Otago

Albert Burn hunting block consists of the Albert Burn catchment above Albert Burn Hut, and below the hut, the beech/tawhai forest on the true left. You can hunt red deer and chamois.

Hunt red deer and chamois in the Arawhata hunting block, which lies within the Olivine Wilderness Area, so there are no huts, tracks or bridges, and no aircraft landings are permitted.

Animals present are goats, pigs, rabbits and hares although hunting opportunities are very limited in the Ardgour/North Dunstan hunting block.

You can hunt goats and chamois in this 584 ha block north of Queenstown.

Barrier hunting block is a mountainous terrain in the western reaches of Mt Aspiring National Park, bordered to the east by the Barrier and Olivine Ranges. You can hunt red deer and chamois.

You can hunt goats and pigs in the Bendigo Conservation Area hunting block on the upper western slopes of the Dunstan Mountains to the southwest of Mt Moka.

Bendigo Scenic Reserve offers goat, rabbit and upland gamebird hunting.

You can find goats and pigs in the Big Bush hunting block located in the headwaters of Big Creek between Milton and the coast.

Find out about hunting in the Blackstone Hill hunting block

Blue hunting block takes in the Blue River catchment including its north and south branches. You can hunt red deer and chamois.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the Boundary Creek hunting block.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the Cameron hunting block, which takes in the Cameron and Stewart Creek catchments.

You can find red deer and pigs in the Careys Creek hunting block, which is part of the Silver Peaks Scenic Reserve north of Dunedin.

You can find red deer and pigs in the Catlins-Maclennan hunting block, which spans the Beresford Range and the Maclennan River catchment.

Chalkies hunting block in the Silverstream valley, northwest of Dunedin, offers pig and red deer hunting.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the Craigie Burn hunting block.

The Dead Horse Creek hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

Diamond Lake and Lake Reid Wildlife Management Reserve is a gamebird hunting block in the Cardrona Glenorchy Shotover hunting area.

In the Dingle Burn hunting block, you can hunt red deer, tahr and chamois.

This block takes in the Fish River catchment and the slopes on the true right of the Makarora between Davis and Cameron Flat. Hunt red deer and chamois.

Animals present in the Gabriels Gully hunting block are pigs and goats.

Red deer are present in the Glen Allen hunting block, which takes in most of the Allen Creek catchment near Kingston at the southern tip of Lake Wakatipu.

You can find red deer, pigs and feral sheep in the Glencoe hunting block, which is part of the Glencoe Scenic Reserve.

You can hunt red deer and pigs in the Glendhu Tussock Reserve hunting block, which is part of the Glendhu Tussock Reserve in the Glendhu Forest northwest of Lawrence.

Pigs and red deer are present in the Glenomaru hunting block northwest of Owaka.

Native bush in the Hinahina Cove hunting block offers pig and red deer hunting.

The Hope Hill hunting block in the coastal hills behind Brighton offers goat and pig hunting.

Animals present in the Kaihiku hunting block are red deer and pigs.

Hunt red deer and pigs in the tussock grasslands of Kakanui Conservation Area.

Animals present in the Kinloch/Kōwhai Bush hunting block are red deer, fallow deer and chamois. This is a steep beech/tawhai forested block on the eastern flank of the Humboldt Mountains.

Kitchener/Ruth Flat hunting block offers red deer and chamois hunting.

The Kopuwai block covers the uplands and some of the flanks of the Kopuwai/Old Man and Old Woman Ranges. You can hunt red deer.

Animals present are red deer, fallow deer and pigs in the Lake Wānaka Faces hunting block, part of of Matatiaho Conservation Area.

You can find goats, and pigs and red deer in low numbers in the Lauder Basin hunting block.

Lochnagar hunting block offers opportunities to hunt red deer, chamois and goats.

There is no hunting opportunities in this area as there is no access to the block.

The forested valley of the Lower and Upper Young hunting block offers opportunities to hunt red deer and chamois.

