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

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    The first estrus cycle of hinds occurs on or around 20th March. We know this by counting back from when the first fawns appear

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    Looks like my timing for coming back and hunting the roar is spot on then just need to do my bit hope the fitness holds up
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    Get in there Sideshow
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    The farmed stags down the road having been going pretty hard the last two mornings, a definite step up in activity from earlier in the week.
    A neighbouring farm manager commented today how the farm stags were getting wound up over the last few days, so it's not just my imagination

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    Reconnaissance yesterday afternoon / evening it was 8 pm before I got out. Into the thickest piece of jungle you can find in the Kaimai's isolation and local knowledge is the key to this bit of real estate. Very dry under foot and humid I left plenty of sweat on the hill.
    Nil stag action, more pig sign than normal and fresh too, but that wasn't the target species deer sign was old browse nothing real fresh to get excited about

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathias View Post
    That's bugger all for 2hrs air time. Nothing on the Canterbury side aye
    Only seen Thar on that side.
    Looked up both branches of the Mathias and a lot of other places.
    Landed on dark back in Hoki so should have seen more I would have thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R93 View Post
    Only seen Thar on that side.
    Looked up both branches of the Mathias and a lot of other places.
    Landed on dark back in Hoki so should have seen more I would have thought.

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    Shit that's disappointing for that much fly time and the country covered. Hammered by waro previously ?

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    Wilberforce Valley, Moa Stream etc 1080ed last Sept though expect WARO back there in the future?. Rakaia always on the WARO list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hunteast View Post
    expect WARO back there in the future?. Rakaia always on the WARO list.
    Dusting off their .303s and homemade net guns as we speak .

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    Quote Originally Posted by chainsaw View Post
    Shit that's disappointing for that much fly time and the country covered. Hammered by waro previously ?
    I would say it doesn't get hammered more than it does farmed, from what I understand. Only gets hit a couple times a year so animals are complacent and easy to clean up.
    We only seen 3 deer and they were in the Whitcombe and were out and about early.

    All sorts of reasons not to have seen more animals but I was more surprised at the lack of sign in areas I know there should be some movement.
    To be fair tho, I could do it again today and see shitloads.

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    Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshC View Post
    Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.
    Can’t wait until next Monday
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    Bumped a reasonable even 8 today in an area where I have been seeing lots of rubs and the odd wallow. Going to leave it be for a week or so now.

    Strangely have been through there a bit since probably mid December and found this little guy today....
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    So flew in yesterday 👍 just lag is not to bad at present. Bulk buy and organise day today. Then into it
    Have packed all wrong though can’t believe how hot it is here at present 24 in Morrinsville yesterday
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    @Sideshow - you appear to have landed in "sideways earth" not middle earth. Either that or the jetlag is much worse than you think.

 

 

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