Hunting Totara Flats in the Mighty Tararuas staying in Sayers Hut after 30yrs not much had changed!

Good mate Steve and I fly in with an old hunting buddy JD to spend 5 days in the Tararuas and end up at Sayers due to the weather - but what an awesome walk down memory lane for us all! Big thanks to the Sayer family for maintaining the hut and letting may generations enjoy its character and cosiness. Thanks for watching remember to like and subscribe! Cheers Kane

[@rollyipsc]

This is the real definition of friendship ❤

[@darylkeenan943]

Awesome place the tararuas, I went past totara flats hut back in 2003-2004 so its been there for a few year's nice stag!

[@colorado7215]

Ol tobys a good mate

[@shanedavies9564]

Awesume guys , cheers , shaneo , nelson, 👍🍺

[@ruahinehunter7441]

Good to see plenty of hand saws too

[@manuelwebe]

Awesome place. Thanks for sharing.

[@julianalderson3938]

Yer some buetiful country.

[@g0jsm]

Thanks for the video memories from fifty years ago came storming back

[@BackridgeButcher]

Another classic, great watch on a winter's day👌 Love the rich history of the place and how good to shoot that stag

[@LivinglandNZ]

Beautiful spot that, I was hunting there a lot in the late 90's. Good to see Sayers is just the same.

[@tostacey1]

Awesome vid!

[@florisvisser4765]

That 9ptr in the hut was still there in April 2022 a shame someone took it .. love your video especially because I've spent a lot of time in there in the last 10yrs

[@MrPaulkear]

Cheerz boys.. that 2nd stag lookd like the pill when above him hit the grass.

[@ingridlowrie1029]

My father's (Alick Sayer 1905-1983) home away from home. He started heading into Totara Flats from a very young boy, as did his siblings. He never came back empty handed and placed venison, pork and fish on the table. Miss the old codger.

[@nzl5047]

Great place been there afew times my partner is a sayer

[@jesseadventures2066]

Awesome video mate

[@huttboynz4422]

Great vid mate, shot a stag on the grass flats, on the last hunt I did around Tutuwai hut area, back in 2020. I find the grass flats in these areas, quite productive over the winter months. Seen 7 stags before on the flats up top end of the Tauherenikau valley. Cheers for uploads.

[@chrisblester37]

These old huts are fantastic I'd love to spend a summer living in the bush staying in these huts there are also some older huts that are off the maps and maintained tracks. I found one in the early 1990s patched up the roof with a sheet we found under the hut cleaned it up abit and stayed there in the weekends for a few months did more repairs sealed the roof and painted it would hunt near buy and pan for gold cut a bit of a track in so I could ride the bike in and walk the last bit not to scare the game . We got a fair bit of gold and would shot a pig or dear and cook up heaps of meat the just pan .but I had to move back to Christchurch and my hunting partner died soon after .went back 30 years later to find it still there worse for were but our repairs in 1991 ment it was still there. I shot a deer and my mate got some pigs I more than paid for the trip wit the gold I paned the cooker was still in good condition but it needs a new roof I'd love to do that and spend 6 months there and get all the gold and show It to my young nephew to come to for his lifetime get away spot

[@drumsandstix128]

What a blast from the past for me too !...I used to shoot back there in the.late 70`s. Enjoyed your vlog, thanks!

[@julianalderson3938]

Young toby bro was happy. He went thro some weather 2. Cheers