Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Terminator Alpine


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 27
Like Tree31Likes

Thread: First red stag

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Posts
    135

    Talking First red stag

    What a long week at work this week. School is coming to and end but the work is piling up!
    I was so happy to jump in my car at 6pm and head home. But just before leaving I had an idea to ring a local farmer and ask if my son and I could again go onto his property for a hunt. It was about 3 weeks ago we struck it very lucky and I got two fallow spikers as they grazed towards a small creek at about 6:30 in the afternoon.

    I got home first with my son riding his bike home from school. I grabbed my gun, knife, range finder and quickly threw on my hunting gear. Not long later we were both sitting just under the bush line in almost the same spot we were 3 weeks ago. There were a few goats here and there and after about 45 minutes of waiting I had decided to line up a couple of goats that were 400 metres away just to see how it felt. I really wanted to wait until dark to see if a deer might sneak out of the bush again. I really didn't rate my chances though given that there are hardly ever deer in this spot. The goats were moving away from me and must have been 450 metres away now and they did look very small in my scope. So I turned around and wiggled back towards my range finders which were on the ground beside my son. It was at that moment we both saw something brown in the paddock across from us just under the bush line. He grabbed my binoculars and I flipped the gun around to see a young stag in velvet looking straight at me.
    I could not believe my eyes. There just 250 metres away was something I have dreamed about for a long time. Seconds after identifying this target I heard a deer bark in the bush line above me. The stag must have heard it too as he turned and started trotting towards the bush.
    Given that he was so close and not going particularly fast I lined him up on his shoulder as he moved. I waited and he stopped for just long enough for me to gently squeeze off a round. he dropped on the spot having been hit hard a little high but just behind shoulder. My first 6 point stag (in velvet) but I am not going to be fussy now! Both his lungs were obliterated however both front shoulders don't seem bruised.
    I could barely stand up having to crawl up the hill a bit and then use one hand to push off to a standing position. Goodness knows what I am I going to do if I get a really big old stag somewhere a lot further from the truck!
    Well, this stag makes it 4 deer in 3 trips so either the pennies dropped as far as hunting is going or the hunting gods are smiling on me. I know most of the people reading this will be wondering why I would bother writing about shooting a 6 point stag but for me it is a first. I would have put up some pictures but my camera is flat at the moment. I will put some up as soon as I can.
    Thanks for reading. Cheers

  2. #2
    Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Auckland
    Posts
    2,182
    Good stuff bro. I'm not one of those wondering you talk of, I'd do a write up just the same if I got a 6! Keep it up. Look forward to seeing the photos.

    Sent from my MT27i using Tapatalk 2
    mucko and BushHunter like this.
    Yeah nah bro

    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt.

  3. #3
    OPCz Rushy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Nor West of Auckland on the true right of the Kaipara River
    Posts
    33,568
    Well done (won't put your name because it is to bloody long). We are keen to hear about all hunts so keep posting. You are off to a great start. Where in this great country are you?
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
    Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
    Rule 5: Check your firing zone
    Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
    Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms

  4. #4
    Sending it Gibo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    The Hill
    Posts
    23,165
    Well done

  5. #5
    Sending it Gibo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    The Hill
    Posts
    23,165
    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    Well done (won't put your name because it is to bloody long). We are keen to hear about all hunts so keep posting. You are off to a great start. Where in this great country are you?
    Not as long as what you put in brackets ya goose
    WhistlingWings likes this.

  6. #6
    OPCz Rushy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Nor West of Auckland on the true right of the Kaipara River
    Posts
    33,568
    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Not as long as what you put in brackets ya goose
    Just making a point Gibo. You can't go in to a thread that this fellah has posted because his name is so long you can't see the tag to click on. Ha ha ha ha. Just moaning on a Saturday morning because my missus had a surgery on her foot on Thursday and apparently that is a reason for no nookie. Can't remember the foot having a part to play in that before.
    WhistlingWings and Boulderman like this.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
    Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
    Rule 5: Check your firing zone
    Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
    Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms

  7. #7
    Sending it Gibo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    The Hill
    Posts
    23,165
    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    Just making a point Gibo. You can't go in to a thread that this fellah has posted because his name is so long you can't see the tag to click on. Ha ha ha ha. Just moaning on a Saturday morning because my missus had a surgery on her foot on Thursday and apparently that is a reason for no nookie. Can't remember the foot having a part to play in that before.
    Rub one out mate, youll be fine
    Toby and Maca49 like this.

  8. #8
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Posts
    135
    Name:  2013-12-14 07.06.16.jpg
Views: 274
Size:  431.9 KB
    Attached Images Attached Images  

  9. #9
    Member Rusky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Location
    Tauranga
    Posts
    885
    Sweet! That put a smile on my face as it always seems that when it wont happen, it will.

  10. #10
    Member gadgetman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    17,850
    Great work Remington700.270. I'd be mighty pleased with one of those too.
    There are only three types of people in this world. Those that can count, and those that can't!

  11. #11
    Member Dundee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Way East of D'Vagas
    Posts
    17,442
    Excellent write up well done.
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    CFD

    tps://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180505T00&p0=264&msg=Dundees+Countdo wn+to+Gamebird+Season+2018&font=cursive

  12. #12
    R93
    R93 is offline
    Member R93's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Westland NZ
    Posts
    16,102
    Good stuff! Well done. You must be doing something right. Shagger driver as well. That alone, puts you in the higher percentile of hunter intellect, straight away
    Do what ya want! Ya will anyway.

  13. #13
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Posts
    135
    Thanks guys. A mate of mine reckons the velvet might be worth something. If so, can anyone tell me what to do with it now? Currently it is in my fridge!

  14. #14
    Almost literate. veitnamcam's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    24,745
    Quote Originally Posted by Remington700.270 View Post
    Thanks guys. A mate of mine reckons the velvet might be worth something. If so, can anyone tell me what to do with it now? Currently it is in my fridge!
    Freezer immediately
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

    308Win One chambering to rule them all.

  15. #15
    OPCz Rushy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Nor West of Auckland on the true right of the Kaipara River
    Posts
    33,568
    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Freezer immediately
    Yep that is the go until you have sorted a buyer.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
    Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
    Rule 5: Check your firing zone
    Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
    Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 80
    Last Post: 22-03-2024, 07:23 PM
  2. Stag do
    By Shaneo in forum Hunting
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 17-09-2013, 09:19 PM
  3. Heaviest Red stag...
    By sertorius in forum Hunting
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 12-04-2012, 07:40 PM
  4. My first stag
    By veitnamcam in forum The Magazine
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 08-04-2012, 07:44 PM
  5. First stag
    By veitnamcam in forum The Magazine
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 08-04-2012, 12:26 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!