Thread: Deer in Strange Places.

There's been deer out Crownthorpe and Matipiro way for years. No surprise they're in Okawa area. Mainly reds though.

Tuwharatoa are up to their second replanting of pine trees in some blocks in the CNI. Won't even let the bros shoot the blocks and are spending more on poaching patrols than deer shooting.
Hard to comprehend the thought processes that the accountants/owners went through. Replantings have been in the hundreds of thousands of $ to redo.

And it just adds to the repositories of deer dotted about the landscape.

yes same as a lot of Gisborne pine blocks a few shut them up as their own little hunting blocks

Blenheim gets a visitor every now and then. I remember reading about these two.

Red

Ugly dog

There's a rumor that chamois have been seen on the beach as well.

Originally Posted by Hahn

Blenheim gets a visitor every now and then. I remember reading about these two.

Red

Ugly dog

There's a rumor that chamois have been seen on the beach as well.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. I bumped into mobs of Chamois within a minute or two of the SH6 river bridges across most of the big west coast rivers. Would only be a day or two trundle down the riverbed to get to the coast and take in the sea breeze

one really strange one that still stands out for me was one of our DOC staff a very experienced hunter shot a thar on the side of the road south of Taumaranui now where the hell did that come from - he saw it in a paddock and went back and tipped it over - another one I bet a lot of hunters dont know was that whitetail were released at a Port Waikato property - they were shot out by DOC or where they ?? I dont know myself - but yes they were there I have seen the photos

Someone's pet?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

one really strange one that still stands out for me was one of our DOC staff a very experienced hunter shot a thar on the side of the road south of Taumaranui now where the hell did that come from - he saw it in a paddock and went back and tipped it over - another one I bet a lot of hunters dont know was that whitetail were released at a Port Waikato property - they were shot out by DOC or where they ?? I dont know myself - but yes they were there I have seen the photos

Sambar can be very elusive for a horse sized animal. Over the decades they have worked their way up the Rangatikei river valley, to now well past Taihape. One was shot close to the Gentle Annie some years ago.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

I was bumping into Sika quite regularly out from Lessong Monument off the road to No Mans Hut, just across from Taruarau Biv about 30 years ago.

Two roars ago I had one single calling well up between Barlow and Sparrowhawk too. They must just be pockety through that north end.

just seen 8 deer on the way home tonight 50m next to the state highway 20 minutes out of town

from a certain safari operator perhaps

Originally Posted by XR500

Sambar can be very elusive for a horse sized animal. Over the decades they have worked their way up the Rangatikei river valley, to now well past Taihape. One was shot close to the Gentle Annie some years ago.

Still a fair handful of Sambar down foxton in the dunes and spotted about in the flax up past the whirikino bridge SH1

Mate nailed one a fortnight ago that strayed into the maize stubble, big bastard wouldn’t fit in the bucket on the 6040!

From what I know they were barged over to foxton, farm erected, but someone forgot how pissed up they get and no buyers for stank meat, so the fences were cut and they were let free. Allegedly.

No idea when that allegedly was, he’s dropped about 12 in the last 4 years or so so there is enough around to maintain a population.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

one really strange one that still stands out for me was one of our DOC staff a very experienced hunter shot a thar on the side of the road south of Taumaranui now where the hell did that come from - he saw it in a paddock and went back and tipped it over - another one I bet a lot of hunters dont know was that whitetail were released at a Port Waikato property - they were shot out by DOC or where they ?? I dont know myself - but yes they were there I have seen the photos

Maybe not so strange, I have on occasion in the past been in the company of game park owners, guides etc.
Some of the plans regarding sika, tahr and whitetail had to be heard to be believed. All had one common denominator which was the Cook straight. If 5% of those plans came to fruition it would explain a lot.

ohhh yes the money the means some time