Thread: Cascade hut

G'day this is my first posting. thought it was a good place to get some advice. I hunt about 10 times a year and have always hunted Reds, usually mqnqge to get a couple a year. Recantly I've shot a couple of fallow and thats whetted my apetite for other species. Ive got a work meeting in Taupo early next week. A colleague suggested we should go into the Kaimanawas to hunt Sika. Looking at going into Cascade Hut. Neither of us has been there before and wonder what its like at this time of year. planning on going in from clements mill road. Questions are, does the track cross the river and is it a hard one to cross. What are the deer numbers like, is the old sit and wait tactic good for sika or better to quietly stalk the bush.
Cheers,
TonyR

Welcome to the forum, TonyR.

Welcome Tony R.

Welcome tonyR. Cacade is a fair Hike in and would think snow would be on the ground now. those cunning fucks will circle around on you and pick up your scent before you know it. i have had no luck on them yet but the hinds will whistle when you get close. day trips off the end of the road could be just as productive as walking all the way to cascades there is a mean climb up the ridge on the way. good luck what ever you decide and a trip report would be good weather you have luck or not.

Welcome Tony.. Hope your felling fit cause that is a big hill and the top will be covered in snow at the moment so it will be slow going.
There are deer there for sure but you will have to go looking for them on the sunny faces. numbers are pretty good but patchy.
Hope tis helps

Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

Welcome Tony.. Hope your felling fit cause that is a big hill and the top will be covered in snow at the moment so it will be slow going.
There are deer there for sure but you will have to go looking for them on the sunny faces. numbers are pretty good but patchy.
Hope tis helps

was hoping you would comment on the hill thats a mean fucker be to cold to fly camp at the base aye

Originally Posted by mucko

was hoping you would comment on the hill thats a mean fucker be to cold to fly camp at the base aye

For me... Yip.
for you .... Definatly...
For a hard man... Probably

Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

For me... Yip.
for you .... Definatly...
For a hard man... Probably

Ana sensible man.....Nope

Wecome Tony, yet to hunt the north island so no help sorry

Well TonyR, I take my hat off to you for wanting to go to the Cascade in the early days of winter. I feel cold just thinking about it. Make sure that you, or your mate are not of the whinging type as there is nothing worse than spending your whole trip wondering if you will get away with murder just for some peace and quiet. It will be bone chilling cold at the Cascade at this time of year and what ever your sleeping bag is rated at, it wont be enough. See if you can score some long heavy duty plastic bags [we used vacuum packing bags from the meat works] to use over your boots and legs for river crossings...you may look a dork doing it but, hey, dry is good.
I have used both stalking and sit-and-wait for sika, both are productive, although I found the sit-and-wait needed a long range rifle in the Kaimanawas and Kawekas as it is a bloody long way across some of those gullies.

Thanks for the welcome and the advice. Think we might take your advice Mucko and dayhunt from the road. Save the trip in untilwe can rely on settled weather.
Cheers, Tony

Change of plan, these opportunities don't come along to often so we're gonna go for it. Oamaru seems like our best option.

Welcome TonyR, good luck in there mate, been hunting off Clements 3 w'ends in the last 2 months, got nothing, (saw 3) but im a newbie and noisy as fuk!!!! all the best mate!

Good thing about seeing them Scouser is that you now what what level they are at for this time of the year and will be there this time next year as well

Hi Tony
How did you get on in Oamaru ?

Originally Posted by TonyR

Change of plan, these opportunities don't come along to often so we're gonna go for it. Oamaru seems like our best option.