I shot this spiker on the 23rd sept. It was the start of a good run


Next hunt i shot this one on the track


Setup camp that night, next morning went out and got this one


Next hunt a couple of weeks later I bagged this stag just off the track. yeah i shot from the track.


Setup camp and went out in the pouring rain, found this hind having a nibble. She'd just got off her bed


This yearling was the next hunt out, first time out with the kimber rifle


I use a hennassy hammock with a fly over the top.


Beech forest that the sika inhabit

Gidday Jet,

Well done, looks like you have had a good spring. I wish I could say the same for myself.

The wind has mucked things up for me this year. Those bloody Nor Westers have kept the animals heads down everytime I manage to leave work behind and get out on the hill.

Also the spring growth has yet to start in the high country down here so they are still in the bush and not on the river flats yet.

I had to climb to about 1600m to get above the bushline only to be blown off once I got up there last weekend.

I hope the weather picks up next week as I'm off down South Westland for seven days to fill the freezer for the barbie season so keep your fingers crossed.

Keep up the good work mate and don't let the buggers over run you.

Happy Hunting

Hamish

Springs is still to be sprung up here on the higher stuff as well. These were all shot at 1200m elevation still yarded up for winter in the thick stuff. Last time I was up the new growth was just pushing through, maybe this weekend or the next it will be in full swing. I'd love to hunt down the westcoast, are you flying in?

I am so envious, this type hunting is mostly imposible on the east side of the USA

I'm curious as to why these young ones and hinds were shot. Is over-population a problem in the area? Is all the meat utilized?

Our animals are classed as noxious. If the numbers get too high the goverment dumps 1080 by helicopter all over the forest. I shit you not. Everything underneath dies. Im just doing my bit to keep the population under control. I take back steaks and sometimes backlegs then give the rest a kick down the hill, and I really dont care how old an animal is im just bowling as many as I can. If i don't shoot them someone else will

Good Enough, a bullet's better than poison any day.