Thread: 2020 SHOT STAGS

Originally Posted by Pongo12

Boundary national park

You are? It is an amazingly productive place you have!

Shes a good spot, native for miles

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Any sheperd job up there @Ponga12 :-))
Fallow all over there too now
Amazing - my old Mangakahu - Ongarue etc loaded with them now

Haha I'll keep you in mind, shes a cool place.
Yea great area, I have couple spots over taumarunui/ongarue way and they have reds and fallow also. Gotta love variety

I was privileged to be able to go for a hunt in private land near Oxford, canterbury to bring this guy home with us. We got access for Tuesday night, the first day of level 3. My two oldest boys (6 and 5 years old) loved the experience and I was super proud of them as they stood completely still and didn't make a sound! Spotted him standing just off the bush edge just right on dark. He had locked onto me as we were walking along a track into a clearing. Standing shot of 100m and he dropped on the spot. Pretty chuffed with the standing shot as it was getting on dark and challenging to see him clearly through the scope. We got the whole animal of the hill and have processed him myself, will be making sausages and salami! Might post some pics of that venture! Apologies for all the guys that don't have access to private land at this stage, but I thought some guys might appreciate the story of my first proper stag. I reckon he is a good looking one. Not super thick timber but a great looking rack and head I reckon. For those experienced, what age do you think he is? I'm thinking 3-5 years? Cheers guys,

Originally Posted by holmesy777

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I was privileged to be able to go for a hunt in private land near Oxford, canterbury to bring this guy home with us. We got access for Tuesday night, the first day of level 3. My two oldest boys (6 and 5 years old) loved the experience and I was super proud of them as they stood completely still and didn't make a sound! Spotted him standing just off the bush edge just right on dark. He had locked onto me as we were walking along a track into a clearing. Standing shot of 100m and he dropped on the spot. Pretty chuffed with the standing shot as it was getting on dark and challenging to see him clearly through the scope. We got the whole animal of the hill and have processed him myself, will be making sausages and salami! Might post some pics of that venture! Apologies for all the guys that don't have access to private land at this stage, but I thought some guys might appreciate the story of my first proper stag. I reckon he is a good looking one. Not super thick timber but a great looking rack and head I reckon. For those experienced, what age do you think he is? I'm thinking 3-5 years? Cheers guys,

Holmsey, welcome to the forum. Good 1st post.

Pop over to the "Introduce yourself Thread" and say hello when you get a moment.

Nice first post and a nice stag, I would be thinking he would be 3-4 year old. Check his eye teeth on the top jaw one on either side, if he was a real old stag they would be worn flat or gone.

Yeah, cheers 7mmwsm! Had a good read of that. The education continues!

Thanks for the thoughts Mooseman!

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Holmsey, welcome to the forum. Good 1st post.

Pop over to the "Introduce yourself Thread" and say hello when you get a moment.

Will do mate. Cheers.

First fallow for several years.
Was out looking for bugsy when this fella leapt up in front and pleaded to come home for tee. So I obliged.

My first ever deer with some antler on top on Sunday! I'm still pumped today; 2-days later! Trusty little 223 did the job

Putting this up for @Brian

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

My first ever deer with some antler on top on Sunday! I'm still pumped today; 2-days later! Trusty little 223 did the job

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Nice stag @bumblefoot, you will have to try hard to better that but that is the challenge and one of the reasons we hunt.

@Mooseman The other palm is split. But due to family commitments it's my first deer hunt in 6-years. I'm still pumped 2 days later! Shot a Fallow yearling, spiker and the stag

Took my 8 year old daughter on her first deer hunt, and was stoked to pick up this uneven 12 pointer