Fiordland diving and hunting (PHOTO HEAVY)

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27-09-2012, 08:36 PM
Nick.m

Fiordland diving and hunting (PHOTO ESSAY)

In April i went on a live on board trip to Fiordland, we went across Manapouri and met the boat in Doubtful sound before heading south to Dusky and Breaksea. We were lucky enough to have good weather for a majority of the trip making the 14 degree water a little more inviting* :o. I have compiled a select few photos from about 3000 to choose from.

Shot a deer:
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...ordland079.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...dland/Stag.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030451.jpg

Managed to get the odd cray:
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030412.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030426.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030257.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030260.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030255.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1020743.jpg

Caught a few fish:
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030062.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030252.jpg

Saw some other amazing stuff:
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030191.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030147.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030044.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030829.jpg
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http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030791.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030746.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030712.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030706.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030708.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030705.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030550.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030386.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030699.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030318.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030276.jpg
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http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030123.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030093.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1020844.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1020975.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030050.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1020980.jpg
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http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1020037.jpg
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/P1030120.jpg

Cheers Nick
27-09-2012, 08:44 PM
Twoshotkill

Dam you! i wanna go back.... brings back some memories... man that is the BEST PLACE EVER! what boatt you on?
27-09-2012, 08:44 PM
Rich007

Sweet man looks like you had a blast.

Dunno about the strange looking crustation - it looks suspiciously like a ......:o
27-09-2012, 08:51 PM
longrange308

looks good man thats one place i have on my list to go:)
27-09-2012, 08:58 PM
sakokid

nice pis wormes, but so u should out of 3 thousand! wot caliber u using ?
27-09-2012, 09:03 PM
Nick.m

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Originally Posted by oneshotkill

Dam you! i wanna go back.... brings back some memories... man that is the BEST PLACE EVER! what boatt you on?

Hay mate we were on board the Jewell, an amazing boat, heaps of space and to top it off great crew!
27-09-2012, 09:09 PM
Nick.m

Quote:

Originally Posted by sakokid

nice pis wormes, but so u should out of 3 thousand! wot caliber u using ?

Cheers, the rifle i took down south was a .270. Its amazing how strong a worked up stag is, shot him in the chest twice from around 8m to tip him over, he was dead on his feet after the first shot but didnt want him to tumble off the massive bluff below.
27-09-2012, 09:19 PM
sakokid

i hope u didnt waste any of the crayfish. u sure had a whole bunch. reminds me of when i use to live up north and use to go to a few tangis!
27-09-2012, 09:30 PM
Nick.m

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Originally Posted by sakokid

i hope u didnt waste any of the crayfish. u sure had a whole bunch. reminds me of when i use to live up north and use to go to a few tangis!

Dont worry about that, we divided them up between 10 of us and left a few for the crew. I gave away most of mine to friends and family, as you probably know you can only eat so much crayfish. We all went a bit Crayze at the start as no one had ever seen crays in such high abundance, after a day or two though we were very select with the crays we took and were well and truly under our limit.
27-09-2012, 10:00 PM
Rushy

Excellent photo's. That is the sort of trip to stick on a bucket list. The only thing missing was the masseuse.
27-09-2012, 10:19 PM
Nick.m

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rushy

Excellent photo's. That is the sort of trip to stick on a bucket list. The only thing missing was the masseuse.

My advise is just do it, it costs a bit but the memories i have are priceless. This trip was primarily aimed at diving, as there is a wreck in Dusky sound at 60m the guys wanted to dive, i only spent 3 hours on the land and would have loved to spend more time exploring the hills so will be going back to do this.
27-09-2012, 11:09 PM
Dougie

Wow, unreal!! :thumbsup:
28-09-2012, 09:04 AM
Normie

Wow! Very jealous. What an awesome trip. Thanks for the photos.
28-09-2012, 10:43 AM
Tim

Magic trip :cool:
28-09-2012, 02:02 PM
petree

looks like a massive trip,whats the website?how many trips do they do a year and hpw much?
28-09-2012, 02:14 PM
Nick.m

Quote:

Originally Posted by petree

looks like a massive trip,whats the website?how many trips do they do a year and hpw much?

Hay mate, trip was organised in Tauranga here through a dive shop,a hell of alot easier then trying to organise it myself. The boat we were on is actually a commercial cod fishing vessel so im not sure whether they organise any trips. I think you would have to approach them with a time and numbers and they will give you a quote based on that.
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05-10-2012, 03:11 PM
redbang

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Originally Posted by Normie

Wow! Very jealous. What an awesome trip. Thanks for the photos.

+1 :thumbsup:
05-10-2012, 05:00 PM
Twoshotkill

There is a boat down there called the Takapu that does the season for hunting and diving. (useto anyways but i think it is still running)
They helli you in and out from the boat and for a bit exter you can be droped at the top of the hill in the morning and walk down to the beach to be picked up.
05-10-2012, 05:03 PM
Twoshotkill

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27-10-2012, 09:15 AM
savagehunter

Re: Fiordland diving and hunting (PHOTO HEAVY)

great pics from what looks like a stellar trip mate well done

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31-10-2012, 10:40 AM
Bill999

damn thats nice.
03-11-2012, 02:58 AM
Norway

Nice pics, thanks for sharing :)
03-11-2012, 07:38 AM
kiwijames

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Originally Posted by oneshotkill

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Pretty sure Steve Haddock out of Whakatane had Takapu. It was a bastard of a boat even after it had some stabilizers fitted. Long and skinny. Ex Navy boat IIRC, mind you Id give my first born for another trip on it in its new home down south.