Large Burn
Large Burn is an 8,699-hectare hunting block in the Fiordland Wapiti Area. Elevations run from near sea level to 1,837 m, with a median around 690 m.
The country here is mostly bush country with a tops fringe, with roughly 7% of the block above the 1,200 m bushline and slopes that lean west. This is classic Fiordland country — steep, bush-clad valleys feeding into glaciated tops, with the kind of rainfall and wind that shapes the hunting as much as the terrain.
The block sits inside the Fiordland Wapiti Area and carries red deer, wapiti and chamois. Large Burn is balloted through the roar as part of the Wapiti Foundation/DOC ballot for the Fiordland Wapiti Area, and outside the ballot it remains a restricted block under the Te Anau permit area.
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Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 29,781 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 1–1,837 m
- Median elevation
- 690 m
- Middle 50%
- 362–950 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 7%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- west-facing
1–1,837 m, foothill country with low tops, leaning west-facing.
What you can hunt here
This is a roar — the red deer roar peaks from late March into April, and competition for the block is highest then.
Access & getting there
Helicopter access is permitted on Large Burn, which is the usual way in for hunters drawn for the Fiordland Wapiti ballot — most parties fly in from Te Anau or Manapouri. Wild Animal Recovery Operations (WARO) are also permitted on the block, so commercial helicopter activity may overlap with the season outside the ballot period.
No DOC huts or campsites are recorded inside the block, so trips here are typically fly-camp or based out of facilities in adjoining country.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Roar block in the Te Anau Hunting Restricted Areas permit area, with a hunting status of Restricted.
Commercial wild-animal recovery (WARO) operates over this area — expect helicopter activity and pressured game.
This block sits within a DOC air-access zone — fly-in hunting and helicopter drop-offs may be permitted.
A DOC hunting permit is required to hunt Large Burn, and the block is classed as Restricted within the Te Anau Hunting Restricted Areas. As a Roar block in the Fiordland Wapiti Area, access during the rut is allocated through the annual Fiordland Wapiti Ballot run jointly by DOC and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation. Outside the ballot period the block remains restricted under the Te Anau permit area — check current conditions, dates and entry rules with DOC before you plan a trip.
1080 & pesticide status
No current, planned or proposed pesticide operations intersect this block in our data. Always confirm with DOC before taking a dog in.
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