The Lower Caples block includes the most of the bush and faces on the true left of the Caples. It offers opportunities to hunt fallow deer, red deer and chamois.

This block includes both sides of the Dart Valley between Daleys Flat and Sandy Bluff and offers opportunities to hunt goats, chamois, whitetail and red deer.

The Lower Greenstone hunting block offers opportunities to hunt fallow deer, red deer and chamois.

Lower Hunter hunting block consists of several catchments draining the McKerrow Range eastwards to Lake Hawea, just below the Hunter River mouth. You can hunt red deer and chamois.

You can find red deer and chamois in the Makarora hunting block.

You can hunt pigs and red deer in the Manorburn hunting block located a few kilometres northwest of Lake Onslow.

You can hunt pigs and red deer in the Manuka Stream hunting block, located south of Macraes Flat township.

The Māori Gully hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

The Maukaatua (Maungatua) hunting block lies to the west of the Taieri Plains. You can hunt pigs and red deer.

Mid and West Matukituki hunting block takes in the West Matukituki catchment above Aspiring Hut, the Rob Roy and Glacier Burn catchments, and the upper slopes of Homestead Peak. Hunt red deer and chamois.

Animals present are red deer and chamois in the Mid Hunter hunting block, which consists of the catchments feeding the Hunter River for some 15 km above its mouth.

You can hunt pigs and red deer in the rolling country at Mill Creek hunting block.

Mill Creek hunting block consists of the higher slopes of the Bledisloe Gorge and Albert Burn Saddle with lower regions along the Mill Creek/Corner Burn catchment and true left of the West and East Matukituki River. You can hunt Red Deer and Chamois.

You have opportunity to hunt red deer and chamois in the Minaret Burn hunting block, which is is part of Mt Alta Conservation Area.

The Minor Peak hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

The Moke Creek Right Branch hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

The Moke Creek West hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

This 2000 ha block sits on lake Whakatipu facing slopes of Mt Dick near Kingston at the southern tip of Lake Wakatipu.

You can hunt goats, fallow deer and chamois in the 6859 ha Mt Aurum hunting block located in the mid Shotover catchment north of Queenstown.

Red deer are present in the Mt Benger hunting block on the ridge top of Mt Benger overlooking the Roxburgh/Ettrick valley.

Red deer, fallow deer and pigs can be hunted in the Mt Burke Creek hunting block, which consists of the eastern faces of Matatiaho Conservation Area, taking in most the Mt Burke Creek catchment.

The mostly steep terrain of Muddy Creek hunting block offers red deer and chamois hunting.

Neinei I Kura Conservation Area hunting block consists of steep, rolling terrain with no formed tracks. You can hunt pigs, fallow deer and goats.

Animals present are red deer and chamois. Ore-Leven hunting block takes in the catchments of the Ore and Leven Streams, which flow parallel to and between the Blue and Young Rivers.

View a description of the Oteake Conservation Park and Areas hunting area.

Pigs and red deer are present in the Pigeon Bush hunting block.

The Pisa Conservation Area's 23,000 hectares overlooks the Upper Clutha and Wakatipu basins, and beyond to the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. You can hunt red deer, chamois, goats and pigs in this area.

You can hunt red and fallow deer in the Pomahaka Conservation Area hunting block.

Red deer are present in the Pūrākaunui Bay hunting block.

The Pūrākaunui Falls hunting block offers red deer hunting.

Rees hunting block consists of the true right of the upper Rees Valley. You can hunt goats, chamois, whitetail and red deer.

Animals present are red deer, and possibly also goats and pigs in the Remarkables South hunting block, which runs from the upper Nevis Valley floor to the crest of the Hector Mountains.

The Remarkables Wye Creek hunting block offers red deer, chamois and goat hunting.

Animals present in the Rock and Pillar hunting block are pigs and red deer.

Rockburn hunting block consists of the Beans Burn and Rock Burn catchments with opportunities to hunt chamois, whitetail and red deer.

