Thread: Stags & Bucks 2022

I was backblocks of tekapo on Monday and only saw thar on the tops

Lets hope this weather coming through might push them down abit. Make it slightly easier for me!

Originally Posted by Dingo

Lets hope this weather coming through might push them down abit. Make it slightly easier for me!

Were there a few animals around I’m heading down in a couple of weeks
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Originally Posted by Billbob

I was backblocks of tekapo on Monday and only saw thar on the tops

Was there a few animals around heading down there in 2 weeks

Originally Posted by Mr300WSM

Was there a few animals around heading down there in 2 weeks

What creek you heading up? Have hunted a fair chunk of it and might be able to give you some advice?

Originally Posted by Mr300WSM

Was there a few animals around heading down there in 2 weeks

Saw 4 mobs of Thar and a couple of singles, all from 800m+ away on the tops. Did a day trip with the inlaws to show them some real county so i wasnt hunting

Doing free pest control on a farm just south of Wellsford. Guy has only owned the place for a couple of years and leans towards the 'green' side. Told me to shoot anything not native.......including deer.
Took along the 7mm08, just in case. Got the bottom buck just on dusk with the 7mm08......the second buck was shot by my buddy with his 17hmr as it ran towards the bush. Both heads have 26pts......

'One mans Pest is another mans Prize' I guess....

Originally Posted by Allgood

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Doing free pest control on a farm just south of Wellsford. Guy has only owned the place for a couple of years and leans towards the 'green' side. Told me to shoot anything not native.......including deer.
Took along the 7mm08, just in case. Got the bottom buck just on dusk with the 7mm08......the second buck was shot by my buddy with his 17hmr as it ran towards the bush. Both heads have 26pts......

'One mans Pest is another mans Prize' I guess....

Crazy! Lucky man you are


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Where did he hit it with the 17HMR?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Where did he hit it with the 17HMR?

2 in the head,1 in the neck. 1st shot rocked it and it slowed to a stagger/trot, next 2 in quick succession dropped it.
He shot a red stag a while ago and dropped it on the spot with one shot to the brain box at 80m. That guy can really shoot!
That makes 7 deer ( 2 reds,5 fallow) down to the 17hmr in 4 months between us.... (20gr soft points)

Originally Posted by Allgood

2 in the head,1 in the neck. 1st shot rocked it and it slowed to a stagger/trot, next 2 in quick succession dropped it.
He shot a red stag a while ago and dropped it on the spot with one shot to the brain box at 80m. That guy can really shoot!
That makes 7 deer ( 2 reds,5 fallow) down to the 17hmr in 4 months between us.... (20gr soft points)

That's good going, have you lost any?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

That's good going, have you lost any?

Nope. Its not a caliber for marginal shots on deer so the conditions have to be perfect. Ie a solid rest, within 80m, a clear shot at the head/top of the neck side on etc. Any doubt and the shot isnt taken. We use 17gr varmint rounds for rabbits etc but always have a magazine of 20gr sp's in a pocket for anything bigger. They will penetrate a deers skull easily from the side. Did a post mortem on one of the reds a while back.....here are a couple of pics of what I found......

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Nice work, very thorough. Full meat recovery

A real fun stalk onto 150 yards

Nicely done @Pongo12