Thread: A tragic end.

Came across this today. As they say, a picture paints 1000 words.





One of the stags was dead, the other soon to be. Hard to say how long they had been like that.

That's terrible. Did you put other stag down or set him free?

I shot stag a few years back,he was in very large deer paddock,something like 400ha...he was holding about 300 hinds,all the cockies sire stags wouldn't come near as Romeo had antlers...but he had high tensile wire around them,one ear cut through and skin on neck cut too,he was just days away from cutting his own throat....he had a very good time of it all the same. Did always wonder what next season's fawns turned out like.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

That's terrible. Did you put other stag down or set him free?

He was still full of beans. I wasn't going anywhere near him. We told the land owner and he was going to sort it.

A grim way to go alright.

Collapsed fence in foreground.Last years roar Okuku Pass.One toast,the other barely drawing breath.All it took was one nite doing the tango

Far out, you don't come across that every day @Shearer !!

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Doesn't need to be No8 wire either....... Toi Toi did this fella in. Southern Ruahine's.
Mother nature seldom offers a peaceful death.

Or tussock in the Deep South

Seen a few stags over the years ( maybe 6 total ) caught in fences and still alive. I very briefly attempted to free one, a young Fallow, but he kicked so violently I quickly gave up that idea. Stupid me really. One of those kicks would easily break an arm or worse. I had permission to hunt the property so shot him and later informed the farmer.
They make a sorry sight caught up like that. My heart always sinks for them.

What a tearable slow death,not nice.

Poor buggers