Thread: Stags shot 2017

Not the roar any more.
But I almost shot this stag twice very early in the roar ... only for him to get away or the fog come in and beat me.

Spent a solid month hunting other places during the roar and finally got back to see if this guy was still around.
Found him with 6 mixed age hinds at 1500m and pulled off an easy stalk in to 310m for a short wait and regulation shot in the shoulder.

Nice to finally get him as I had seen him a couple of times last year also.



He was a big unit but in poor condition compared to the stags I shot during the roar.

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Not the roar any more.
But I almost shot this stag twice very early in the roar ... only for him to get away or the fog come in and beat me.

Spent a solid month hunting other places during the roar and finally got back to see if this guy was still around.
Found him with 6 mixed age hinds at 1500m and pulled off an easy stalk in to 310m for a short wait and regulation shot in the shoulder.

Nice to finally get him as I had seen him a couple of times last year also.

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He was a big unit but in poor condition compared to the stags I shot during the roar.

Nice. Tell us about your pup?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Nice. Tell us about your pup?

Josie GWP bitch, 8 years old and done a lot of hunting in that time.
Exclusively a deer dog and finds and points well.
Great company and a good excuse to get out often.
Puts me on to plenty of deer and has only ever cocked up a could of hunts herself.
Hard to get her to stay still in the photos as she is very amped up after shooting a deer.
She has a saddle bag pack that I carry in my day pack ( too noisy for hunting ) and she helps by carrying out some of the meat.
Slows her down to only twice my speed on the walk out.

^ legend, nice work

akaroa1 that's a beauty good to hear you got him after plenty of trying, perseverance does pay off.

Load her up on the walk in too! Went hunting with my mate and his lab. He pulled blue cheese and crackers out of the dogs panniers!

Originally Posted by stug

Load her up on the walk in too! Went hunting with my mate and his lab. He pulled blue cheese and crackers out of the dogs panniers!

Yes I do load her up on multi day walk ins.
She can comfortably carry 1/3 rd of her body weight and that takes a bit of the load off me.
You do have to watch out for rubbing across the dogs chest from the straps when its been on for a number of days, its been wet or its heavily loaded.
For day hunts having the saddle bag in my day pack is just perfect though.

Originally Posted by Nathan F

That's a cracker.

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Holy hecker!!!

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Never get sick of looking at trophy japs.Ripper

Is he an 8? Cant tell on my phone.
Fricken long and wide.
Ripper head.



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Yes Massive 8 . Only shot with a camera

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Yes Massive 8 . Only shot with a camera

Because???

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Yes Massive 8 . Only shot with a camera

Rangipo Prison farm ???????