Thread: Best Trophy’s from previous roars

2018's effort. 33 inches long x 41 inches wide off public land in Southland. I've hunted in the area since I was a young teenager and this animal is the best one I'd ever seen in there. I reckon he was 8-9 years old.

This particular day my Dad and I had been following a stag around for three or four hours as he would roar and push his hinds away. We kept at it and eventually ended up on the edge of a little swampy clearing. We could see a hind running back and forward as something harassed her. She was beside herself and would hardly stand still at all. Dad said the stag was a rubbish one and we were just about to move away when I saw this guy chasing the hind around. As I raised the rifle Dad hissed at me not to shoot. As it stepped into a gap in the beech I shot him in the lungs.

Dad was pleasantly surprised when we got up there as he had been watching a tiny little 6 pter. The big guy must have sent him packing. The best part was that the little clearing was our camp clearing and after an almighty carry of 100 metres we were back at camp!