Overnight Jet Boating And Hunting Trip

We didn't find any deer or trout ( we decided to blame the full moon ) but the boating side of things is well worth a watch for those of us that are into that sort of thing.
If you know the spot you already know it, If you figure it out good on you but don't ask for specifics please.
I am aware that this is a special spot to many and the last thing you want is Jet boats thrashing the place, I made sure we did this trip mid week, high flow and boating outside of prime hunting hours.
Hope you enjoy the trip.

[@mikeylikethailand]

Well done gents, enjoyed ..!

[@DktheWelder]

Awesome video! Jet boating and hunting dream stuff

[@greghughson7450]

Ha ha awesome looks like great fun!

[@seanwest111]

Mint video , looking forward to more

[@fredhammer8327]

Nice,thanks for the ride boys,fred

[@chrispyskiwiadventures3583]

Mate that looks like so much fun. Another epic trip bro🤙🤙

[@thormcaulay3956]

Awesome video Bro.... Such beautiful country you get to play in.

[@58dunc]

Awesome footage on the river mate. it looked a hoot. Shame no game around that great looking camping spot.Thanks for the great video cobber. Take it easy

[@OHINERATA]

Bloody awesome 👍

[@sandcontour]

Looks like a cool little boat. You sure could have some adventure in that!

[@joshjackson8266]

You’ve outdone yourself mate. Another good watch. Cheers!

[@Muzz308]

Cheers Josh

[@slow_diver]

Enjoyed the jet just as much, mint.

[@salmonhuntersean5539]

Mean vid bro love the music to

[@NzSikastalker]

Awesome stuff! I recognized that haunt instantly by the road in 😆 What an awesome tiny jet boat! I walk up there about 3 hrs which is near where you turned around.

[@gandolfthegrey4334]

This is my old boat done some awesome mission's in this good to see it's still on the hunt 😀👍

[@Bigfishfun333]

GREAT drone work - jeez!

[@garywatson4142]

What a beautiful river

[@MountainMan_NZ]

Choice wee overnight adventure mate - handy having a jet boat like that!

[@sharonbraselton4302]

first over nighht trip on jdt boat tyst ehst chef ysed jey oats

[@endlesspursuit-huntingnz9768]

"Fell for the marketing." hahaha on the Moa's good shit. The drone footage following the boat was epic, really liked that. Cool video, thanks for putting the time and effort into making and sharing it.

[@Muzz308]

Haha yeah, it's not a bad brew after all. Yeah I should've done a bit more drone stuff but had to concentrate on not crashing while heading back down.

[@JMC881]

Cool mission boys!

[@WildNZ]

Shit that’s cool seeing you can jet boat up there. I’ve never seen any trout up there but the area around where you stopped and turned around has some awesome hunting.

[@cvicars8649]

Mean vid mate.

[@khalrissian]

Putting those solid FE boating skills to the test Muz

[@Muzz308]

Haha is that where I learned them 🧐

[@TrevorDennis100]

I spent the end of the video hoping we were going to see you get the Hilux up that wee slope from water. It looked super steep on the way in, and the tires were sliding, so I was thinking that might be a challenge. Looks like I was wrong! My first experience on a jet boat was with Wilderness Jet coming off the Dart track. He picked us up on a flat and wide section of the river, but around the very first bend we hit Cathedral Rocks and gaps that looked too small for the boat. He went through sideways and I laughed all the way to Glenorchy. It remains one of my best ever memories.

[@Muzz308]

Thanks for the comment Trevor, Yeah we took the other track on the way out just to be safe, had the winch and the other Hilux as back up though.

[@joshjackson8266]

Hmmm.. think I know that thumbnail quote from somewhere haha. Awesome vid mate

[@les8518]

Beautiful little boat. Great boating. I would like to chat to you sometime about your boat etc.

[@rocknhorsetopaz]

In 2012 I shot a spiker up the track past where you launched and one down the river about 600 metres.

[@brettstokman8257]

Awesome bro I have talked about doing this for years but I don't have a jet boat ! Wicked cool man!

[@pipprestige8129]

Great vid, where is this please?

[@stagslayer3002]

good times! great choice of beer, a couple always find thier way into my pack ;) thats an awesome little boat! whats the specs & where do get them, cheers mate! always a good watch

[@Muzz308]

Cheers Cam, this one is built by wattscraft down Queenstown way. Heaps of different hulls around and you just drop a JetSki setup into them. This has a Yamaha wave raider 701cc 2 stroke in it, pretty light on the power side of things but cheap to run and goes places the big boats can’t.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

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[@vinvinn7050]

I preferred the red hot chillies river .I've only done that river bout 20x In boat but i have no idea were this one is.do u recognize me profile pic.lol hope to catch you up there one day.love ya vids.my advice for rivers and navs is more throttle😁

[@Muzz308]

Haha yeah thats some good advice. With a closer look I recognise the waterfall.

