Thread: Wanaka roar ballot

Missed out in the draw but picked up Mid Matukituki 4th period as a leftover; should be alright for a quick wander

My mate just got the ballot for the lower young block and he invited me down, stoked. Anyone familiar with it? Never hunted S.I, heading in for 6 days or so.

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 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!

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

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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

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

Originally Posted by kukuwai

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

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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.