NZ Hunter

Jet Spring Boating

Untold numbers of deer have been boated out of our backcountry since the early deer culling days, and today the jet boat is still a common tool for access into our backcountry.

Jet boating and hunting seem to go hand-in-hand, and it’s hardly surprising, given the large number of rivers that a jet boat can cost-effectively access and the vast amount of public land hunting that lines most of those rivers.

In the South Island particularly, half an hour in a jet boat will get you into some very remote places, along with all the luxuries required to live

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