[@nathanpye8112]

Where abouts is this river ? Looks fun to jetboat

[@Zenskiihimself]

We’re u hunting on private land or public???

[@The_JEB]

Jet boating in New Zealand is one of those things I didnt know was on my bucket list but now it is. Are them mini jet boats popular in New Zealand?

[@Muzz308]

Yeah mate, they are pretty popular, low cost compared to the big boys and still go places.

[@The_JEB]

@@Muzz308 Nice, they're starting to become more popular over here in chillynipples winterstan, they're kind neat to see. I want one

[@Antipodean33]

i wonder how much water you're catching at full tilt with 2 up, any idea? Great clip

[@Muzz308]

Thanks, Nah no idea on how many litres it’s pumping mate.

[@Antipodean33]

@@Muzz308 I meant how deep is the boat in the water, what draft do you guess at when going full tilt?

[@Muzz308]

Sorry mate, yeah draft at full speed would be 100-150mm . You can go real shallow for short periods and just try to slide into deeper pools. Knee deep water to get it up and going to start with.

[@user-zi5rs1by7b]

It looks much cooler when you don't look back at your drone every 5 seconds but if I paid that much for a drone I would want to keep it in my eyesight to

[@Muzz308]

Yeah bro its a hard one, even when the drones on tracking it often looses the boat or gets dangerously close to trees. I’ll try better 😅 way easier on a bigger river.

[@user-zi5rs1by7b]

@@Muzz308 Best to not take too many risks. I'd rather see you looking back than an upload titled "overnight jet boating and drone carnage"

[@tumekeadventures]

Hey bud mean as jet boat ride did you see many trout?

[@Muzz308]

Not even one bro, confirmed what I had read online.

[@lenledwidge5367]

When you run way up river is there any critters in the water that would eat ya? Air born well I guess. I was air born all the way from Alberta.

[@Muzz308]

Hey bro, no dangerous critters down here in Nz, just sandflies and mosquitoes 😅

[@lenledwidge5367]

@@Muzz308 Up here in Alberta Canada the mosquitoes are so big we trap them Conibear traps.. Mini 110 s but those f ing sandflies I have no idea how to rid yourself of those flies. They don't make traps that small. lol

[@ridgetoprunner899]

If your ever shy on capable hands..send a msg bro 🤙

[@jontysearle9180]

What brand is that boat?

[@Muzz308]

It’s a wattscraft hull with a Yamaha wave raider 701cc setup.

[@davidspring3821]

What's your boat specs mate??

[@Muzz308]

Hey it’s a Wattscraft 3.1 with a 701cc Yamaha ski setup.

[@TankCatIntoMordor]

How many Tahr you shot this year?

[@Muzz308]

Zero mate covid had our big ballot trip cancelled then Sage gave the order to lay waste so the population has been given a hiding recently. This comment is some classic fishing from you bro.

[@TankCatIntoMordor]

@@Muzz308 Yeah cool mate, if you and some of the others could nip out and shoot 5,000 or so really quickly we will be back down at sustainable levels. Don't let that get in the way of a good hash-tag though. Yeah had this one lined up for a while.

[@Muzz308]

No one can afford to spend the $2.5k per person to travel down, fly in , 10 days supply’s Piss up in Queenstown etc only to find a pile of rotting carcasses in there favourite valley. $2.5k x 4 hunters is $10k that will not be stimulating the economy. To manage a resource like Tahr/Deer/pigs etc it comes down to land area vs stocking rates. How many animals can the area sustain without damaging the eco system, what is the annual increase of the herd, now what needs to be culled each year to maintain the balance. DOCs current management = to kill as many as you can when you can get funding

[@Motumatai3]

Looks like that'll be the last time many of us get access to that primo spot, what with whats going on now :(

[@Muzz308]

Yeah, that sucks aye mate. Not to mention all the huts getting pulled out of Te urewera next year.

[@Motumatai3]

@@Muzz308 And just when I've purchased an inflatable jet boat!!!

[@Zenskiihimself]

If public where was it

[@Muzz308]

Private

[@Zenskiihimself]

Rats

[@R1Kyle]

Man it seems the gay guys in Australia are everywhere with so many of them having guys for mates, there must be single women galore with every other guy having a bum buddy / mate in his life, also why do they all talk through there nose? Either way you and Jeff seem like a nice couple.

[@Muzz308]

Haha 😂 I don’t know what to say to that comment. Wrong country and Jeff and I are very happy 😉

[@R1Kyle]

@@Muzz308 Definition of mate : one of a pair: such as a: either member of a couple and especially a married couple b: either member of a breeding pair of animals c: either of two matched objects So not Australia, Nz then? Well glad you and Jeff are happy.

[@hyper_active_snail]

AWESOME VID! WAS THIS DOWN WANGANUI RIVER?

[@jbm8444]

No