I recall I shot my second ever deer up Wairere falls, and foolishly carried it out whole all the way back to down, as that's what I thought all hunters did... (about 20y back now). Passed about 40 trampers on the way down, which elicited a range of reactions. One group of older women in a tramping group looked terrified and thought I was carrying a 'dead dog' on my back (obviously wasn't a big deer!).
@Tangobravo happy to PM you a few spots that proved fruitful for me in that neck of the woods.
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