Looks like he coughed up a lung:O_O:;)
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Looks like he coughed up a lung:O_O:;)
Think it’s the thick bush in Pureora they get damaged when in velvet. @Micky Duck same happens to some of the reds on Stewart Island.
@Pongo12 you are getting some really nice tops on those stags.
Good on ya is it all bush stalking? Must be having a ball:thumbsup:
Good buck for this year need to get it scored to see if it's better then my last 1
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An old 9 going nuts, satellite stags trying to steal his girls. pretty avg old head , but a good bush stalk all the same. Weekend off bush stags now, let all the crazy townies do their thing.
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Yea still a bit of room yet
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@Pongo12 does your wife know she is sitting on a gold mine:)
Heck....some pretty good hooks up on the wall too
Unlike the saum @camo wsm built me, she's a bloody machine
Back on topic, lil frog this morning croaking hard
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Its best to be positive about things here @Rees. its our best time of the year and everyone is having fun.
Had a week in the High country, landed in a foot of snow! A mixture of weather, cold & wet, not much roaring but had a good time.
Big old 8
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Probably should have left this one but he’s at the butcher now
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This fella was right at the head of a high tussock basin with 3 hinds, massive stalk with shifty winds, and a 250yd shot on him sleeping
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Another great trip with my good hunting mate of 25yrs
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Grandson with his dads Okatina special.
Older animal but in good condition.
Looks a it sad after your photo T
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My effort for the roar.
Solid effort!
absolute cracker
Cripes, the heads just seem to get better year on year.
Here's one for ya.. nothing special but they starting to make some noise. Stretched the legs on the 308 on this guy, 6 paces.
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Heard two calls just on dark Friday night.
Unsure?? I let one walk that looked similar last year so wondering if it's genetic. Anyway, he's in the freezer now, was nice and fat aswell.
It was lucky he was that close as I noticed a couple of hours earlier that I had snapped my rear scope ring, so I taped it up and kept hunting. Not sure it would have been any good much further out.
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Fallow buck on the deck before the sika next week. Croaking very well
A big old character public land Ruahine Red 8 pointer I shot with my mate Devon @ 4 meters!
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I rough measured it at 39" long on the good side (35" on weak) x 37" spread. (i don't know how to measure it but wanted to give some scale)
He had a bloody big body compared to the other stags we shot on the trip.
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