Yep that's the one aka sausage dog
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A careful approach crawling through the grass to get into position resulted in the 270 having its way.
I might need buy a camo top at some point, it'll increase the sneak potential.
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Entertaining. He will go anywhere because he doesnt know his limits. Gets very cold like a vizsla etc. Really not that suited for high country as his chest and balls gets rubbed raw by matagari and monkey scrub. Great nose but more suited to European hunting, e.g driving around a paddock or tracking flat land
my comment about them earlier is dinky die........they were bred to be like they are on purpose...for hunting...close to ground= better ground scenting short legs= slower so easier to keep up with. I reckon if you could tame one of the vicious little teacup chawahwahs they could be the ultimate hunting buddy...could sit in top pocket and sniff n point deer for you...then track them after the shot LOL
one thing is for certain...a little dog is a hell of a lot easier to pick up and carry than a great big heavy one.
Scored this fella at daybreak yesterday, was 5mins late heading back into cover.. Crying shame one of his brow tines was broken off
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few encounters an a few weeks later.. 7-08
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Something a bit different... the old Sambar stag in the Swamp trick
very interesting hunt, lots of action, 7mm08 162SST
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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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Nice stags guys. How about that samba swamp donkey?
What forest you hunting @Pongo12
Put to sleep this 9 pointer a couple of days ago.
342 yds - 300winmag
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Nice clearing to look over. What time of day?
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
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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.
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Attachment 164676Attachment 164676yea 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.Attachment 164675
What a beast
Yeh that is solid!!
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Heavy Timber.:cool: Awesome
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).
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.
It'd be nice to think some herd management could take effect in more places. But looking at the confirmed and proposed aerial 1080 for the Tararua ranges I wouldn't frown on any deer with antlers being tipped over there in the near future.
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The amount of good animals been seen and shot this year has to be related to lack of hunting last roar due to COVID , amazing what a year of growth produces
Does bugger all damage to the population shooting stags but still animals getting culled, and it's bloody good fun. We hammer the hinds in the winter months, shitloads of them. So still a balance, id hate to see the numbers if we didn't, be over run
It can do a number on populations but not always. One of my major spots got hit last year. Still shit loads of stags in there. Stags are the least likely to die from ingesting that crap (not immune did find 3 dead velveties on the tops presumably from the drop as completely intact nothing removed). Hinds and fawns are far more susceptible though. For herd management I'd take 1080 over waro most days due to the targeted approach to WARO. If WARO targeted hinds (subsidised some how) however that would be the dream as it would actually make a significant difference to these high populations.
Good to hear you hit the hinds too. And yes I agree it doesn't effect the population by killing stags but the idea is to try keep the population under control and it definitely effects the number of mature stags.
But to give credit where its deserved if you are killing a tonne of hinds congrats as you definitely do more control than I have in the past (although in fairness I never shot stags unless its a pb or clearly a shitter ie no tops at all etc) and more than most.
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Shooting poor stags does pureoras isn't the only place stags get shot plenty in the mainland to oxfords taken a good hammering from me over the years mt Thomas the Lewis not young animals just shit animals . Choppers might not be relevant to pureoras as far as aerial culls but I'm sure poison can still be flicked around? I'd made the decision not to take a stag this roar but maybe I should maybe 6 fallow kick em all in a gorge feed the eels what ever spins the wheels