Serpentine
Serpentine is a 745 ha RHA in the Central Otago and The Remarkables permit area. Elevations run from 805 m to 1,170 m, with a median of 1,060 m. None of the block crosses the 1,200 m bushline, so this is mid-elevation tussock country rather than tops or bush.
This is rolling Central Otago tussock and scrub country, leaning north-west. Slopes catch afternoon sun and the long sight lines make it a glassing-and-stalking block rather than a bush-stalking one. Country is small enough to cover on foot through a long weekend.
Game on the permit is red deer, wild goat and wild pig. The open tussock makes deer and goats relatively findable, and pigs work the gully cover.
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Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 2,599 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 805–1,170 m
- Median elevation
- 1,060 m
- Middle 50%
- 919–1,106 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- north-west-facing
805–1,170 m, foothill country with low tops, leaning north-west-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
Helicopter access is permitted on Serpentine. Wild Animal Recovery Operations (WARO) are not permitted, so recreational hunters won't be sharing the country with commercial helicopter shooting.
There are no DOC huts or campsites recorded inside the block — plan for a fly-camp or work off a vehicle base outside the boundary.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a RHA block in the Central Otago and The Remarkables permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
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 Serpentine is an RHA with a Permitted hunt status in the Central Otago and The Remarkables permit area. RHA conditions apply — confirm current access rules and any party-size limits with DOC before a trip.
1080 & pesticide status
- Pesticide (1080 or similar) has been laid in or near this block — check current dog and carcass restrictions before you hunt.
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