Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

you mention Moanui Woody did you ever run into the rat pack meat hunting and possum trapping in there - Pat Braithwaite Jim Mitchell Dave Eccles ? real characters - when DOC started 1987 I was a Ranger in Waioeka gorge - I got the upper Waioeka as part of my area - but only Jim Mitchell was still trapping in there then based from Forks hut - Tawa hut was Braithwaite country - Kahanui hut there was a husband and wife trapping Lyn Thyne ? and I think her name was Marina

My times in there were in the 60's so missed them. I know of some trappers operating out of hautapu hut se of matawai but each time I was there was out of seadon for jackos to never actuLly met them some wild vattle in thefr which wete dangerous.