That last pic. $5k worth of gear in one small heap.
303, sugar sack and box brownie camera: $100 :)
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That last pic. $5k worth of gear in one small heap.
303, sugar sack and box brownie camera: $100 :)
Good to see a totally unbiased report on the gear @BRADS
Out last night after 10 days in Fiordland. Plenty of deer seen, a bit of roaring action, nice young stags/bulls about and a bloody good adventure overall. No shots fired, nothing old enough or big enough.
Here's just a few pics of many;
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Wow! Love that second pick Josh :thumbsup:You wanna go lil man :D
Amazing deer pictures JoshC! :cool:
I would have found it difficult not shooting that beauty stag in the left in the second picture! Looks like he is about to open a can of whoop ass too! :thumbsup:
Cheers Bryan. We watched him for a few days servicing his hinds/cows, and came to the conclusion he was only around 4 years old so left him for another hunter (HOPEFULLY) in two more years at least. Sad to say that if the next lot hunt that valley properly they will see him and might not think like us. So many good stags get shot way before their prime, this guy is a classic example of a potential trophy needing one or two more years.
Funny about the whoop ass thing too, the ten on the skyline actually came over from the next watershed a few days into our trip and eventually gave this good stag a tong up and stole his hinds/cows! He was by far the dominant/most mature bull we saw in the valley, although wasn't sporting the most impressive rack. He snuck around in the shadows waiting to pounce. Was classic viewing.
Awesome Josh thanks for sharing.
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Awesome Pictures!! Left hand second picture looks like a beaut, would be awesome if he is still in the same spot for you next year or three!! :D
Cheers josh, cant wait to see some more pictures :)
just to add a disclaimer before the rest of my post, it is only one photo and a photo at that, I was not there and did not see it.
That stag.... he doesn't look very Wap to me, he looks mostly red with undoubtably some wap in him.
The younger stag below him looks much more strongly Wap type to me but as I said it is only one photo and I was not there.
Your thoughts Josh?
Good on you for letting him walk regardless, they don't get big any other way. Hopefully the next guy sees him the same way as you
Just the shade of him in the photo VC. He'd only just got out of a wallow. He was very cream coloured in full sunlight.
The younger stags were probably the most wap type seen in the block, they're probably the ones targeted by the choppers. No red type spikers/young stags were seen at all.
Where my thoughts as well vc before I read the latter
That is good then....I think the coastal bush blocks are a lost cause as far as furthering the wap purity is concerned.
There is simply no way they can be selectively culled out of those areas............................................. .........
Where to from here for the wap?
Sorry 338 I'm sharing this pic.
He's a monster boys
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Now thats a stag
Mean! Bloody mean!
Not even a groan here tonight.
Here my effort last evening , with a bow.
Took us two trips to bring back trophy and all the meat we could carry.
Heaps of activity as well.
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Good effort Friwi, what part of the country was that in?.
A 10ptr I shot yesterday morning in the Southern Ruahines
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Pouriora is the place.
Shot this big fallow buck, snapped off antlers and left these little spikes lol:cool:
Back from an epic weekend with @Pointer. Just sorting out the pics but might stick it in the mag section with a story or two ;)
Fuck me I just seen the pic, good shit Gibo they are massive[emoji106][emoji106]
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Come on @Gibo faster with the two finger typing, want to see something interesting, given up on the cricket.
Awesome photo mate.
That's a Cracker @BRADS, I'd love to hear more about it?
Hi guys, spent 3 days in the Whirinaki, no roaring heard, no shots fired, spooked one fat hind, but she didnt stop after i 'barked'......
First deer shot sat morning
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That stags almost smiling as much as you Stuart :D
One I decided to leave alone as I thought it was weak on one side. (Looking thru spotter) Still scores 300ish but was shot by a another one of our party.
Seen a lot of stags but nothing bigger than I have shot so no shots fired by me on this first trip.
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Nice one Dave :thumbsup: