Hey Phillip
Good organisation will prevent mishaps Im sure. Wasnt a dig mate. Just me and a rule I have... No matter where you are you still have to
expect someone to pop out and say hello... Kudos to you for putting things in motion..
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I just looked at the hill nearest to the hut - it rises pretty much 300m over a distance of 600m. That's something you dont run up haha. Well somebody might but not me
As for expecting the unexpected - i was once at the main shooting range in Nowra NSW (Aust) and a pile of us were all lined up about to fire a black powder volley (just like they used to). Out of the bush flew some knob-jockey on a dirt bike right in front of the targets. Dumbest thing I've ever seen. Fingers were on lightened triggers and none of us heard him coming. Lucky:roll:
By the time you add wind in to the factor you will have 2 directions to hunt from. take a dog if you can. the fireplace is shit so get it going early. the locals in their 4x4's come in from Ngaputahi. if you drive a 4x4 to the hut doc will tell you to leave if they find out. locals will spot light at all hours of darkness. you hopefully will still get onto some game good luck on the hunt.
I will be well in truely in Te Kuiti by then we move 25th of this month. head waters of the Raropo stream will be worth a look. we will catch up for a hunt one day Rushy.
once you push past the shit the bush opens up a lot. you can get to the head waters on horseback so its not to bad. i would book the hut thou or at least take a tent. when you pin down a date i will see what the numbers are like and see if i can get away depends if my worker is any good.
Hopefully will be a really good fun and successful trip for you fellas going. I feel the need to warn a few of you who don't know the area that it's a beautiful valley with huge hunting potential for both Reds & Rusa, BUT... If it rains plenty while you're in there, you're not walking out any time soon. Not trying to put anyone off, but I went in with a mate one winter and an unforecast heavy rain system came through. From a quiet river it turned vicious within hours. I fell in and developed hypothermia, taking more than twelve hours to recover, before we walked back out again, no hunting done. It's also a spot you need to be super sensible when hunting into gut heads and streams, as the contour can drop off into harmless looking waterfalls but backtracking and climbing out on loose scree can be bloody difficult. Definitely should buddy up the young and inexperienced :)
Thanks for that H4L.
Fireman's carry it is then Toby
Instead of pissing around mking the next iPhone 6 they should invest their time in making a hover board