Thread: Newbie Yank

�� I call it a sickness! Something about chasing thunder chickens all over God's creation has just gotten in my bones.. But, I absolutely love making turkey nuggets too lol. Best believe if I can find an area with turkeys near where I'm going the hunt will be on ha. My friends would die in laughter if I said I went all the way to New Zealand just to get another gobbler.
I haven't looked much at the alpine country and will be a new experience all around. I was looking to get more into some elevation but realize the weather probably has the deer and what not, besides tahr, alot lower. I'm pretty keen on weather and know mtns tend to make their own. I'm a cold weather guy but I'm not arrogant when I see a storm rolling in and i definitely pay attention before I head in and during. Thank you for the heads up though!

If u get bored look me up mate

Will do! I've got a solid 12-13 days, just going with the flow once I get there this Monday

Who's the guide u using down here?

Padox, I'm going with Oddsy's but it's just for a few days. They seem like good people and enjoyed talking to them. Doing Stag and Tahr. I'm going to possibly try fallow buck on my own, just going to be a learning curve of finding the public areas that hold them. I went ahead and got the DOC permits for areas around Queenstown up towards Wanaka, so planning on hunting them just like I would in the mtns out west here.

Just curious , but do any of you archery hunt and have a preferred bowshop around Queenstown that you like? First thing I try and do on any trip is get out and shoot. It cost me a couple hundred to bring a target so would love somewhere to shoot alittle. Every time I go out west, because of altitude, I have to adjust my elevation on my sight bar 🥱

I archery hunt and spend a bit of time in Queenstown. I NZ we don't have many archery shops and there isn't one in Queenstown that I know of. The closest one I know of is in Christchurch which is 6 hrs drive! When I bow hunt the US I just make a target from carboard and find somewhere to check my bow.