Thread: South Mathias Advice

Jerusalem Stream-no no no .Taboo @Moahunter.Thats on Manuka Pt run, so gain permission first.Doc block starts upstream from Jerusalem St confluence unless the boundary has changed since I last hunted there.The Mathias catchment has a particular vegetation not dominated by the usual Canty high country user friendly Beech forest.Tight mongriel constantly wet Halls Totara,Mt.Cedar, Silver Pine,etc West Coast type scrub.You,ll spend more time crawling on hands n knees trying to move around.The numbers are there but theres no real defined animal sidlings to travel on.Probably due to the broken nature of the country & the poxy scrub.Better to glass from a high point for roaring/ambushing rather than trying to bush stalk in their domain.Its stagging how the boys with the big head gear can move in that shyte and yet they do in a silent manner in that catchment.No real flat terraces come to mind for pitching a pup tent up the Sth Branch in the valley floor.Tight interlocking opposing spurs run down sharply to the valley floor along with running screes in the rills.Sth Branch stream bed dominanted by big goolies so no walk in the park.As mentioned give Blacksmiths Pt a whirl on dawn.Good luck