Storm, Bluffs & Wapiti/Elk | Solo Hunt in Fiordland’s Wildest Basin

The storm hit fast and fierce — wind howling, rain hammering, and the alpine ridgelines of Fiordland turning into a full-blown survival test.

I dropped off the tops with a heavy pack and navigated toward a remote, unmarked, and untracked hanging basin — a place few hunters ever reach, guarded by vertical bluffs and brutal terrain.

After sheltering through the worst of the storm, I pushed on solo into this untouched basin. No guide. Just instinct, resilience, and the mission.

And that’s where I found my Wapiti Bull.

▶️ This is Part 2 of my solo Fiordland Wapiti mission — raw, dangerous, and real.

📍 Filmed in: Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
🎥 Featuring: Storm survival, public land hunting, solo Wapiti harvest, extreme terrain and weather

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Note the FWF do not allow a party of 1 to entry the Wapiti Ballot. I was a party of 2 but my hunting partner had a non-hunter with him as shown in part 1 of WAPITI BUGLE 2023/ HUNTING NZ STILLWATER BALLOT. They were in another valley.
Solo in Fiordland for 10 days is a bad idea but that's just what works for me and I love it.

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