Fiordland Wapiti Hunt

[Kiwi]

Last week I bow hunted wapiti in Fiorldand, NZ. Great weather with only 2.5 days of rain over the 8 day trip, very good for one of the wettest places in the world)

The area we hunted had both red deer, wapiti (elk) and hybrids. We had a lot of roaring and wapiti bugling. Saw 28 animals, including 5 good young wapiti Bulls but all left as they need a few more years to be great trophies.

Here are some iphone photos:

 

[JCS]

looks like some fantastic country.

 

[thomas89]

Love that photo of the fork in the creek.

 

[ewludwig]

Boat pics look straight out of Lord of the Rings. That is a bucket list trip!

 

[1_pointer]

Beautiful country! Thanks for sharing.

I still am getting used to seeing folks hunt in shorts.

 

[Kiwi]

Thanks for the comments.

Shorts are the way to go. I might get a few wierd looks in WY this fall

 

[havgunwilltravel]

Great pics...run the shorts in Wyoming and let the guys with big baggy heavy pants struggle once they get off the trailhead!

Good luck, we have been chatting a bit on the nz site about the tags etc.