North Island Wildside Hunting Safaris

Within a short walking distance of Wildside’s homestead is some the North Island’s most outstanding trophy hunting ever to be experienced.

On Wildside’s exclusive hunting properties you will find, roaming in their natural heards and habitat:

• Huge Red Stags;

• Sika Stags;

• Rusa Stags;

• Fallow Bucks.

A habitat that is perfectly suited for the thrilling “spot and stalk” hunting for which Wildside Hunting Safaris is world renown.

Not only for some of New Zealand’s finest Red Stags and Fallow Bucks but also for trophy species found ONLY on the North Island like the seriously intelligent Sika Stag and the secretive Sambar and Rusa Stags.

North Island hunting is typically conducted on easy rolling to hilly bush country where “up close encounters” are experienced by the “spot and stalk” method of hunting. Usually offering at least one shot opportunity per day (for the bow or rifle) and is ideally for the hunter who wants to have the “thrill of the stalk” as well as taking the trophy of a lifetime.

South Island Wildside Hunting Safaris

Wildside’s South Island properties are mainly on the Eastern side of the main divide where the foothills are less steep and more manageable for foot hunting Tahr.

Along with over 1M acres of public land with exceptional numbers, on the South Island we offer hunts for:

• Chamois;

• Tahr;

• Elk;

• Red Stags.

Wildside Hunting Safaris can take you on the hunt of a lifetime for all New Zealand’s trophy animals.

Wildside’s properties are often equipped for “still hunting” with treestands, platforms and ground blinds where wild game can be observed for most of the day.

What ever your ambition or abilities are the professional team at Wildside Hunting Safaris can help make your hunting dreams become reality.

Season

The hunting season gets underway in March and goes right through until August when the stags begin shedding their antlers.

The rut period for the Red, Fallow and Sika is in our autumn (fall) with the Red Stags starting first in early March and then the Fallow and Sika follow at late March early April. Peak of the rut is around the first to second weeks of April when the “Roar” is at fever pitch.

All three species are very vocal and often respond to imitation roars. For the Sambar and Rusa their rut is around July-August and make for a very interesting midwinter hunt. On the South Island the Tahr and Chamois rut is from May to July with the Tahr being one of the spectacular animals to hunt in New Zealand. Wildside has over 100,000 acres of freerange private land hunting for tahr that is well populated with large mobs that boast some great bulls.

Prices

Red Stag hunts start from $5,500 (each hunter) for two hunters with one guide. This includes 4 days guiding, accommodation/food and beverages and a stag up to 350SCI” for each hunter, also transport to and from the nearest airport. Up grades on stags are totally possible and will be priced according to Wildside’s list price (supplied on request), also extra days can be added at an extra cost.

Other species that are available are as follows including time of year to hunt them:

• Fallow (February to September),

• Sika (February to September),

• Sambar (June to October),

• Rusa (June to October),

• Elk (February to September),

• Tahr (all year round but best from May to September),

• Chamois (all year round but best from May to September)

Tahr hunts start from $5,500 (each hunter) for two hunters with one guide. This includes 3 days guiding, a bull tahr for each hunter (best we can find), accommodation/food and beverages also transport from the nearest airport.

Bowhunting can obviously take a little more time than rifle hunting so consider hunting for more days when booking your hunt.

All prices are in USD