Thread: How's the recon going for the roar?

Originally Posted by Pointer

Always keen. Got a spot in the 'kumaras thats due for inspection around April too, just needs a a whirly bird to get in there. The other musketeer is keen, you?

R93 do you find the stags in your spot move far from their summer range? I hunt a spot that is completely devoid of mature stags throughout the year, but come the roar it's chocka. How does it work down your way?

I have only run into stags in the rut that I have seen in the late summer that do not have to travel far for their needs.
Otherwise it seems a lottery.

Major river valleys etc they can move anywhere and seem to travel a fair distance.
I seen one a few years ago from the machine in the Haast river valley. He was definitely a shooter.
Looked for him on foot before, during and after the roar.
Never seen him until around the same time the following year out of the machine again. 😆

I try to not do any recon until mid to late March.
Never had any real luck doing it any earlier.
I have even seen stags that you would think be dominant get moved off by smaller stags early in the Rut.

I rather search areas I know have good genetics and read the sign as best I can.





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