Thread: Stags shot 2017

I know, it wasn't roaring.. But this is my first billy @ 38". Not even sure what is regarded as a trophy billy???

Hunting in East Cape region. I missed some seriously gut wrenching opportunities. Identified a beauty of a stag at 120M, 14pts and fired what i thought was a kill shot... heard the impact... Spent the next 5 hours trying to track him down. Seriously gutting. In the end I came away with a fatass spiker which was needed to fill the freezer. Great trip regardless! Many big animals spotted which got the adrenaline pumping!!!

Originally Posted by hotsoup

I know, it wasn't roaring.. But this is my first billy @ 38". Not even sure what is regarded as a trophy billy???

Hunting in East Cape region. I missed some seriously gut wrenching opportunities. Identified a beauty of a stag at 120M, 14pts and fired what i thought was a kill shot... heard the impact... Spent the next 5 hours trying to track him down. Seriously gutting. In the end I came away with a fatass spiker which was needed to fill the freezer. Great trip regardless! Many big animals spotted which got the adrenaline pumping!!!

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Shame that you didn't find that good stag hotsoup..they can sometimes be easier to locate when rotten ( smelly ) from down wind of course.
Many trophy animals that were given up for lost have been found by going back after the rot had set in eh.

Originally Posted by hotsoup

I know, it wasn't roaring.. But this is my first billy @ 38". Not even sure what is regarded as a trophy billy???

Hunting in East Cape region. I missed some seriously gut wrenching opportunities. Identified a beauty of a stag at 120M, 14pts and fired what i thought was a kill shot... heard the impact... Spent the next 5 hours trying to track him down. Seriously gutting. In the end I came away with a fatass spiker which was needed to fill the freezer. Great trip regardless! Many big animals spotted which got the adrenaline pumping!!!

That's a serious goat! Would easily take out your local and maybe national NZDS goat trophy!

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

That's a serious goat! Would easily take out your local and maybe national NZDS goat trophy!

Cheers! I had no idea, I actually saw the goat 2 days before I shot it. Will have to measure it. @300CALMAN

Originally Posted by hotsoup

Cheers! I had no idea, I actually saw the goat 2 days before I shot it. Will have to measure it. @300CALMAN

Please let us know @hotsoup

38 inch billy is a very nice trophy animal hotsoup, shame about the big stag though.

@hotsoup the NZDA minimum douglas score for a goat is 100. Measure the length of the smallest horn around the outside curve and double it. Measure the circumference of the smallest base and double it, then measure the length from tip to tip. Add all the scores together. All measurements in inches. Looking at yours I would guess it would make the 100 mark.

@hotsoup mate that's a huge Billy!! ! How much do you reckon he weighed?

Originally Posted by Blisters

@hotsoup mate that's a huge Billy!! ! How much do you reckon he weighed?

Mate I'm not too sure! No idea actually. He was pretty substantial. @Blisters

I have a few good goat heads and one that is 37 inches wide Scores around 110 DS so yours should easily go over a 100 DS.

Fallow I shot last week

Caples ?

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Caples ?

Yep

Shit I ment snee road seen as how theres no deer down here , you must have overtaken tahr to get that one ! good stuff , you guys had some good frosts by the looks of it , its totally shat it self here now I tossed the gun in the truck at 3.15 to go for a arvo shot im glad I turned around b4 I even got there had a wicked mini storm blow through thunder lighting hail stuff getting blown all over the show , you timed it well ! looking forward to the shooting storey...at snee road

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Shit I ment snee road seen as how theres no deer down here , you must have overtaken tahr to get that one ! good stuff , you guys had some good frosts by the looks of it , its totally shat it self here now I tossed the gun in the truck at 3.15 to go for a arvo shot im glad I turned around b4 I even got there had a wicked mini storm blow through thunder lighting hail stuff getting blown all over the show , you timed it well ! looking forward to the shooting storey...at snee road

I was actually just lining that buck up out the back of Snee Rd and Shootm appeared out of the blue and elbowed me in the eye, and took the shot himself.

The Caples looks nice. Good effort Shootm. Nice pics too.