Thread: Public Land Roar Predictions?

Some great predictions and some grim predictions here but I guess that's a good reminder to everyone to be careful.

Keep reading the Tea Leaves. I reckon it will be the 20th March in Canterbury High Country and Early April in Southland because that's when I'm getting out

Going to be some big stags shot this year and lot of young promising ones because of Lockdown last year and limited WARO activity. Looking forward to seeing what some people drag out of the hills!

Originally Posted by Grantn

Some great predictions and some grim predictions here but I guess that's a good reminder to everyone to be careful.

Keep reading the Tea Leaves. I reckon it will be the 20th March in Canterbury High Country and Early April in Southland because that's when I'm getting out

Going to be some big stags shot this year and lot of young promising ones because of Lockdown last year and limited WARO activity. Looking forward to seeing what some people drag out of the hills!

Maybe marginally bigger stags. But realistically a significant portion of stags shot are sub 4 years and realistically to be big need to be getting into the 7-8 range. So 2 years of mild waro and one year off the roar won't magically raise the average enough to make a significant difference. The only difference I see will be more 3 or 4 year olds shot than 2 or 3 year olds. I've been seeing more stags than ever but they have tended to be around that 3-4 or younger range with the odd exception.