Thread: Finally got my first Deer.

Well done Savage1. Well earned by the sounds of it. Gret write up.

Originally Posted by square1

Nice work, pretty close to where I got my first too! Bit of a rush eh! Pics for the next one eh

Not sure pictures would work? He's a ranga, and everyone knows that they don't have souls and can't have their photo taken

Nice work dude, catch up for a turkey snipe next week?

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Not sure pictures would work? He's a ranga, and everyone knows that they don't have souls and can't have their photo taken

Nice work dude, catch up for a turkey snipe next week?

I take souls to make up for it, no point in taking yours as all you'll do is claim it back after 100 years.

I'm back at work on Friday so will have to be the following week.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Recognize any of this? Maybe a little bit further down river. All true right.







Couple of stags that were roaring up there. About 1990

That top picture looks like the top of the ridge directly behind the hut, but then it all looks similar. Awesome pics cheers.

Good stuff, on the board now

Good one mate,,, the tops is a good place to start as you often spot deer even if you don't get a shot away. The good old Sika stag will appear one day probably when you least expect one. One of the best Ive seen was in a shitty little gully right down in a small stream bed, middle of the day just before the roar. I had been there a few weeks before and noted some scrapings which I thought were made by a hunter being smart as they were so obvious. Any way this particular day I had sneaked down to the same spot and heard twigs breaking down by the stream. I waited for about one hour and saw nothing so discounted it as a bird or my imagination. I sat down at the top of the gully bank and had some food. About five minutes passed then out of the corner of my eye I saw a large eight point Sika stag slowly skulk up the other side of the stream, I managed to get my rifle up but couldn't get a clear shot away so I let him move on for another day. One week later I shot a smaller stag not far from here and carried it out whole back to the car park. Even though it was smaller i was stoked as it was my first Sika stag in the roar in DOC land, It had been taken by chance as well in fairly thick bush. I was pretty green at the time having read lots of articles and quite a few fruitless trips.
But once you crack it you know its not only the experts that can get them (-:

Great effort mate! Well done! The first is always the hardest one to get

Excellent Savage1 well done