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

Where i hunt its all over for the reds last week, you might get the odd one roar at night. Already seen stags out feeding alone trying to recover from one hell of a party,. Was going to go out last night but was blowing its ass off and woke up this morning to rain.

Have they shut up in the Ruahines?

I've been doing other things waiting for the roar to finish so I can have the hills to myself again. Have second week of May off so will go and get stuck in up there while all the fullas are shooting each other in their mai mai.

Originally Posted by bigbear

Where i hunt its all over for the reds last week, you might get the odd one roar at night. Already seen stags out feeding alone trying to recover from one hell of a party,. Was going to go out last night but was blowing its ass off and woke up this morning to rain.

Definitely all over where I’ve been poking around, Whirinaki, Urewera, Mamaku and Kaingaroa.


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Originally Posted by Danny

Definitely all over where I’ve been poking around, Whirinaki, Urewera, Mamaku and Kaingaroa.


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Many Deer in the Big K now
Most frustrating hunting of my life in Kaingaroa - Deer sign everywhere - but finding them was like there were none there at all (if that makes sense :-)

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Many Deer in the Big K now
Most frustrating hunting of my life in Kaingaroa - Deer sign everywhere - but finding them was like there were none there at all (if that makes sense :-)

Certainly does!!!

Originally Posted by Danny

Definitely all over where I’ve been poking around, Whirinaki, Urewera, Mamaku and Kaingaroa.


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Shit. Probably means the kaimai's are done.



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So many of us are avoiding the roar and waiting for May before going bush, it might be more crowded in there than during the roar.

Originally Posted by Cigar

So many of us are avoiding the roar and waiting for May before going bush, it might be more crowded in there than during the roar.

Probably as crowded as Feb was in the hills

Any action/noise in the tararua's?

Nay Sika action yet? I've been holed up with the flu so two weekends gone without a walk yet

Originally Posted by TJM

Nay Sika action yet? I've been holed up with the flu so two weekends gone without a walk yet

A few pages earlier has some hee haw action going on

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I was in Clements (one of at least 14 cars at the road end) over the weekend. A few hee-haws throughout the day but generally quiet. Sat on a terrace with two decent scrapes and pretended to be a rusty door hinge for a while but no-one wanted to fight.

Side note - On the way out on Sunday arvo we passed three chaps with a dog. They were heading back in up the Hinemaia to look for a young fulla who hadn't made it back to camp Saturday night. Anyone on here have an update or know what happened?

So the roar must be almost over for the reds and Sika. Fallow might still be on in some parts.

But what if you miss out on and think hey you will keep for next year....our defiantly coming back for you.....

Recon is an all year project good to hear a few more yarns of the ones that got away.

In my neck of the woods Roe buck are fighting fit with a lot being moved about. Just a lot of small stuf on my ground at the moment still waiting on bigger animals to move in.

Yep the roar is over and the deer are on the move feeding prior to winter so still a good time to pick an animal or two. Reds are finished but the Sambar are not far away from getting busy.

Shot a stag on Saturday afternoon, well a mate did. Roared at him and he came from 400m to 150m for a look, before he got poleaxed. I had reds roaring their heads off on the 24th May a few years back. So you never know.

Also saw a fallow buck on Friday morning and he was letting out the odd croak and sniffing around a couple of does. Cousin shot a 230ds fallow on Thursday that was hanging within does but not making any noise.