Possibly the easiest walk ever plus usually see a heap of deer on poronui which is a bonus. A chopper into oamaru public is quite possibly the biggest waste of money around. Each to there own tho! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter308
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Possibly the easiest walk ever plus usually see a heap of deer on poronui which is a bonus. A chopper into oamaru public is quite possibly the biggest waste of money around. Each to there own tho! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter308
When you are restricted in how many days you have got to hunt due to work commitments I would rather take a 5 min chopper ride over a 3.5 hour walk to maximise my hunting time. For a walk in trip to there you really need more than a saturday and a sunday or it is just not worth goingQuote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
Your onto it Hunter , its dead walking .No bolt or ammo in rifle across Poronui ,which is fair enough being private land.If you see any deer on route you're not allowed to shoot them.So a chopper into & from hut is a smart option really.I couldn't do the walk now & very grateful to Poronui Station to allow me to take my wagon to 35 minutes of the hut.Poronui do have guided hunting on the station I believe so the deer on the property are there stock & part of their income . Still a valuable access for many people & would be a far longer walk into the valley if we should loose that due to some fuck wits .
You were very fortunate for them to let you drive through and big thumbs up to them for doing it, hell I would pay them a fee for that if it meant only a half hour walk instead of 3hrs 40mins which is what it took me to get back out of there a couple of years ago. A chopper trip there would be not so bad on the wallet if there were a couple of extra people to share the cost of the flight or even better head to the heli sika block on the other side of the river :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris
The access was arranged by TVDA was a couple of others went as minders for the trainees.
So perhaps I need to put a plate up for the next club meeting .Will sort that pre-next club night.
Walk in at 4am and get there on sunrise is what I do to avoid the heat.
As for Rushy getting there, just strap one of those electric dog collars on and give him a zap if he falls behind or stops being active on the GPS.
Ha ha ha ha Ya cheeky shit. I would just drop so far behind that Inwould be out of radio range. 4am sounds the go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusky
Just regard it as a forced march Rushy , no problem to a EX-army man even with a full pack .
Yep. Mind in neutral and arse in gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
Looks like a nice hut. I've been thinking of doing a mid week multi dayer, as my couple of forays into day-stalks have done little except provide entertainment for the local Deer. This be a decent place for it?
I can see why people love chasing sika, they are mighty sneaky little critters. Must be a hell of a buzz when you finally put one on the deck
Very comfy hut Nick-D , I was in a tent but was spare beds in the hut. Log fire is a bonus but probably need it in there ,we had a real good frost Saturday night .Shocker waking up to crispy white & frozen billies & toes ,not sure where my cods went .
I remember hanging a pair of socks to dry on that clothes line in the alcove by the door only for them to be frozen stiff the next morning. Yep those bunks are certainly a welcome sight after a long slog to the hut. I will never forget wading through the kaipo in the really heavy frost we had when we walked out of there glad I was wearing thermals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
That frigin river is still like ice water now Hunter ,hate to think what its like in winter .
I waded through that damn river in June when it was cold as hell, when i got out my legs were stinging and I thought my nuts were going to drop off from the water being so cold, another good reason to fly in :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris
You must be shorter than @Dundee if it was up to your balls!Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter308