Thread: Show me your trophies!

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I put this up because a reasonable goat head is not that easy to get- this one from Ruakuturi Gisborne just missed the magic 36in by 1/2 inch at 35 1/2 inches - only one head in the 35 years I was involved in goat hunting was bigger and that was a 42 inch ripper from Ratea forest Kaitaia - so yeah hard to get - Taranaki generally has shit heads for example

Originally Posted by Shearer

Robo Chamois.
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What is going on here , had a single horn ?

242 DS Wairarapa

try the goat head again

Waipori in the 90’s - 14 pointer 45”x 47”. Scored 279 from memory on ten points only (not original headskin unfortunately)



Central Otago - 40.5” spread.

Originally Posted by Lucky

What is going on here , had a single horn ?

Yeah. It had horn rot so I made it a prosthetic.

My 5 sons.
Brown 13lbs
Rainbow 28lbs-25yrs ago
Red 296d/s
White tail Was number 38 NZ record.
Fellow ?

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

I think South City unintentionally killed the thread.

Its a trophy room,that's all the matters.

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

Waipori in the 90’s - 14 pointer 45”x 47”. Scored 279 from memory on ten points only (not original headskin unfortunately)

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Central Otago - 40.5” spread.

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ripper of a goat head

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

Waipori in the 90’s - 14 pointer 45”x 47”. Scored 279 from memory on ten points only (not original headskin unfortunately)

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Central Otago - 40.5” spread.

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My old eyes had to wonder around the reds head to count them points.Certainly a tree catcher there.

Stag I was lucky enough to shoot on a trip to Molesworth


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Only 3 things taxidermied here , the goat in the corner is not bad …

View from the front shows the size better.



Caused quite a stir locally at the time. Had been spotted over successive seasons and by reports, had been shot at about five times. As I’d not long moved back to Mosgiel from Te Anau, I copped a fair bit of flack for being an interloper from the so called locals who thought that, that was their hunting patch, just luck, it was a farm escapee, blah blah blah. Even had Mr Bruce Banwell pop in to have look it sometime later. He said at the time, that with the size and Windsor throwbacks, it had Otago herd written all over it. Certainly not the first decent head to come out of the Mahinerangi area.
Scoring wise, it got heavily penalised for lack of symmetry and overspread so never made it into his trophy books but I love it. It’s big, heavy, and got tons of character. You’ll struggle to find a wild shot one that’ll match it for sheer size alone.

Kudos goes to a mate at the time who put me into the general area and gave me the shot. He had spotted it previously when out hunting with a relative who botched up his chance. We went back in after the Easter weekend and got onto it. It was wet and murky and he was roaring up a storm, made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Went in quietly and finally got eyes on him. Got the cross hairs on as he was walking directly away but couldn’t get a shot as all I could see from about 100m away was a set of white points either side with a tree dead centre. I’m standing there, holding on him but can’t take the shot!!! Thankfully, it’s not my first rodeo, quickly scanned ahead of him and spotted a small gut veering to the right and started praying, swing to the right, swing to the right… He did and I took the shot. The rest is history as they say.

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

View from the front shows the size better.

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Caused quite a stir locally at the time. Had been spotted over successive seasons and by reports, had been shot at about five times. As I’d not long moved back to Mosgiel from Te Anau, I copped a fair bit of flack for being an interloper from the so called locals who thought that, that was their hunting patch, just luck, it was a farm escapee, blah blah blah. Even had Mr Bruce Banwell pop in to have look it sometime later. He said at the time, that with the size and Windsor throwbacks, it had Otago herd written all over it. Certainly not the first decent head to come out of the Mahinerangi area.
Scoring wise, it got heavily penalised for lack of symmetry and overspread so never made it into his trophy books but I love it. It’s big, heavy, and got tons of character. You’ll struggle to find a wild shot one that’ll match it for sheer size alone.

Kudos goes to a mate at the time who put me into the general area and gave me the shot. He had spotted it previously when out hunting with a relative who botched up his chance. We went back in after the Easter weekend and got onto it. It was wet and murky and he was roaring up a storm, made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Went in quietly and finally got eyes on him. Got the cross hairs on as he was walking directly away but couldn’t get a shot as all I could see from about 100m away was a set of white points either side with a tree dead centre. I’m standing there, holding on him but can’t take the shot!!! Thankfully, it’s not my first rodeo, quickly scanned ahead of him and spotted a small gut veering to the right and started praying, swing to the right, swing to the right… He did and I took the shot. The rest is history as they say.

That’s a cool head alright always get jealous people but it’s on your wall not theirs


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Originally Posted by Lucky

Only 3 things taxidermied here , the goat in the corner is not bad …
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Very nice and pretty enough to be allowed in the house.