Kaweka jaunt

Have just spent a couple of days with a mate I haven’t hunted with for a few years. It was great to get together again and stroll around.

My mate missed a young stag on the first night, so it was back to camp late after hauling arse across to double check with the dog. And from then on we only saw hinds. So no meat. But a great time.

Random pics that can speak for them selves...

Spot the deer. The one that got shot at...

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Back Ridge

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Dog with my coat slung over her. She was still like this in the morning.

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Looking down on Kiwi Mouth Creek and hut.

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Manson country.

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Sundry

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Great picks, can hardly wait to have a look myself.

Big country alright.

Looks like you got a bit of hunting in. I was wondering if the weather was going to be OK. Pretty windy on Saturday but Sunday looked good.

Great pics Bruce. Brings back great memories. Mountain tutu eh the sika love it. I reckon that stags standing behind the bush upper middle rightish

Very nice

Nice post and pics. Did you stay at manson hutt?


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Originally Posted by Neckshot

Nice post and pics. Did you stay at manson hutt?


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Nope , That aint the manson country

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Nice post and pics. Did you stay at manson hutt?


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Nah. The Manson country is on the western side of the Ngaruroro. We were on the eastern side. Tenting. Pretty much straight opposite the
Manson bivie.

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Originally Posted by kiwijames

Looks like you got a bit of hunting in. I was wondering if the weather was going to be OK. Pretty windy on Saturday but Sunday looked good.

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Cold morning and evening n/w winds. It kept them at home rugged up.
Bush dry and difficult stalking. Great time though.

Not shooting hinds?

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Not shooting hinds?

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Not the ones with children, anyway. Why do you ask?

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Not the ones with children, anyway. Why do you ask?

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Just wondering. Meat is meat to me if my freezer is low.
A hind is either pregnant or has a dependant all year round and it is often hard to tell if they have children.
I am not making a judgement. Just wondering if you thought stag meat was better or something.

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Great pics Bruce. Brings back great memories. Mountain tutu eh the sika love it. I reckon that stags standing behind the bush upper middle rightish

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The thing wearing the bright red jacket? :)

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Originally Posted by Shearer

Just wondering. Meat is meat to me if my freezer is low.
A hind is either pregnant or has a dependant all year round and it is often hard to tell if they have children.
I am not making a judgement. Just wondering if you thought stag meat was better or something.

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That’s fair enough.
Later in March I will shoot the odd hind ‘cos the fawns can get by.
I guess Im a bit lucky too ‘cos I’ve got some good bush fringe country I can usually get a fat deer on.

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Originally Posted by Shearer

Just wondering. Meat is meat to me if my freezer is low.
A hind is either pregnant or has a dependant all year round and it is often hard to tell if they have children.
I am not making a judgement. Just wondering if you thought stag meat was better or something.

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I wouldn't say dependent, I try not to shoot hinds Nov to late Feb(Reds cant speak for Sika)
While if your lucky you can still see a fawn suckling in April in the wild ,from 3 months they have a good chance of surviving IMHO

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The thing wearing the bright red jacket? :)

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Yeah. At 250 yards it stuck out alright. I’ve seen deer on the same face before so it wasn’t too much of a challenge finding it in the binos.

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The thing wearing the bright red jacket? :)

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Another one of you that isn't colour blind!!!!!!!

Great photos mate. You know how to make a man jealous and want to drop everything and head for the hills. I just can't get enough of those Kawekas :)

Cool pics mate, thanks for sharing

It's such an awesome place ! I was there for a week a few years ago and can't wait to go back:)

Nice spot particularly in summer , between awhile since I was up there last :)

Looks like a great trip. The last dog that I lent a jacket to ate the collar off it!

Nice one Tahr, your certainly getting out there mate....good on ya....