Thread: Winter hunting?

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Im in to the kaimanawas (cascade) on wednesday morning for 5 days. Will be the begginning of the cold snap. Think they will be moving towards winter spots or still feeding up sfter the rut? some good north facing guts up by the Kaipo saddle so was thinking I would start there.

Ha Ha I are going in the 30/05/15 for 6 days and as the ten day forecast rolls in I have scored 6 days of rain .
Ah well better than sitting here at work in Africa

Good luck Zamkiwi and Nick-D. I might try get in there myself in a few weekends time for my first winter fly camp (are you nuts they say?).

Ill prob have to postpone mate, Got the feckin flu and its moved to my lungs, Can barely walk downstairs without getting puffed, sound like a 90 year old chain smoker. Not ideal. Where you thinking about heading?
Id be keen for a mad winter mission, might have to get a thermal bag liner though. haha.

Good luck Zam, shoot enough for the both of us.

So are these things to be looking for.... if I'm looking for deer.... or will I be chasing something else?

were they still warm and did they taste faintly of venison?if so target species has been in the area and you aren't to far behind.
hot barrels.....or in you're case tight string?dunno.....either way good luck bro

Not warm, didn't taste them
I don't think they were fresh, some had little white mold spores on them. also found nibbled grass in a clearing about 100m away... So I'm guess they were in the area and I'll be back with the bow and not the dog.

Don't listen to @madmaori I've seen this ploy before...
He's trying to Quirky Turkey you!




From one of my daughter's fav story books: Ba Ba Smart Sheep by Mark and Rowan Sommerset.

hahaha that's awesome!!!

Something else to look out for for some reason this time of the year iv found quite big areas of five finger trees hammered if you can sus out where these trees are deer mite not be far away

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Ill prob have to postpone mate, Got the feckin flu and its moved to my lungs, Can barely walk downstairs without getting puffed, sound like a 90 year old chain smoker. Not ideal. Where you thinking about heading?
Id be keen for a mad winter mission, might have to get a thermal bag liner though. haha.

Good luck Zam, shoot enough for the both of us.

going to North Arm but going for a bit of a wander out of there for a couple of days if weather plays the game.
sorry for the flu nothing worse.

We saw our stags out in -1 degree on friday nite at 11pm feeding quite contentedly. No hinds.

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Buy two books

'Red Deer in New Zealand' & 'Stalking the Seasons Round'

Both by Lentle & Saxton

Tons of knowledge and advice , mine have been well thumbed through

hope this helps

rr

I have a copy of red deer in NZ you can borrow. Pm me your address and I'll courier it to you. You just need to courier it back once you're done.

just bought them, really good stuff..... guess its just more dirt time needed now

Find a area you want to get to know and go there as often as possible......learn the area inside and out and you'll produce venison eventually. This is my favorite time of year to hunt

Find the feed, find the sun, find the deer... :-)

Use binoculars a lot. Keep glassing untill you see something.

Works for me!