Packers - Blue Mountains
Packers is a 662 ha block in the Blue Mountains, in the Murihiku Hunting Restricted Areas permit network. Elevations run from 372 m to 999 m, with a median of 583 m — lowland / foothill country with no bushline ground.
This is classic Blue Mountains terrain: beech forest, regenerating scrub and farmland edges across rolling foothills. The block leans east, putting the dominant faces into morning sun and giving good first-light glassing for animals working the cooler bush margins.
Game on the permit is fallow deer and wild pig. The Blue Mountains hold one of southern Otago's better public-land fallow populations and the block gives controlled access to that herd.
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Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 2,317 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 372–999 m
- Median elevation
- 583 m
- Middle 50%
- 492–718 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- east-facing
372–999 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning east-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
Helicopter access is permitted on Packers. Wild Animal Recovery Operations (WARO) are not permitted on this RHA, so commercial helicopter shooting is not a concern.
There are no DOC huts or campsites recorded on the block — plan for a day trip or fly-camp.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a RHA block in the Murihiku Hunting Restricted Areas permit area, with a hunting status of Restricted.
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, and Packers sits within the Murihiku Hunting Restricted Areas. As an RHA with a Restricted hunt status, the Blue Mountains blocks carry ballot or allocation conditions on hunter numbers — confirm the current arrangement with DOC before booking a trip.
1080 & pesticide status
- An operation is planned for this area.
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