Thread: STAGS SHOT 2021

Originally Posted by tamamutu

I took my eye dog X Visla for a bit of a walk this morning to one of our haunts, well blow me down she locked onto this deer about 200m from where my vehicle was parked. The rest was simple. The dogs first 8 pointer . Attachment 165922Attachment 165921

Nice ��.
Bit quiet this morning

The results of my recent trip into the north western Ruahines,
last one is the trophy Buck possum that was coming into our camp making a mess and disturbing my sleep. Dispatched with a Rich Ruby port bottle that I kept handy beside my sleeping bag!!!!!

Some nice stags there

Woohoo on the board for 2021 spotted from 400 yards stalked into 20 and just as he stood up I sent in the 7mm08 pill to the neck and dropped him!!

No trusty .22 through the eye...????

Not the biggest stag shot this roar, but definitely the first for the 10 year old Grandson right at the end of the roar.
Grandad, being the techno-whizz that he is, then proceeded to delete all the proud -as-punch photos off the camera before they had uploaded - talk about gutted!!!
But then as the boy said,"I'll always have the memory and the head Grandad"

Originally Posted by 30late

The results of my recent trip into the north western Ruahines,
Attachment 165943Attachment 165944Attachment 165945Attachment 165946 last one is the trophy Buck possum that was coming into our camp making a mess and disturbing my sleep. Dispatched with a Rich Ruby port bottle that I kept handy beside my sleeping bag!!!!!

great ruahines stags there

Bit greener in the north island...
My best fallow, pretty good for the area I'm in

Always heard the expression hunt your feet first, but this was the first time it’s been applicable. No less than 200m from our camp my mate spotted some antlers in the creek bed. Got a bit closer and at 70m I was amazed how massive it looked through the binos. Had to wait for what seemed like an age for him to expose himself into a shootable position first stag for both of us still pumped

Faarken cracka stag there chaps. Going to be hard to best that one. Enjoy

Public land buck.

Originally Posted by gimp

Public land buck.

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Wicked

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Nice stags and Bucks guys keep them coming

Was the stag carrying an injury - anywhere on the legs? Classic sign of left leg injury resulting in right antler deformation. Refer the late Bruce Banwell book archives. I have shot a few - Sika and Reds similar when leg injury resulting in one deformed antler opposite side. Though not absolute.

man I reckon that head looks just awesome THE WAY IT IS....