To be honest they are crossbred, so Fiordland deer. Good luck with your hunt, public or guided?
It will be public and solo, I'll be doing a helicopter flight in and trying to find a tahr first then a deer after a move hopefully. I will be going after the roar so hopefully glassing stags will be more of a possibility.
If you pm your Tahr spot I might be able to guide you thru messages, I've covered most of the South island.
If I'm still alive, yes. See how 2026 goes.
1000 inches! That is 83+ ft per year! 25+ meters! Are you sure about that number?
Having long bow hunted NZ a couple of times.......There is steep, wet, and thick....and then there is New Zealand steep, wet, and thick. Day after day....soaking wet soon after leaving camp.....then sliding down the muddy slopes and not being able to see more than 20 yards. An occasional roar but a long time to get there and then not being able to see through the underbrush left me bewildered.
Lol, if you get 10 day of good weather that's lotto.
You must have been on what we call the west cost, Fiordland is beech forest country, much more open.
Take a thermal spotter !
The ballot is mid March to end of April, hunting is closed from like 1st of January. I intend to go in may, earlish.
