Thread: Stags and Bucks 2025

Originally Posted by Monk

Pest control on one of my crops…Attachment 270958

"cops, come and try ta snatch ma crops"

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Greg Duley saw one like this last year. Was on NZ hunter adventures last night. Might be the the same one.

Just watched that and thought the same thing haha .

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Originally Posted by Springy

Shot this stunning pre-roar stag last Friday. After 17.5km and 1500 vertical meters in the tops the day before, I came back to the hut down in the valley. I woke up early and went for a walk to a clearing on the bush edge when this guy stepped out following a couple of hinds. I was very surprised to see a deer of this quality down there as I'd only seen small deer there for the last year or so.

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Great stag, congrats

Couple from last week

A bit more meat for the freezer, Te Urewera. Been very quiet the last few days, only hearing the odd half hearted moan.

Got this guy this morning, he was roaring. Te Urewera

Only special because vintage rifle and in the pouring rain this evening
My quest to shoot a good stag with my 1885 30-40 continues
In last 6 weeks fallow spiker, red hind, red stag ***** well there's a good story to tell about that one, red spiker and now this red stag.
Great hunt in the pouring rain and has seen a good stag and roared him in and shot at 50m and turns out to be this one I hadn't seen previously

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Only special because vintage rifle and in the pouring rain this evening
My quest to shoot a good stag with my 1885 30-40 continues
In last 6 weeks fallow spiker, red hind, red stag ***** well there's a good story to tell about that one, red spiker and now this red stag.
Great hunt in the pouring rain and has seen a good stag and roared him in and shot at 50m and turns out to be this one I hadn't seen previously

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Zoom right in and look at the rifle and you will see it's bloody wet.

Nothing is too good to go hunting.

Good roaring going on in the Nth Wairarapa last evening.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good roaring going on in the Nth Wairarapa last evening.

Talked to an old school mate at Pongaroa and the wild deer on his place are going hard out, have broken most of his single string elec fences

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Talked to an old school mate at Pongaroa and the wild deer on his place are going hard out, have broken most of his single string elec fences

Yes

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Only special because vintage rifle and in the pouring rain this evening
My quest to shoot a good stag with my 1885 30-40 continues
In last 6 weeks fallow spiker, red hind, red stag ***** well there's a good story to tell about that one, red spiker and now this red stag.
Great hunt in the pouring rain and has seen a good stag and roared him in and shot at 50m and turns out to be this one I hadn't seen previously

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Looks like a wee bit back from the hilar spot....was he still a 'bang flop' akaroa1?.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

Looks like a wee bit back from the hilar spot....was he still a 'bang flop' akaroa1?.

No bang flop from that shot
The one in the shoulder finished him off once he ran into the open

Not so easy when it's getting dark and pouring

Heard 5 stags roaring across 1500m face this morning
But all totally un huntable

Nice stag there Ak1.

tourists on a public land (will do a write up about the whole adventure in another thread)