The wapiti area is divided up into 25 blocks for the bugle period, and only parties which are successful in the ballot may hunt.
From the 31st of December until the 29th of April all blocks are closed to all hunting except for ballot holders in the Wapiti ballot period.
Wapiti are distributed between Charles Sound, to the south of Fiordland; Sutherland to the north, on the Tasman Sea side of Fiordland; then across to the Doon River, which flows into the middle fiord of Lake Te Anau, down to the Worsley River to the north.
A ballot is held to allocate hunting blocks. For the ballot there are 25 hunting blocks, which are divided up into Four 10-day hunting periods.
Rut period closures
The Wapiti area is closed for Hunting at this time:
PLEASE NOTE! The below Blocks closed to all Department of Conservation permitted hunting as of the 31st of December, until the start of the Wapiti ballot. Please see below closed blocks
Looking Glass
Catseye
Stina Burn
Whitewater
George River
Stillwater
Lake Katherine
Edith
Wapiti River
Upper Glaisnock
Loch Burn
Lugar Burn
Lower Glaisnock
Narrows Creek
Mid Burn
Billy Burn
Wild Natives
Worsley
