Thread: Wanaka roar ballot

g'day @hotsoup how you doing? my names nick and ive got lower young for 4th period. from what ive heard its a good area for deer. the block looks to be a bit small but thats good as you will be able to cover the whole area in a week. cant wait to get in there aye. good luck to you. save some good stags for me aye. haha

which period did you get the lower young block ?? I secured the upper young first period, we are a bit the same first time in the area

hey @Cantab14 we got the lower young 4th period 10th april to 16th april. never been in there but am going to do some recce missions with no gun and a camera leading up to the roar to see the terrain and figure out some likely spots and what not. you guys heli-ing in to your block? upper young looks good. all really steep country from the young mouth up though going to be bloody hard yakka. but that just adds to the excitement and satisfaction.

Originally Posted by StagRyan

Managed to Salvage the Blue block, 19 for the third period, at the second chance draw yesterday, cheers whoever gave up their block. Hopefully means some noise with the likelihood of a late roar due to slow spring flush and summer drought. Anyone been in here before, looks a good spot.

Seeing as no one on here appears to have an opinion on this block thought I'd add my two cents to it if anyone else has the unfortunate luck of getting this place. DoC wanaka hunting fella informed us there was slim to no deer in here, on the experience of the last week I might agree with him, two separate very small hoof prints spotted and no sign any newer than 3 days old. Possible there is some deer held up in basins in the north and south branches but getting there will take some extreme planning and navigation, the whole block is wrought with cliffs and waterfalls. Up the top of the main river are a series of what appear to be promising clearings with plenty of cover but most are backed by cliff faces so begs to wonder where the dear would live/move.

Thursday was 30 hours of rain starting on the Wed night and ended about midnight Friday morning, we were up before the sun walking through the last clearing hoping to see some animals come out to catch what was a warm day but still nothing , then the wind changed on us and a pair of Paradise ducks let the whole catchment know something was up and even continued to circle us so they knew exactly where we were. There are also a couple of Whio pairs up there which from a conservation perspective is good to see and plenty of those berries that Josh James is always eating.

Hopefully the other Ballot holders can add their two cents to how this block performed for them.

Originally Posted by StagRyan

Seeing as no one on here appears to have an opinion on this block thought I'd add my two cents to it if anyone else has the unfortunate luck of getting this place. DoC wanaka hunting fella informed us there was slim to no deer in here, on the experience of the last week I might agree with him, two separate very small hoof prints spotted and no sign any newer than 3 days old. Possible there is some deer held up in basins in the north and south branches but getting there will take some extreme planning and navigation, the whole block is wrought with cliffs and waterfalls. Up the top of the main river are a series of what appear to be promising clearings with plenty of cover but most are backed by cliff faces so begs to wonder where the dear would live/move.

Thursday was 30 hours of rain starting on the Wed night and ended about midnight Friday morning, we were up before the sun walking through the last clearing hoping to see some animals come out to catch what was a warm day but still nothing , then the wind changed on us and a pair of Paradise ducks let the whole catchment know something was up and even continued to circle us so they knew exactly where we were. There are also a couple of Whio pairs up there which from a conservation perspective is good to see and plenty of those berries that Josh James is always eating.

Hopefully the other Ballot holders can add their two cents to how this block performed for them.

There was also a small wallow that hadn't been used in a decent period of time at the beginning of the last lot of clearings. We made a good camp sight if anyone wants the GPS co-ordinates and there is a good rock bivy which would make a good campsite on the first day heading up to the top clearings also have co-ordinates for this.

Originally Posted by wanakahunter

hey @Cantab14 we got the lower young 4th period 10th april to 16th april. never been in there but am going to do some recce missions with no gun and a camera leading up to the roar to see the terrain and figure out some likely spots and what not. you guys heli-ing in to your block? upper young looks good. all really steep country from the young mouth up though going to be bloody hard yakka. but that just adds to the excitement and satisfaction.

Steep is the name of the game in the blue river also, hope your block and period is more successful than ours!

@StagRyan lower young block turned up the exCt same results as yours by all accounts. No fresh sign probably nothing within a couple weeks at a guess. We were last period so unless the first 3 groups pillaged the whole block than id be inclined to say bugger all deer getting around that block too. Couldnt access tops without seriously big walks all bery bluffy and dense bush. Bit of a bugger. We left after 3 days and went tahr hunting instead. A lot more successful on that front.

I was told the pilot down the road shoots the place up before the roar

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

I was told the pilot down the road shoots the place up before the roar

Bless him.

any decent heads coming out of any of the Wanaka blocks this year ?
Harvey sure has taken a toll on animal numbers in past years. With venison prices heading back up I guess the waro boys will climb back into it again

typed up a wee blog about this roars adventure https://stagryan.wordpress.com/2016/...he-blue-river/ be warned no animals were seen!

your blog has some good looking country pity you didn't get on to anything.

Originally Posted by StagRyan

typed up a wee blog about this roars adventure https://stagryan.wordpress.com/2016/...he-blue-river/ be warned no animals were seen!

Hey mate,
tried to send you a pm but wouldnt let me

"The following errors occurred with your submission
StagRyan has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.

If you are trying to send this message to multiple recipients, remove StagRyan from the recipient list and send the message again."

Just wanted to pick your brain about you experience up the blue.

cheers

Originally Posted by Lupo

Hey mate,
tried to send you a pm but wouldnt let me

"The following errors occurred with your submission
StagRyan has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.

If you are trying to send this message to multiple recipients, remove StagRyan from the recipient list and send the message again."

Just wanted to pick your brain about you experience up the blue.

cheers

He may have moved on since 2016 mate.
Check the date of his post

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by kukuwai

He may have moved on since 2016 mate.
Check the date of his post

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

I would of thought he was still on here, he does a podcast every other day "stag roar" on Spotify

I did see the date but its pretty much the only post on here talking about this block.