Sawyer Burn hunting
Located in Hāwea Conservation Park hunting in the Otago region
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Introduction
Sawyer Burn hunting block offers opportunities to hunt red deer and chamois.Species
- Chamois
- Deer - Red
Permit requirements
This hunting area is covered by an 'open area permit' – get it online or from a DOC office.
Seasonal restrictions
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Dog access
About this hunting block
Animals present are red deer and chamois in low numbers.
General information
This block lies just north of the The Neck between Lakes Wānaka and Hawea, and includes Sentinel Peak, and parts of the Camp Creek and Sawyer Burn catchments.
The terrain is steep beech/tawhai forested valleys and tussock slopes rising to some alpine gravel and rock on the tops.
This block is balloted for the roar period during the months of March and April.
Access
You must seek permission in advance from Hunter Valley Station for all access via their station.
There are two access points:
- Camp Creek. From the roadside car park, 12 km southeast of Makarora on the Haast Highway (SH6), follow an overgrown access road on the true right of the creek. At the end of this road, climb through heavy fern until you are able to sidle. Continue sidling until the valley starts to open for the flats and you can see a way to descend safely.
- Kidds Bush. Turn off the Haast Highway (SH6), onto Meads Rd, 32 km north of Wanaka. About 6 km along Meads Rd is Kidds Bush campsite; opposite the campsite entrance there is a signposted zigzag track leading up through the bush.
The Sawyer Burn Track from Kidds Bush begins within the hunting block but at the bushline it crosses into private land. You must contact the landholder for permission to use the track above this point for hunting access.
Landholders
Western side: Hunter Valley Station: phone +64 3 443 1242
Maps
NZTopo50 series: CA12, CA13
Sawyer Burn hunting block map (PDF, 1719K)
Dogs
Dogs are allowed when accessing through Camp Creek side (no separate permit required), but are not allowed when accessing through Kidds Bush.
Contacts
| Wānaka Tititea/Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre |
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| Phone | +64 3 443 7660 |
| wanakavc@doc.govt.nz | |
| Address | 1 Ballantyne Road Wānaka 9305 |
| Hours | Visitor centre hours and services |
