Thread: STAGS SHOT 2021

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 Stocky

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).

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

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.

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

Originally Posted by Yesmate

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

Originally Posted by Yesmate

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Great head!

Originally Posted by Yesmate

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That 'small guy' looks to have been an exceptional spiker and not a poor 2yr old.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

That 'small guy' looks to have been an exceptional spiker and not a poor 2yr old.

yea he is,here's a pic of another exceptional spiker shot in the area a couple of years ago.we shouldn't have shot him but this circumstance we decided to.

Nice stags guys. How about that samba swamp donkey?
What forest you hunting @Pongo12

Originally Posted by Pushover

Nice stags guys. How about that samba swamp donkey?
What forest you hunting @Pongo12

The waitakere ranges mate

Put to sleep this 9 pointer a couple of days ago.
342 yds - 300winmag

Nice clearing to look over. What time of day?

Originally Posted by Pushover

Nice clearing to look over. What time of day?

Around 8am

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

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.