Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: bolsen on February 15, 2019, 09:49:37 AM
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Well, I just booked my ticket for April 8-23 for New Zealand! Anyone on here ever done this before? I’m going with a couple buddies, one went last year for tahr and chamois. He got dropped off by a helicopter for a few days and killed a couple good animals. I think we are planning on doing the same, but id also like to hunt red deer. We are staying around the northwest side of the island. Anyone have any tips on finding stags? It should be Primetime for the roar. I’ve applied for all the permits to hunt the open ground, and the firearm permit is in the works. Thanks for any tips and I’ll be sure to keep you all posted!
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tag...pretty much my dream hunt. I am curious to hear the information you get and how the trip goes. Good Luck! Take lots of pictures
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Tahr my friend shot last year on this hunt
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Kids bought us a trip in March/April of 17. Awesome trip. Took 3 weeks and rented a campervan and saw just about everything and then a Stag hunt at the end. So Cool. Would go back in a heartbeat. South Island? Mine was not public ground, but the roar was going good.
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Ya we will be on the South Island. We’ve got houses rented in 3 different areas, I think they are all around the northwest side of the South Island.
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I also want to do this and would like to go diy. Excited to see how it got for you. Hope you post up the whole story with pictures!
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Never done it but interested to hear how your trip goes. I don't much care for exotics but a free range red deer hunt always draws me in a little. Good luck hope you have a great time.
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Do keep us posted along with lots of pictures :tup:
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Ya I’m getting pumped! I’ll be bringing a couple video cameras, so hopefully be able
To put together a good video for my YouTube channel.
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My dream hunt. Would love to mix in some fishing too.
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Good luck, always prefer a DIY "trophy" to guided.
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Good luck
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Do keep us posted along with lots of pictures :tup:
:yeah: Good luck
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Are you going near Fox Glacier?
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I heard the DOC was going to do some tahr eradication, be sure you are not in one of those areas.
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Good Luck
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Just about to head home from New Zealand! Absolutely amazing adventure. Everyone who has this on their bucket list, make it happen!!! We started the trip flying into the backcountry by helicopter for 5 nights and it was unreal. We killed 4 tahr, 2 chamois and a few feral goats. The scenery was breathtaking and the hunting even better. After that, we headed to Glen Dene in Wanaka for a guided stag hunt, and it was just as good. Amazing service, people, and animals. They make you feel like part of the family. First guided hunt I’ve ever been on and I couldn’t be happier with it. Here are a couple pics, videos will be coming soon to YouTube as well as the guns and ammo website. Stay tuned!!
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Congratulations on what sounds like an amazing adventure. Can’t wait to see some pics.
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Sounds like a trip of a lifetime.
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Tahr
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Stag
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Sweet, congratulations, I’ve been watching this post as me and my hunting partner are wanting to go to NZ with in the next two years.
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Finally got our video posted on YouTube, turned out pretty good!
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Epic adventure for sure. Great country
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Awesome!!!!!
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that was 15 minutes NOT wasted. Great video 8)
thanks for sharing :tup:
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Thanks!! Hoping to get the stag footage posted soon!
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:tup: thanks for sharing.
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Someone with experience. What does it cost for one person to do a diy newzealand hunt. Also cost for a helo ride in? Would like to hunt fallow deer someday.
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Freakin Awesome!!!!
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Green with envy
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The most expensive part is getting there. Plane tickets were around 1000$ for us last year. After that it’s relatively cheap, no license or tags. Helicopter ride I want to say was less than 100$ each, for him to bring 3 of us in.
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Great video. What an awesome experience
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It's on my dream list. Looks like an awesome place to hunt. :tup:
