Thread: Old huts

Yeh she's a bit of a rat haven but it still is a dry spot when the weather is shit. Have to catch up some time Danny we could have a good time chatting about the area.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Yeh she's a bit of a rat haven but it still is a dry spot when the weather is shit. Have to catch up some time Danny we could have a good time chatting about the area.

Definitely! you and my old man would NEVER shut up...

You are sure a lucky guy Danny. If you had stayed the night in Trig hut the rats would of chewed the skin of your feet and eaten ya nose.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

You are sure a lucky guy Danny. If you had stayed the night in Trig hut the rats would of chewed the skin of your feet and eaten ya nose.

Indeed!

The huts I posted are in the order posted , Saddle Hut , North Waipunga, South Waipunga, Trig Hut and The Old Te Iringa Hut in the Kaimanawa's, all are gone bar Trig Hut.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

You will know this one as well Danny. Another old spot with heaps of good hunting area on the door step. Mooseman and I spent a lot of our early days building leg muscles around here.Attachment 84949

Packed out a good boar off there about 6 years back. God, help my brokenass!
All three of these boars were caught within 1 km of the Plateau hut, Trig and Hautapu huts. Best being 204lb. Bloody good tusks up on native edges.
I miss the deer numbers these days.




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The Plateau and Waipuna were without pine trees when I spent my time there.

You must have ground ur teeth down as much as me tetawa. Spent some time battling through the monowai and tea tree to get to the native aswell.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

You must have ground ur teeth down as much as me tetawa. Spent some time battling through the monowai and tea tree to get to the native aswell.

Spent a lot of time in the bottom end of the Waipunga during the 60's.

Here’s one for you guys. The old Manson hut.

Originally Posted by Shootm

Here’s one for you guys. The old Manson hut.

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Interesting pic with Dick Hart slashed into the woodwork,,was a culler of course and now Jason his son is running a goat culling crew around the country. Some of you North dudes probably know him,nice bloke and damn good at his job.
Just out of interest Jason is also our Secretary for the NZ Deer cullers Inc.

Originally Posted by doinit

Just out of interest Jason is also our Secretary for the NZ Deer cullers Inc.

Would I be correct in saying that Jim Davis once held the position of secretary? Jim was my uncle.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Would I be correct in saying that Jim Davis once held the position of secretary? Jim was my uncle.

Jim was the editor back down the line Mathias

I hadnt seen this thread before. I used to hunt a lot from Pukeroa through Central Whirinaki, Te Taumutu, Upper Whirinaki and Plateau during the mid 1960"s. Cullers were still in Kaingaroa in those days but I liked Central- Te taumutu ( which I nicknamed christmas creek), which used to be like parkland then. Nothing left of Pukeroa now but I noticed a bivvy on the edge toward old hautapu site on the bush edge a couple of years ago. Ive been wondeting if it can be legally driven to during fire season on the old pukeroa road. ( My knees are pretty buggered to walk far these days.

Originally Posted by doinit

Jim was the editor back down the line Mathias

Ah thats right, he did your magazine. I recall seeing a few copies at his place in Wanaka.