Routeburn hunting block offers opportunity to hunt chamois, whitetail and red deer.

Animals present in Routeburn North Branch hunting block are chamois, whitetail and red deer.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the Rumbling Burn hunting block, which is is part of Mt Alta Conservation Area.

Sawyer Burn hunting block offers opportunities to hunt red deer and chamois.

Pigs and red deer are present in the warmer months in the Serpentine hunting block, but populations are highly mobile and tend to move on when disturbed.

You can hunt red deer, chamois and goats in the remote Sharks Tooth hunting block that spans the rugged headwaters of the Shotover River, Shiel Burn and Polnoon Burn.

Shotover Saddle Faces hunting block consists of challenging, steep terrain covered by tussock grass, scree and rock faces. You can hunt chamois and goats.

Red deer and chamois are present in the Siberia hunting block.

A hunting block north of Dunedin where you can hunt pigs and red deer.

A 60,1511 hectare hunting area in Otago.

Steele Creek hunting block consists of bush in the Steele Creek catchment, where you can hunt fallow deer, red deer and chamois.

You can hunt chamois, whitetail and red deer in the Sugarloaf hunting block.

The terrain of the Table Hill hunting block is moderate to steep, covered in mature native bush. You can hunt red deer.

You can hunt red deer in the Tahakopa Bay hunting block located across the Tahakopa River from the Papatowai township.

You can find pigs and goats in the Taieri Gorge Scenic Reserve situated above Outram on the true left side of the Taieri River.

You can hunt goats in the Taieri River hunting block on the northern bank of the lower Taieri River, upstream from Taieri Mouth.

The Tautuku Forest hunting block is part of the Catlins Conservation Park and offers hunting opportunities for red deer, pigs and goats.

There are pigs and red deer in the Te Papanui hunting block, which covers the Lammermoor and Lammerlaw Ranges west of Dunedin.

Animals present in The Stack Conservation Area are red deer and chamois, in low to moderate numbers.

You can find red deer and chamois in the Tiel hunting block that takes in the Tiel Creek catchment, the valley between the Young and the Wilkin Valleys.

You can hunt red deer, tahr, chamois and pigs in the Tīmaru River/Hawea hunting block, which includes most of the Tīmaru River catchment.

Limestone bluffs and narrow ridges are a feature of the Trotters Gorge hunting block. You can hunt pigs here.

You can hunt fallow deer and pigs in the Tuapeka West hunting block on the eastern side of the Clutha River, downstream of Beaumont.

The Twelve Mile hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

The Upper Caples hunting block offers opportunities to hunt fallow deer, red deer and chamois.

Animals present in the Upper Dart hunting block are goats, chamois, whitetail and red deer.

The Upper Greenstone hunting block offers opportunities to hunt fallow deer, red deer and chamois.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the Upper Hunter hunting block with tahr also present in the upper parts of the valley.

You can find red deer, pigs and feral sheep in the Waianakarua hunting block.

The mountainous 329 ha Waikerikeri hunting block offers goat, rabbit and hare hunting.

You can find red deer in the Waipati hunting block part of the Waipati Beach Scenic Reserve.

Pigs and red deer are present in the Waipori Falls hunting block situated at the southern end of the Maukaatua Range, southwest of Mosgiel.

You can hunt red deer and chamois in the West Wānaka hunting block, which takes in the western faces of Mt Alta and the Bent Burn.

You can hunt pigs, goats and deer in the Western Rock and Pillar hunting block.

The Whakaari hunting block is located above Glenorchy on the western faces of the Richardson Mountains. You can hunt goats and chamois.

You can hunt goats, fallow deer and chamois in this 4230 ha block north of Queenstown.

You can find red deer and chamois in the Wilkin – Lower, Mid and Upper hunting block.

The Wire Creek hunting block offers goat, chamois and fallow deer hunting.

Part of the Catlins Conservation Park, you can hunt red deer and pigs in the Wisp Range hunting block.