Enjoyed that! Not sure how I haven't found your channel before now but have now subscribed. The simple, short film and narration is very affective, cheers!
Thst sika knows something is wrong but isn't certain exactly where the danger is. Sort af a questioning squeal. The second squeal when he turns around is a more distinctive " piss off" squeal. My thoughts anyway
That would feel like an achievement, makes the trip worth it. Good result and memories. Letting the dog worry a downed deer, and generally having it whining too loud are not a good idea. They can cost deer in some circumstances, and ruin what seems a "natural" good dog. A pat and praise does the job TV shows insist requires toys and treats to let it know it's done right. They're collie working dogs. A light chain and small tent fly for overnight is useful, the hut rules have a reason and ever increasing dog restrictions don't need ammunition. Be aware they can't be trusted overnight, they were bred for stealing sheep and some are just as bad with birds (& avoiding detection), which isn't a risk worth taking, enough dog bans exist already. Good dogs are a treasure, many are a pest their owners cant recognise.
Cool vid, well done, The Toaroha is a nice place with the hotpools etc, unfortunatly its had a bit of poison dropped in it over the years which might explain the lack of animals,cool vid though, nice clear footage, thanks👍
Well done! I am impressed Lulu. I was based in Cedar Flat Hut while working for NZFS in 1984, and we cut all the tracks in that valley right up to the saddle into the Mungo. We had a hot bath each night after work, in the hot springs. Luxury. There were very very few deer in that valley in 1984, and today it would be the very last place I'd go hunting in, although there may be more deer there nowadays than in 1984. I tramped into there again in 2015, after not visiting the valley since 1984. Well done girls!
Major difference in deer & other species populations now, increased numbers and locations. Many sites it seems as high as ever since the 1960s &70s, (30c/lb). The tahr are still keeping the alps bald despite the self professed experts refuting that (the increase might have been stopped). Doing widespread forest survey work & hunting in the 70s-90s provided a chance to get a comprehensive look at many places, and revisits since and RU-vid clips like this show what has changed. And it is usually dramatically depleted bush & alpine vegetation apart from areas with ongoing poison drops. And that is questionable, DoC surveys apparently showed little difference in deer populations. Personal opinion from contract monitoring poison drops in the 2000s suggested lower in poison areas, but still higher than the 80s-90s. & actually encountered many more live deer than dead ones, and ironically sometimes hunters who only found dead ones and hundreds of dead birds that I didn't.
Some do. The majority are a nuisance, plenty outright problems, and the reason they are so restricted in many places. Owners, like parents, have little appreciation of that.
Grace, as an old fart that has spent many a year amongst the sika at Te Puia, I have to tell you that Bernard's moustache is too wimpy to make the grade of terrible ! Hope you kids had as much fun making this as I did watching. Thank you for sharing.
Who needs supermarkets when nature can be it...and it’s not full of steroids GMO and nasty chemicals...when nature can provide free range organic tucker....and to all those animal activist and vegans calling it cruelty abuse please spare us real conservationist and real eco warriors the bullshit...educate yourself on the issue what we hunters do for the environment and eco system before you open your mouths and uneducated brains...since the beginning of creation our ancestors and natural wildlife habitat it’s how life evolves...peace out guys great stuff
Thanks! Absolutely love the packrafts, have only had them 6 months and already done so many trips. Ours are only really designed for grade 2 as have no spray deck or self-bailing system, the Mohaka was probably a bit hard to do in them as kept getting filled with water. But they are super light and can take 180kg of weight! Life changing
Dogs allowed in the Waitutu Forest as well as a few other parts of Fiordland as specified on the DoC website. He's a kiwi aversion trained hunting dog and has a permit for everywhere we take him ☺️👍
I'll admit it can be confusing depending on what part of the DoC website you read, we looked at the dog access map and interpreted it as dogs allowed at Westies. We also checked with DoC when booking his permit and with the chopper company and weren't told otherwise!
I have since checked the DOC web site and yes a large part of the South Coast including parts of Fiordland National Park allow dogs. I know of hunters who work for Doc for Deer control are allowed dogs but they are highly trained. There are also pigs there which dogs could help control
