A hunting club isn't just people who shoot deer. The Southern Lakes branch runs a trap line that's been going since 2008, donates wild meat to families across the district, and keeps a string of back-country huts standing. Here's the work.
Our trap line
One of the first biodiversity trap lines in the Wakatipu basin — now running AI-enabled traps, and the first group approved to use them on public conservation land.
Wild Meat Donation
Venison, goat, chamois and tahr, donated through Kiwi Harvest to community food programmes across Queenstown, Wanaka and Cromwell.
Volunteering and hut maintenance
Hundreds of volunteer hours on hut rebuilds and trap-line work. If you can swing a hammer or carry a pack, we can use you.
By the numbers
Trap line running since 2008
12 AI-enabled AT520 traps on our line
Wild meat donated through a partner that feeds 825 people a week
Hundreds of volunteer hours on hut rebuilds — Kay Creek, Upper Spey, Freeman Burn