Put up some peanut butter drilled with some holes and put your camera up. Time his arrival.
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
he may live up to km or so away...the hinds live there all the time,he comes courting, does the deed,then goes back to his Batchlor pad.....there is school of thought that stags occupy the more risky...
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
Hmm girl friend or stag? Girl friend or stag? Younger days it would be girlfriend, now days without question stag. :beer:
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
get her a pair of 10 x binos and get out there extra pair of eyes
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
There's the problem :D
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
your GF will still be there next week(Probably)the stag won't.
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
Find his mark and track him. Sounds like you will hunt this block for years to come. It’s much like trout fishing, the best lie holds the best fish. Same with mature stags. Find this one’s home and...
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:29 PM
Block of salt, but it depends how much you want to “artificialize” your hunting
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Sun, and up a bit higher on a spur or terrace so he has a good vantage point to detect smell and noise, somewhere close to a patch of good feed during the mornings/evenings.
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Sunny spot with grass.
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Grass paddock, probably after dark
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Put it in a camp oven with peeled green T-tree sticks or rosemary sticks or both on the bottom to keep the meat off the bottom of the camp oven, Make sure you dry the meat off with handy towels too...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 07:16 PM
I always cook mine in an oven bag with apples, onion, kumara, prunes and a bottle of cider. Cook on about 150C for 3hrs (depending on size) then cut open the bag and brown under the grill until done...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 07:16 PM
well when I cook pork I focus on juicy, tender meat and then use a heat gun for the crackle. It works for me. Normally I either get good crackle and dry meat or juicy but no crackle.
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 07:16 PM
treat like domestic pork but slower and lower is better...always add apple sauce as condiment with roast pork...pureed baby food will do at a pinch,the barkers stuff is next level good but its too...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 07:16 PM