Heli Trip Gear

Hey Guys I've managed to get Teichelmann Creek (love to hear from anyone that's been in before) for the ballot period from the 12th of May. Camp is high up do wondering what gear people would chuck in the kit. Thought we could make a thread. For recommendations for anyone going in via Heli as there are a few things that differ to normal such as being able to get in much more gear. Well when your light like I am you can.*
Things that pass people's minds as well would be good to as I'm thinking the altitude may be enough to cause issues with jetboils and other cook sources so what's are the best options.*
Let the teaching begin.

Think you will find a thread has been created for this...

Every year it's almost a joke watching the parties turn up at the various load out spots with ridiculous amounts of beer and all sorts of crap and then gettig told by the pilot to throw it all back in their vehicles. I think it was last year at the Whataroa carpark we watched a party of four (they were flying in two trips in a md500) and they had such a ridiculous amount of crap it was funny, they must have literally had about two or three boxes of "wild moose" each for every day they were going to he in there, a jumbo pack of 18 toilet rolls, and all sorts of stuff. It was funny looking at their meagre piles once the pilot had fucked around weighing all their shit and putting more than three quarters of it back in their vehicles. I think they expected a bloody Chinook was coming to fly them in or something and they were going to sit around at their small town sized camp and get pissed on Wild Moose pre mixers and shit themselves all day everyday they were in their block.

Lightweight small collapsible camping chair each & a tarp/fly for a dry area if it rains so your not stuck in your tent.
Sunglasses/ sunscreen if your going to be near the snow, ice axe, warmest sleeping bag you have. Down jacket & your usual winter hunting gear. Proper food, decent cooker & tent. Done!

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Originally Posted by 223nut

Think you will find a thread has been created for this...

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I couldn't find anything obviously didn't have the right search terms. Tried Heli gear chopper gear ballot gear etc etc and didn't see anything so I created a thread with an appropriate title so if anyone has the same quetion i could find it. Also not to be rude but generally it becomes hard to find info when in every thread someone posts there's another thread about it without referencing that thread.

Just take your normal hunting stuff plus a few creature comforts, like a chair and tarp. I usually take a better cooker as the big bonus of fly ins for me is real food and hence I like to have a bit of a cook up each night. Hate trying to get a steak on a little pocket rocket type cooker

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Every year it's almost a joke watching the parties turn up at the various load out spots with ridiculous amounts of beer and all sorts of crap and then gettig told by the pilot to throw it all back in their vehicles. I think it was last year at the Whataroa carpark we watched a party of four (they were flying in two trips in a md500) and they had such a ridiculous amount of crap it was funny, they must have literally had about two or three boxes of "wild moose" each for every day they were going to he in there, a jumbo pack of 18 toilet rolls, and all sorts of stuff. It was funny looking at their meagre piles once the pilot had fucked around weighing all their shit and putting more than three quarters of it back in their vehicles. I think they expected a bloody Chinook was coming to fly them in or something and they were going to sit around at their small town sized camp and get pissed on Wild Moose pre mixers and shit themselves all day everyday they were in their block.

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I can imagine. I've been used to stripping to the bear min because of accessing by foot over the East coast. There's three of us a 420kg limit and all together we weigh under 200kg. So have some weight to play with but need weight left over to bring out that big bull hopefully. Dont often bring alcohol in anywhere hunting I don't really see it to be a good mix but may bring a box for those successful days if weight allows.

Also i usually take a poly chilly box with a few frozen water bottles to keep the food cold. Drink the water when defrosted and use the box to haul the meat out

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Lightweight small collapsible camping chair each & a tarp/fly for a dry area if it rains so your not stuck in your tent.
Sunglasses/ sunscreen if your going to be near the snow, ice axe, warmest sleeping bag you have. Down jacket & your usual winter hunting gear. Proper food, decent cooker & tent. Done!

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Have a huntech bivvy i was thinking may be a suitable cooking/ gear storage. May need to invest in a down jacket. Didn't even think about the chair! Will definitely be great for a week of glassing. What type of cooler do you recommend? Thinking the jetboil maybe out if it's element at that height and temp.

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Originally Posted by Unihunter

I couldn't find anything obviously didn't have the right search terms. Tried Heli gear chopper gear ballot gear etc etc and didn't see anything so I created a thread with an appropriate title so if anyone has the same quetion i could find it. Also not to be rude but generally it becomes hard to find info when in every thread someone posts there's another thread about it without referencing that thread.

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Fair enough, I just thought it had been brought up before. the search function can be a bit difficult at times.

If you want a celebratory drink take a decent bottle or two of red or a nice whisky, it's nice having a wee dram before bed up in the cold wilderness :) plus it weighs and takes up less room than beers. We had Lambert river year before last and it was awesome because big chunks of ice would fall down off the glacier so we took them to camp and broke them up and had a wee dram on the rocks each night haha

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

If you want a celebratory drink take a decent bottle or two of red or a nice whisky, it's nice having a wee dram before bed up in the cold wilderness :) plus it weighs and takes up less room than beers. We had Lambert river year before last and it was awesome because big chunks of ice would fall down off the glacier so we took them to camp and broke them up and had a wee dram on the rocks each night haha

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Just memories now Ryan....you are stuffed, you're getting married ha ha :D

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Originally Posted by Mathias

Just memories now Ryan....you are stuffed, you're getting married ha ha :D

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I'm going for a walk for a few days start of February, first time on the hill since May last year.... the marriage is nothing it's this bloody self employed dairy farming that puts the brakes on everything

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Originally Posted by 223nut

Fair enough, I just thought it had been brought up before. the search function can be a bit difficult at times.

