Hunting in Fiordland
57 DOC permit areas, 29 roar blocks, 55 huts, 129 unformed legal roads — and what each of them means before you go.
What has been recorded here
- Red deer 102
- Rabbit 39
- Brushtail possum 26
- Brown hare 10
- Chamois 10
- Wild turkey 7
- Sika deer 5
- Feral pig 3
- Peafowl 2
- Himalayan tahr 1
Most of these are logged by the public rather than by hunters, so a cluster is a real sign the animal is about and out where it can be seen — it is not a record of where people hunt. But records follow tracks, roads and campsites, so empty country usually means nobody has walked it with a phone rather than that there is nothing there. Presence, not density.
Occurrence data from GBIF.org.
Where you can hunt
DOC files 57 hunting permit areas in Fiordland, 29 of them roar blocks. Public conservation land needs a permit, and each area carries its own conditions and closures — which are DOC’s to set and worth reading for the block you pick.
129 unformed legal roads run through the region — public roads that were surveyed and never built. Many cross private farmland, and you may pass along one without asking anybody, though the paddocks either side stay private.
Balloted and restricted blocks here
- Fiordland wapiti ballotSource changed — check it Wapiti · run by FWF
1080 in Fiordland right now
No DOC 1080 operation in Fiordland is in its caution period today. That is DOC’s record only — regional councils, OSPRI and landowners lay poison that is not in it, so read the signs at every entrance and ask the owner on private land.
Every recorded operation, and what it means for dogs
Shows operations recorded by DOC from March 2022 onward. This is not a statement that 1080 is or is not present now. Always follow on-site warning signs and check DOC for the authoritative position.
Huts
55 across 3 parks and conservation areas. 42 you can simply turn up at, and 34 of those have a fire.
Hut locations and facilities: Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0), via the DOC open data hub.
Fiordland National Park53 huts
- Back Valley HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Big Bay HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Borland BivvyTurn upWaterToilet
- Caroline HutTurn upFireWaterToilet
- Caswell Sound HutTurn upWaterToilet
- Clark HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Clark Hut - A FrameTurn upMattressesWaterToilet
- Clinton HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Demon Trail HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Dumpling HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Eel Creek HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Freeman Burn HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- George Sound HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Glaisnock HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Green Lake HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Halfway HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Hauroko Burn HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Hidden Falls HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Hokuri HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Hope Arm HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Iris Burn Hut Book aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Junction Burn HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Kaipo HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Kintail HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Lake Alabaster HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Lake Hankinson HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Lake Mackenzie Hut Book aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Lake Poteriteri HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Lake Roe HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Lake Thomson HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Loch Maree HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Luxmore Hut Book aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Martins Bay HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Mckerrow Island HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Mintaro HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- Monowai HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Moturau Hut Book aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
- North Borland HutTurn upWaterToilet
- Olivine HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Port Craig School HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Rodger Inlet HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Rodger Inlet Hut (Historic)Turn upMattressesWaterToilet
- Shallow Bay HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Slaughterburn Hut Turn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Supper Cove HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Te Oneroa A-Frame HutTurn upWaterToilet
- Teal Bay HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- The Gut HutTurn upMattressesWaterToilet
- Upper Spey HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Wairaurahiri HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Waitutu HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Westies HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Worsley HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
Doubtful Sound/Patea area1 hut
- West Arm HutTurn upMattressesWaterToilet
Southern fiords area1 hut
- Deas Cove HutTurn upFireMattressesWaterToilet
Before you walk in
This is a snapshot of DOC’s hut dataset, not a live feed — DOC last refreshed it in April 2026 and has flagged it for replacement. Huts close, burn down, get booked out and get alerts put on them. Before you commit to sleeping in one, open its DOC page and check.
“Turn up” means first come, first served — carry a Backcountry Hut Pass or tickets, and expect company. The rules about firearms and carcasses near huts are the same everywhere and worth reading once.
Asking for private land
Most of Fiordland is somebody’s farm, and that is where the animals a landowner wants fewer of usually are. Find the block on the map and we work out the postal address without ever showing you who owns it; you print one page, they scan the code and answer.