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The farmed deer down the road have started roaring again in the last few days, even going for it right now.
I have to work out if it’s one stag making all the noise, or if others have joined in. It’s not the first time I have heard them roaring mid-late winter.
Yeah that happens.. Generally in farmed deer it is a single animal rather than multiple animals that do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cigar
Yeah we still have the odd one doing a moan. Think we cut a stag for velvet two weeks ago....
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Well after last years fiasco let’s hope this year is better:) I see Ryan has sharpened his spear;)
For the rest of you there must be a few out there that where good last year that will be rippers this..let’s see how your getting on:thumbsup:
No bites?
Thought you guys would be out in the hills looking for Mr Big?
Il be checking out a spot in the Catlins this week. happy for a mrs small and tasty but a mr big and smelly would be awesome too.
@JessicaChen let us know how you get on. With spring coming here the muntjac are starting to move I saw a few yesterday heading into the woods to start on the bluebells. Funny the intestines turn blue when eating them. As the mate all year round you can call em in almost any time. Hard to skin but good eating.
Yep I will report back on my findings. It is an area that isn't very popular, not sure why, but it is restricted land so no other hunters are (legally) allowed to go in when im there which is great. Few years ago found a big wallow and scrapings in that area but never revisited since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
Got a spot called black gully, blue mountains in the middle of April which is exciting, but cant do any recon there unfortunately.
Muntjac are funny looking things, the skulls with fangs are awesome.
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Yeah you don’t want your dog to corner one as they will give them a good ripping if the dog has no clue and the deer has one!
You also don’t want to hit one in the car, low to the ground and will make a good mess of you front bumper!
Have a crossing place up the road from me. Last count was 12 bumpers on the side of the road:thumbsup: need to take a photo of that and stick it in the crash vehicle site lol
Feel sorry for those of you who have a Haast roar block. I flew into/over the Waiatoto early January and there were deer everywhere. The Wallis’ have been hammering the shit out of those blocks since then. Yarning with @bluebaiter222 who has been in there since. Gutbags everywhere, and the deer have become nocturnal. He can elaborate more if he chooses.
I also spoke with a close family friend of the Wallis’ and he said they have shot several thousand in the Haast area over the last few months.
They don’t get ‘em all but it makes it pretty tough for those of you who have a block and are spending hard won cash, taking leave etc to hunt areas that have been thrashed.
I hear mixed reports about marketsQuote:
Originally Posted by gilly
I have a clip now given to me of a mop up in the Hoki region (like shooting fish n a barrel)
But where or what is the market
They wont be doing it for fun or free
I’ve heard it’s for pet food. Or they are stockpiling carcasses at the processors ready for the market to open again.
pet food and the local market. Though thought that market not so big? Overseas - take a while to get a shipping container and veni only keeps chilled for so long?
This is a guess, as the wallis's have their own export certified processing plant I would wager that they will have established Niche markets for 'Organic Wild NZ Venison'. The domestic pet food venny price is $2 kg skin on including plucks, not high enough to operate a flying machine on.Quote:
Originally Posted by gilly
Price of venny in the UK is right down with restaurants shut. Same would go for Germany.
So I doubt its coming this way.
Does anyone know
Has the Pluck been left on the hill or not ??
the numerous gutbags seen in the Waiatoto last week we're paunches only.The heads/ears & plucks flown out attached to the carcass _ all required for both dog tucker & domestic/export markets
Found three big new wallowing areas and some scrapings yesterday. Some poop was left that morning but didn't see or hear any deer, just the noisy bloody cows from the nearby farmland. The cows hollered all day and night!
Only learned recently though that this area I looked at is inaccessible from today till after the roar ends which is a shame. But at least I went out there and learned the area. Not a bad wee bit of forest except for some areas of impenetrable supplejack which red deer wouldn't be able to go through anyway. Pretty much just followed deer tracks that went around these nasty areas.
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Stags are getting into it
Been here three times the third time was easier to find.Plenty roaring up the tops of the Ruahines.Attachment 163449Attachment 163450Attachment 163451Attachment 163452Attachment 163453
That looks nice @Dundee
@aetchellQuote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
you were up here today,weren't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sako851
Busy looking area should have a good chance around there.
How we getting on guys??
Yeah popped up looking late in the morning without a rifle for a look around. Was that one of your vehicles in the park?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Anyone started looking yet for this year?
heading out tomorrow for afew days recon workQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
I never do any recon....i i rather be surprised whats there when i get there.Besides, couldnt help myself and take a rifle and velvet stags are just great eating so they just end upQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
on the deck. Like to give this time of year a miss until mid feb or March where the stags are still in good nick and hard antler..
Did see a 8 pointer in velvet when trying to get out and set up a game camera and i know where he be.
Im the other way haven't got any public spots for the roar so doing 7 or 8 3-4 day trips between now and the roar to try and locate some good animals/ground so during the roar im not
wasting my time so to speak, not wasting time so to speak just wasting the roar looking for animals
I only posted to see if anyone was looking at new ground and to put the thought into your heads…only 4 months to the roar…I’d not shoot the ones in velvet. But I would knock over any yearlings or hinds that had not dropped a fawn.
Game camera fucked out got a new ordered mental stuff i have witnessed big fan more deer and trophy blood Hunter Hills game cameras rule big fan and fuck all wallaby action
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Had to read that one twice:XD: any good photos yet @NRT our have you not put it out yet.
Agree drinking ,and texting not a strong point Need to get photos off laptop there is a classic one of a velvety red with his head tilted sniffing the camera with wtf expression on his faceQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
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Any updates?
Just got a new bit of land myself so looking forward to the roe buck rut.
Don’t really get the time to do pre roar recon specifically. For the likes of Sika which I intend to target, I feel your recon would be more ground focussed anyway rather then animal focussed as the stags can travel a long way over the March period into their rutting grounds for April. Places that don’t hold any good stags over the feeding months will have them turn up for the roar and then bugger off again. My best recon info comes from things learnt during previous roars.
I haven't managed to get out and look but mates have and reckon its looking good
Got my first hard antlered stag already :thumbsup: :)
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So the big guys ought to be well stripped now.
The problem being with "pre roar" scouting is that they don't roar where they grow their velvet. They can move a very long way.
Nice one @Tahr plenty of fat on him??Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
