you consider 'must-have'? What would you do for comms/navigation?
• What would the minimum effective vehicle/4WD be?

Literally any thoughts or insights will be appreciated.


Cheers,
Mitch