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My brother Hugo and I had been begging Dad

for months to take us hunting in the roar so in

late April he picked us up from school for a trip

to one of our favourite spots on the East Coast

We had been there several times before and usually came home with a pig

or a deer, however we were keen to see if we could get a roaring stag this

time.

After attaching the four wheeler on the

trailer to the car and dumping our packs

in the back along with Bella the dog, the

22 and Dad’s Tikka T3, we headed off,

hoping to make it to the farm by 6pm.

Dad had been there a month before with

a mate and had seen multiple hunters,

but he was confident that we would find

something as he’d seen and heard a lot

of animals and discovered some hidden

slips and gullies.

After a quick stop in Opotiki to grab

something to eat, we made it to where

we were leaving the car and by the time

everyone had got changed and loaded

everything onto the quad, it was dark. The

22 was close to hand in case we spotted

a possum or a rabbit on the ride in. We

were thankful to have the quad because

we knew from experience that it took

more than two hours to walk in and we

were all tired after our long drive. Most of

the terrain we had to ride over to get to

the campsite was empty riverbed, so we

were constantly being bumped around as

we drove over the large rocks but we still

shaved an hour off the time it would have

taken us to hike in.

After we had quickly set up the tent,

we grabbed the 22 and the spotlight,

hoping to find some possums and do

our part for conservation. As we were

still quite far from where we would be

hunting the next day, we had no qualms

about firing off some suppressed shots.

Bella, our two year old Cocker spaniel

was quite interested in the two possums

we managed to bag as she had never

encountered one before.

Back at camp we were in the middle of

dinner when a fellow hunter drove past

in a two-man dune buggy. We called him

over and he told us he was off to pick up

a mate back at the farm. After we quizzed

WRITTEN BY ~ JAKE WORKMAN

East Coast

Trio Trip

Dad glassing a slip

Bella already

asleep after a

tiring trip

47

My brother Hugo and I had been begging Dad

for months to take us hunting in the roar so in

late April he picked us up from school for a trip

to one of our favourite spots on the East Coast

We had been there several times before and usually came home with a pig

or a deer, however we were keen to see if we could get a roaring stag this

time.

After attaching the four wheeler on the
trailer to the car and dumping our packs
in the back along with Bella the dog, the
22 and Dad’s Tikka T3, we headed off,
hoping to make it to the farm by 6pm.
Dad had been there a month before with
a mate and had seen multiple hunters,
but he was confident that we would find
something as he’d seen and heard a lot
of animals and discovered some hidden
slips and gullies.

After a quick stop in Opotiki to grab
something to eat, we made it to where
we were leaving the car and by the time
everyone had got changed and loaded
everything onto the quad, it was dark. The
22 was close to hand in case we spotted
a possum or a rabbit on the ride in. We
were thankful to have the quad because
we knew from experience that it took
more than two hours to walk in and we

were all tired after our long drive. Most of

the terrain we had to ride over to get to

the campsite was empty riverbed, so we

were constantly being bumped around as

we drove over the large rocks but we still

shaved an hour off the time it would have

taken us to hike in.

After we had quickly set up the tent,

we grabbed the 22 and the spotlight,

hoping to find some possums and do

our part for conservation. As we were

still quite far from where we would be

hunting the next day, we had no qualms

about firing off some suppressed shots.

Bella, our two year old Cocker spaniel

was quite interested in the two possums

we managed to bag as she had never

encountered one before.

Back at camp we were in the middle of

dinner when a fellow hunter drove past

in a two-man dune buggy. We called him

over and he told us he was off to pick up

a mate back at the farm. After we quizzed

East Coast

Trio Trip

Dad glassing a slip

Bella already

asleep after a

tiring trip

47