Thread: STAGS SHOT 2021

Originally Posted by MSL

Is that a trailer?


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Yep. Very handy

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Stags shot 2021 ow!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Stags shot 2021 ow!

I tried to post some photos of 2021 stags as well but couldn't. I then wanted to make the point that some of the stags being shot this year are not too far off the great trophies of Europe ( Due to age and in some cases farm blood). Those European trophies were produced by careful game management, we have an opportunity to influence future trophy potential of our feral herds with careful management an knowing which ones to shoot and which to leave.
Out of 52 stags I have looked over in the Oxford area this year I have only seen one that had perfect tines and tine placement. It was a three year old and I hope everyone leaves it.

Looks it


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As for stags shot 2021 here's a stag my cousins mate shot the day after my cousin broke his ankle and walked out.

Thats a great photo Tahr , one you will cherish in the years to come

Originally Posted by matto1234

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Is the right antler on the top stag a bit deformed? Good character stag on the bottom wonder if it's a skull injury or genetic.

Originally Posted by Stocky

Is the right antler on the top stag a bit deformed? Good character stag on the bottom wonder if it's a skull injury or genetic.

If the pedicle is normal it is generally damage during velvet growth that causes a mis-shapen antler, not a genetic fault.
The big old Red a couple of posts up appears to have broken his pedicle in the past ( normally fighting), the pedicle having re-set in a dropped position due to the weight of the attached antler at the time. Subsequent antlers growing out of that pedicle being at a funny angle. A great trophy

Originally Posted by Stocky

Is the right antler on the top stag a bit deformed? Good character stag on the bottom wonder if it's a skull injury or genetic.

Yup both good animals now out of the herd, likely both are injurys but out of the gene pool regardless.

That bottom malform stag is very cool.

Couple of character Sika stags, both shot on Thursday. Sika definitely in full swing where I am.

Originally Posted by mawzer308

Couple of character Sika stags, both shot on Thursday. Sika definitely in full swing where I am.

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What a run of character heads do you have another veiw of his left?