b'Crossing the Motu River on the Feature drive to the 4,000-acre farm block.Craig Jenkins from Zeropak headed off on a road trip from Coopers Beach to the central North Island to hunt during the roar and to evaluate a new portable vacuum sealer which was kept busy on his hunting trip.I ts been quite a while since I had hunted for red deer during the roar, so when a mate invited me to hunt over private land in the head waters of the Motu River, I jumped at the chance.We would be hunting on a large farm block of around 4,000 acres which was a mix of rough pasture and large bush gullies. Access around the farm was fairly good, so we planned to use quads It was a long road trip from the Far North and side by sides to get around. to Motu River area towing the Polaris.While my Polaris Ranger would prove to be invaluable when it came to recovering animals, as I had forgottenmate owns a cosy little bach closetour of the block. We travelled up a how big reds are compared to theto our hunting area, so it was a reallarge central valley and parked the smaller fallow which I normally hunt. luxury having a bunk to sleep in andCan Am, then walked up a side gully. a warm fire at night. Just 15 minutes later we spotted our DAY ONE AND TWO The next day, all three of usfirst animal, a spiker with some very This was a travel day as I made mytravelled up to the farm and headedimpressive, long spikes, and he was way down from the Far North towingout to the hunting area together ontrophy potential for the future, so he the Polaris behind the Triton. Mymy mates Can Am and got a bit of agot to walk away.72FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'