One spot I hunt,it's not unusual to walk past 20 deer on private land before reaching hunting block...and find single animal if work hard and are lucky. One trip I gave up counting after 16 on road and sixty on private. Saw 45 deer on road in another place one morning....all the stations in area are definitely not hunter friendly when approached no matter how politely.there is also large bits of public land that are either completely land locked ( eg rata peaks) or only accessible with large walk in to reach majority of block( eg Nimrod).access COULD be very easy,but it's denied.
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