Thread: STAGS SHOT 2021

Originally Posted by Pongo12

One right in the shit, didn't make any noise until I was right in his area.Bit quiet still, hopefully next few days they start cranking into it. Been bloody slow going.
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do you fill your freezer for the year during the roar or jus lay out roaren stags? lol

we have guys who go fallow hunting in the rut an basically walk from one grunter to another an shoot em........ doesnt really make sense.

Originally Posted by Rees

do you fill your freezer for the year during the roar or jus lay out roaren stags? lol

we have guys who go fallow hunting in the rut an basically walk from one grunter to another an shoot em........ doesnt really make sense.

I don't eat it, give it all away to locals and use the real stinky stuff to the dogs. Its public land mate, ya don't shoot em the choppers or 1080 will get them and there's way too many deer around at the moment

Some nice animals getting shot this year , this isn’t a flash as some and forgot my phone so no pics on the ground , having a beer over the boil up

Originally Posted by Pushover

Nice clearing to look over. What time of day?

Around 8am

I suppose I should pop this up here.
Fiordland bush crazy hunt and a story for another day even if the DS on the rifle might beat the stag.

Originally Posted by Pongo12

One right in the shit, didn't make any noise until I was right in his area.Bit quiet still, hopefully next few days they start cranking into it. Been bloody slow going.
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yea we are still a bit quiet in the tararuas as well, hoping this weekend they launch into a frenzy.this small guy was holding hinds so we let him have it and bro got something serious.

What a beast

Yeh that is solid!!

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Heavy Timber. Awesome

Originally Posted by Pongo12

I don't eat it, give it all away to locals and use the real stinky stuff to the dogs. Its public land mate, ya don't shoot em the choppers or 1080 will get them and there's way too many deer around at the moment

In fairness do you think choppers are relevant to the Pureoras?

Also shooting a heap of stags doesn't help with too many deer. Also choppers have hardly been working for 2 years. I dislike choppers as much as the next mainlander but they aren't really a current concern (except obviously they impact they have had from earlier on the number of mature stags).

Originally Posted by Yesmate

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Nice enough animals seems pretty mature way above the average age stags shot. He looks pretty heavy too. Epic

Top Notch stags being taken this year, well done to all. Hope they are a bit noisy this weekend in our patch.

yes current theory is if you want to effect population at all,shoot a hind and leave spikers n young stags to grow bigger......sure makes sence when pised up skinny young stag isnt worth eating and head hardly worth carrying out....to each his own all the same.

Originally Posted by Yesmate

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That’s a cracker , great pic as well ,the smile says it all

Originally Posted by Sako851

What a beast

Makes a sika stag look like a fawn