Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

I had 2 Blue Heelers over my time. The first one named Mauve, the 2nd one named Mauve.
Yes, loyal little guys and good natured. One would heel my horse while I was getting on - I wondered why my horse was so jumpy until I sotted him doing it. Little bugger.
Mine never caught a pig but both were ok winding deer. The first one was a bugger for wanting to pluck the dead deer's hair.
I remember their lovely soft coats when they snuggled up in the tent.

They are white/cream as pups. Takes a while for the full colour to come through.

Near eadt enf of Ruas track

the guy who ran the Tiniroto pub and chiller was a cunning publican - we would leave Gisborne friday night and hunt Te Urewera Nat Park behind Papuni station up the Ruakituri and then sell at Tiniroto on way home sunday - he would pay half cheque and half cash - of course one had to stay for a beer - by about 9 oclock cash was gone - he would offer to cash the cheque and supply a bed for the night - did not usually have a choice - way to drunk to drive home - did not care great days - back to work monday after driving back early in morning -

those Matawai bush rats - not the sorts to invite home to mum for a beer - mate rang the boys are down the Masonic - now the Masonic had been Gisbornes flashiest pub - long closed but then was beautiful carpets wood paneling really nice - went in and in the back bar were the Matawai meat hunters and trappers - the carpet had so much beer spilled onto it one squelched walking up to the bar - one of them was taking a leak into the ash tray at foot of bar - they had had a feed of raw paua on one of the tables and the shells and guts were still on it with paua juice running down onto the floor - Jim was in fine shape roaring out " give me a fight ya weatbix bastards"- two security came in and he put his arms around them and said now ya not going to kick us out of our pub are ya - then had a scrap with Daktari knocking over tables - yes don't take that lot home ( Daktari was sadly drowned in the Motu on a raft pig hunting trip ) top helicopter shooter

Ha ha . Yep; typical. I tgink I got Hautapu wrong, may be hangaroa, was ba k of waipa station.
Me and Ron Twyman shot a lot of goats ba k of his dads station just shy of ruakituri bush. We used pack horses to get them down to homestead and Rons dad would truck them down to wairoa to sell. About 50 each weekend. All was fine until one monday Ron gets a ring in napier woolstore from his daf. Theyre not buying now, so Ive dumped them in the bottom paddock. You two young buggerd better come up next weekend and start digging! Blimey, diggin that hole by hand took us all next weekend. Stinkin bloody things. Gave up goat shooting after that episode.

Originally Posted by Woody

Ha ha . Yep; typical. I tgink I got Hautapu wrong, may be hangaroa, was ba k of waipa station.
Me and Ron Twyman shot a lot of goats ba k of his dads station just shy of ruakituri bush. We used pack horses to get them down to homestead and Rons dad would truck them down to wairoa to sell. About 50 each weekend. All was fine until one monday Ron gets a ring in napier woolstore from his daf. Theyre not buying now, so Ive dumped them in the bottom paddock. You two young buggerd better come up next weekend and start digging! Blimey, diggin that hole by hand took us all next weekend. Stinkin bloody things. Gave up goat shooting after that episode.

Yes would be Waimaha station thats where the Hangaroa comes out of Te Urewera a lot of early native logging went on in the big basin in the Hangaroa that was NZFS land

Wild buggers. I wrnt in that pub once only in around 1967. It was rough. There was a hooker stripped naked standing on one of the tables pissed to the gills touting for business ! Tokoroa Timberlands was interesting at times. A neighbour of mine who I hunted with occIsionally eventually got banned for repeatedly riding his horse into the bar
When I got married I had to promise to stay away from pubs and fights. I obeyed and still married to my girl after 55 years , so far.

the roughest had to be the old Murupara pub one kept ones back to the wall and no eye ball no one

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

the roughest had to be the old Murupara pub one kept ones back to the wall and no eye ball no one

Those times they were all entertaining , the DB @ Turangi could light up on occasions , the Spa in Taupo with 1/2 rounds around the walls to stop the damage , even the old lake Hotel in the middle of town , walking in there on a Friday evening was always a bit un nerving for a little honky teenager lol

I stayed clear of that pub, only ised the bottle store.

This is what it's all about.Barry's post #133 re Ngati Porou
country Paua huas and DB vomit on the axeminster has got the running with the Judges so far.I'm challenging a yarn about investing your venny cheque at the local from the wild wild west coast.Plenty of tin pot one horse towns with 4 pubs on the coast just down the road from a Mairs chiller.You got your ears on @doinit ?? Yarn can contain Series 1 or Il Landys,C/saws,working girls,3 naught 3's,lead acid batteries........

Chief sensor @dannyb can keep it tidy with no reference to black guns, Credmores,Twiddly knobs and buttons on fu wish scopes.

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Chief sensor @dannyb can keep it tidy with no reference to black guns, Credmores,Twiddly knobs and buttons on fu wish scopes.

Wtf are ýou on about .......please no drinking before posting

Thankyou Barry for making my day .For my money the best post on this forum in the few years I've been on here.So well written,we can all visualise and smell the scene.Havnt laughed so hard for a long time.Tears rolling down me cheeks.Gold.

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Thankyou Barry for making my day .For my money the best post on this forum in the few years I've been on here.So well written,we can all visualise and smell the scene.Havnt laughed so hard for a long time.Tears rolling down me cheeks.Gold.

Yi not alone yi know and I know you aint gunna be happy until we are wading around knee deep in blood n guts eh.
I've been busy today renailing the bullers,new bitta bike tube on the 4x Loopy but slightly pissed I can't find the Green River...guess it'll show...could be lying in the Landies spear eh.