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They look like wallows to me!
The easiest way to tell if it's a pig or deer that has been in a wallow is to look at the tracks, generally pig tracks are very round while deer are more oblong/oval. The toes on pig tracks are also very sharp and can look like they have claws (i.e. look like two-toed dog tracks). Pigs will generally rub on a nearby punga or other tree after wallowing, so look for fresh mud on tree trunks. Also look for hair in the wallow.
Nope that’s a 3 toe Dino foot print:oAttachment 192483;)
thanks for the info mate, now that I think about it the pig was pretty clean looking when I knocked him over tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Cigar
Looks fairly dry up there, take it no rain yet?
Yeah the creeks and streams were pretty low. Shit tonne of blown over trees keeping the deer handy thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
i heard yesterday that stags started roaring properly in Queenstown region on Sunday night, so as this southerly today flows north should get the rest of NZ going.
@Louie do you happen to have a pic of the pig you shot?
@Freezer Young boar with 3 others, definitely on the small side but the bastards had been making a mess of the place rooting up everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freezer
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Good work.
I was interested as on one of my weekend hunts I came across a pig that had been left. Wondered if it was you.
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Nar his dose not have white socks
Went for a look on sunday, no action or roaring. Found a couple of wallows but only a couple of hinds and a spiker been using it in the last couple of days.
Not much sign of any decent stags, wasnt a area i was going to hunt for the roar anyway so i certainly wont now.
I always hear stags going in the bush from the 20th so i suspect it should be about the same.
OI go again this sunday or monday and then again on friday or saturday when i should hear some actoion and hopefully a stag down
Last night. Nice 12.
Gave him a few roars but he just wandered off. Wasn't interested.
Hope to catch up with him sometime.
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Think for a lot of you in the north island due to the storm this might have been in short supply.
If you have gotten out how did you get on?
Some of the farm stags making abit of noise apparently
North Canterbury. The odd spika feeding with hinds but the big guys still not interested.
The recon came to an abrupt holt 3 weeks ago, I now cannot get to my hunting spots due to washed-out roads and bridges. Prior to this I had seen the biggest stag i have even seen on Public land, I had great plans of trying to catch him out in the same spot again pre-roar, but it's not to be, thankfully I still have a house, many now don't.
Yeah for a lot of people in Hawkes Bay she's going to be slim pickings this roar.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
Having seen the state of some of the roads accessing the Kawekas on the eastern side, unfortunately there is not many options there.
Went for a blat round some fiordland possies in the weekend, no noise there yet but its certainly getting cold at night now, snow on the tops on Saturday night.
....even with the roads cleared, and an aerial assessment of huts & tracks in the Ruahines and Kawekas - windthrow will kill any concept of a decent hunt in 2023's roar.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
No intention of being all doom and gloom - there will be new clearings opened up on faces not previously considered..... but there will be issues getting to whatever you've shot.
Best of luck to all affected by that bastard Gabrielle, but please be careful.
Yup I hear ya mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Nickoli
Rissington bridge will be finished by March 20th -25thQuote:
Originally Posted by GWH
Just in time
Been some very nice velvet sika stags on ferny ridge early Feb and will be really good to catch up with them again end of March
They don’t make a lot of sound during the day unless they are at the northern end, but first light they are very active in the middle of ferny
Ferny will be the point of call for most hunters as it looked like the road was completely gone before the ferny carpark and I think with a 2 wheeler you can get down to the first crossing on lotkow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Ford at Makahu is completely gone and have little hope for the road to the hotsprings. So even with the bridge up at Rissington unless some major repairs happen in a short space of time then unfortunately a lot of legwork will be required to hunt what would usually be easy spots. Probably pretty low priority at the moment and quite costly so possibly may not get done for a fair while.
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Found a nice scraping last week in Southland. Will be going out this morning for a listen.
Just back from a 3 day mission in the tops. Heard a stag roaring well on Friday evening. Saw 6 stags, all on their own or in close proximity to hinds. A couple of them wallowing up and destroying trees. Young stags sparring good last night [emoji1690]
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In North Island after Gabrielle it is like a smorgasborg of feed in the Bush. Plenty of Yummy food lying around everywhere. Should be plenty of healthy animals this Roar!
Bit of a chill in the mornings now.... perhaps stags are starting to think about the roar
the ones in deer farms have started up about a week ago...not all into it ,but enough of them to make noise all night.
Greetings all,
There are going to be some very grumpy hunters in Hawkes bay this year. We have had a cracker season for the growth of feed so the deer should be in good nick but the road access to the Kawekas from where I sit is dicey and it is likely to be April before most is restored. What the bush and tracks are like is anybody's guess. The Taupo Road is still closed so my first trip to the Taupo Range will have to wait as well, the 400 km trip via Palmerston North does not appeal. We rather take for granted the ease of travel in NZ at least in normal times. My first recollection of the Taupo road was in the late 1950's. It was a goat track and took, from memory, something north of 5 hours. People boasted of 4 hour trips but others just shook their heads. I still remember the endless corners and rutted gravel surface. We don't know how lucky we are.
GPM.
Always nice to read your accounts @grandpamac
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Taupo rd open today for trucks and by end of this month to the public
There’s a lot of Sika stag activity from may to august, no need to panic yet
Rissington bridge should be done within two weeks and then you can get at Ferny ridge, lotkow and hot springs, there’s a lifetime of hunting with just those access points
Farm stags kicking off this evening in Southland
Reds and Wapiti heard
Heard a roar come out of the bush on my mates place on Saturday evening. Just one roar, no reply to my imitation.
Yeah they are roaring here at home but a different story up the road where I shot that scrubber sat night. Still a few weeks away
Farm stags haven't said a peep round here yet
Farm deer been going five weeks up Waimate
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Was in the tops over the weekend, saw a older stag thrashing about, and a sad six pointer one let out a few roars. Six pointer is now at butchers.
No recon done, have been a bit busy fixing stuff on the farm here in Hawkes Bay.
The Roar has begun here, heard a few from the porch last night. which was confirmed by a mate who was here looking for a venison last night.
First wallow I have seen getting used. Seems late as it was happening in February last year. No roaring heard yet.
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Too busy fishing and work but been out once and no good. But i did see signs of a stag and using a wallow for awhile .
Still, my mate heard stags roaring/moaning in two different areas around here in the last couple of days so its starting, which is about a week early than normal.