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It likely has in some obscurely named post. Will probably find it some time when strolling through the archives in the future.

If you’re after a trophy I’d be packing a few kg of plain salt for headskins.

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Originally Posted by Unihunter

Have a huntech bivvy i was thinking may be a suitable cooking/ gear storage. May need to invest in a down jacket. Didn't even think about the chair! Will definitely be great for a week of glassing. What type of cooler do you recommend? Thinking the jetboil maybe out if it's element at that height and temp.

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Any old chilly bin will do, it will more than likely be cold enough in there, jetboil is good to carry during the day if your doing a full day hunt, hot soup for lunch can be a morale booster

On fly in trips I take a two burner Coleman cooker & 4kg gas bottle, we get the wives to cook up a couple of hearty stews & freeze them to take in, plus a premade pasta sauce, some frozen sausages, spuds & veges, pasta & you have some good easy feeds at night when you get into camp.

Something to sit on when glassing eg a piece of an old foam sleeping mat, good gloves and a down jacket. A strong 4 season tent is a must nothing worse than a flattened tent at 1600m 2am in the morning of May.

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

On fly in trips I take a two burner Coleman cooker & 4kg gas bottle, we get the wives to cook up a couple of hearty stews & freeze them to take in, plus a premade pasta sauce, some frozen sausages, spuds & veges, pasta & you have some good easy feeds at night when you get into camp.

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Curried sausages is good. Used to do flaked mashed spud but now take Naan bread and heat in frying pan ��

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Also i usually take a poly chilly box with a few frozen water bottles to keep the food cold. Drink the water when defrosted and use the box to haul the meat out

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Frozen milk is just as good and goes well on porridge, coffee etc

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Also i usually take a poly chilly box with a few frozen water bottles to keep the food cold. Drink the water when defrosted and use the box to haul the meat out

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Frozen milk is just as good and goes well on porridge, coffee etc

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Originally Posted by sako75

Frozen milk is just as good and goes well on porridge, coffee etc

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Bloody good idea!

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Originally Posted by sako75

Frozen milk is just as good and goes well on porridge, coffee etc

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Man, great idea

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Originally Posted by Unihunter

I can imagine. I've been used to stripping to the bear min because of accessing by foot over the East coast. There's three of us a 420kg limit and all together we weigh under 200kg. So have some weight to play with but need weight left over to bring out that big bull hopefully. Dont often bring alcohol in anywhere hunting I don't really see it to be a good mix but may bring a box for those successful days if weight allows.

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3 guys, 420kg load (assuming single load in/out in a 500). You'll need to watch the bulk/volume of your gear as much as the weight. 3 ppl, packs, rifles, daybags and you're getting pretty choked. Don't take chilly bin, they take up too much room. Cooler bag will be ok. Smaller bags are easier to pack in and around the machine than boxes, etc.
Definitely recommend the camp chairs and tarp as already suggested.

If you got a spare light weight tent so you can fly camp a night or two away from main camp.Gives you more options , id rather take that than a box of beer

Something to piss into at night so you don't have to get out of your sleeping bag and tent. It gets dark early and you can spend some long nights and you have to keep hydrated. My pet hate is clambering in and out of my sleeping bag and tent and out into the rain.

I use a drink bottle with a screw cap. For me it doesn't need a very wide mouth. :)

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Something to piss into at night so you don't have to get out of your sleeping bag and tent. It gets dark early and you can spend some long nights and you have to keep hydrated. My pet hate is clambering in and out of my sleeping bag and tent and out into the rain.

I use a drink bottle with a screw cap. For me it doesn't need a very wide mouth. :)

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This. One of my Thar camps only sees the sun for around an hour a day. If your not moving you are cold no matter what you're wearing.

Only time you get truly warm is when in the fart sack.
@sneeze is an expert at this even when it is not cold. That bum never gets out of his bag until breakfast and coffee is ready[emoji16]

A dirty D model has a payload of 450kgs.
Most operators that ferry hunters have a belly pod of sorts. But it always amazed me how much gear people thought they could fit in. A Black Hawk would struggle [emoji16]

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You couldn't work the plunger so I had to make my own coffee.
Always take a drink bottle in the tent. Thirsty, full bladder and cold feet? Drink the water, piss in the bottle, screw the cap on (tight) and put it in the end of your sleeping bag. All issues dealt with. Added bonus is the look on R93s face in the morning when you drag the bottle out.

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Originally Posted by sneeze

You couldn't work the plunger so I had to make my own coffee.
Always take a drink bottle in the tent. Thirsty, full bladder and cold feet? Drink the water, piss in the bottle, screw the cap on (tight) and put it in the end of your sleeping bag. All issues dealt with. Added bonus is the look on R93s face in the morning when you drag the bottle out.

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One look was of excitement until I realised it wasn't cordial you were hoarding and the other was of shock when you decided to tip it out next to my tent[emoji16]

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Smelt strong so I wasn't going to tip it by my tent was I.