OPTION 1 - "FREE RANGE" TRIPS -up to 5 DAYS HUNTING during the roar for a mature red stag

All inclusive cost - NZ$1,900 per hunter,for 1 guide per 2 hunters for three days (includes trophy fee for 1 mature stag up to 11 points).

 

Costs include all costs associated with the hunt , all food and drinks and accommodation during trip, , one mature red deer stag 8 up to 11 points.

Availability -  best hunting times 25th March to 10th May. These trips are timed to give hunters the greatest opportunity to select a true wild red or fallow stag during rut . No hunting of any kind is carried out for the 2 months prior to 25th March, ensuring the deer are plentiful and undisturbed.

Trip duration - This option allows for either 3 to 5 days hunting, to ensure success. For the five day hunt we start around noon of the first day followed by five nights and four full days with the hunt finishing on the morning of the sixth day.

Suitability - Generally for 3 hunters per party, but if the hunters choose, 4 or 5 may be accommodated, the fitter hunter would get better oportunities on this hunt , however we do have excellent hides and treestands as well as veiwpoints throughout the park giving excellent opportunity's for the hunter who likes to sit and wait for the game. This option is suitable for the hunter who is more interested in the hunting trip and roar time experience than with the size of the antlers.

Antlers - Excellent chance for 10 to 14 point stags.The free-range stags however are normally not as large as estate trophy's. hunters hoping for a red deer stag over 300 SCI score should pick the estate hunt option

These Option 1 hunts are normally based at "Roaring Stag Lodge" or " Mt Percy Lodge" with access provided by 4x4 motorcycle. These cabins are basic hunting huts with three to four bedrooms open fire camp cooking , it has no electricity, lighting  is by coleman lamp We can with confidence offer a guaranteed plenty of roaring stags and a NZ$1000 money back guarantee if we cannot offer a shot at a mature stag over the three day hunt.

Extra's- should during the course of the hunt the oportunity arise to shoot a red deer stag of 12 points or more there is the extra trophy fee of NZ$500 or for one over 14 points extra fee of NZ$2000

Fallow stag trophy class fee is NZ$1200

Free-range hunting is also available from the comfort of the homestead.  This free range hunt is in natural hard core deer habitat. Game numbers are excellent - and it should be noted that this is not a "ring-fenced" hunt. 

For hunters wishing to be picked up and delivered back to Wellington after the hunt there is an extra fee .

We can also prepare antlers and cape for export if required                            

Be there to experience the excitement of the red stag in the rut - hear the roar - this in the wild is a privilege and almost a forgotten experience.

 

For hunters wishing to take additional animals, the following trophy fees apply:

TROPHY FEES FOR ADDITIONAL FREE_RANGE ANIMALS
RED STAGS
Cull ( management red stags) NZ$300 to NZ$600
Red stag antlers from 12 to 13 points = NZ$1,500
Trophy red stag 14 points or more    = NZ$3,000

FALLOW STAGS

mature cull type fallow                            = NZ$ 500
Trophy Fallow stag over 180 douglas score = NZ$1,200

FERAL GOATS
Tip to tip, up to 30 inches NZ$300
over 30 inches NZ$500
over 40 inches NZ$800

PIGS
Pig NZ$50
Boar NZ$500

SMALL GAME
Turkey, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit and Hare can be taken - POA

DEEP SEA FISHING
Cost of boat and fishing gear for up to 8 persons is NZ$800 per half day, or NZ$1400 per day.