Thread: Hunting with Trekking Poles

Originally Posted by Husky1600

I've used a hill stick for years, got plenty of them sitting aside for when I wear the next one out. After 35 years of guiding I've seen clients bring all sorts of trekking poles to use when either fishing or hunting. And I've yet to see any that survive long enough to justify the ridiculous price you pay for them. None of them will stand up to the use and leverage that a good Manuka stick will take. When I was fishing guiding it got so bad that I would refuse to allow a client to use a trekking pole cos they're also so bloody noisy! tink, tink, tink all the way up the bloody river. Dont get that with a good ol' Manuka hill stick.

I use a mustering stick / hill stick too, the problem with them is that there are learned techniques for using them that cannot be conveyed here by written words - a person needs shown how to use one correctly and the correct grips or way to hold it and then they need to practice. But once they have a good hill stick and mastered the 'way' a trekking pole in comparison is a poor choice