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Been invited on a jet boat hunt on the coast next weekend.
Have only really hunted tops on the east coast before , after some advice on how to approach river flat hunting . What to look for in a campsite or just any tips really . Only Chance I'll have to get there for a while wanting to make the most of it :thumbsup:
Dont camp in the middle of a juicy clearing with deer shit on it :thumbsup:
Camp above high flood level mark.
Make sure the boat is extremely well secured................otherwise it can be a tad embarrassing
Wear a life jacket....
Don't point loaded rifle over wind screen while travelling at speed, sudden stop and you will blow the bow off...I know this cos I witness it happening back in the good ol' days of swan shoots on Tauranga Harbour.
Hard case. Used to be on those in the early 90's. Do they still do them? Our IBC struggled to get up on the plane with so many swan on it. Crikey they were heavy. That Mike Darling was a character with his jet ski.Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidGunn
Take a reasonably small knife and you can fillet the sand flies
Be aware of the catabatic (sp?) winds. Even in smallish valleys on the west coast of the North Island the wind blows down valley until about 10am each morning.
Check the weather forecast !
Buy a 308
Yeah the sandflies are the biggest ever on the coast :XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Take a spare battery and bilge pump for the boat for when you leave it tied up at night on a tight line, and wake up in the morning to find its full of water. Find some good clearings and camp a km or 2 upstream or downstream depending on your wind, most guys camp up too bloody close to the good bits.
Have fun and learn
In the 90s went up the Motu River by boat. Didn’t see anything. Did it rain. Take a sizeable blue tarp and rope if weather looking a bit iffy
Walk the bush edge or the river edge not the middle of a clearing
Prevalent wind is down stream due to catabatics.
Don't camp at the upstream location of the clearing.
Cheers for all the info guys ! Unfortunately the weather doesnt seem on our side guess we'll find a plan b
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the deer still there...thats here they live,they got nowhere else to go.....I actually ENJOY bush stalking on a wet day. if the sun pokes out ,those riverbed clearings will be a magnet for cold and wet deer.
expect to see more in the evening and night than the morn and to walk back to camp in darkness
Always blow on the pie
