Thread: 2020 SHOT STAGS

2 pointer shot mid March and probly be my best for roar 2020. Can wait for freedom

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Sorry to disappoint you Tahr, but this might be smaller, poor little fellas nuts hadn't even dropped.
I was away hunting when all this lockdown stuff developed, and got home Thursday evening with this guy and a couple of hinds. Never saw a stag apart from this one but heard a few half hearted croaks. He was an accident but a tasty one.
That's a 270 for scale but he got a 7.62x39

270 and 7.62x39. You are a man after my own heart MH

so we have the "behind the wire/guidedd" argument again.......... now if you decided to take ALL guided hunts where currency changed hands out of equation as its "just not sporting" well some of us would say FUCK OFF or stop shooting stags in velvet and calling them trophies too......... different strokes for different folks
where do you draw the line???? public land is ok but private block is not????
paid guide is out but guiding your mate onto first animal is ok???what if its a young fella you dont know???what if he buys you a box of beer as a thankyou???
when the stars align and we get our mojo in synch my big black bitch GUIDES me into animals....is that guided hunting now too???
is that 10lb rainbow trout you flew in and were guided too any lesser fish than the one you caught on your own???
throw under bus has been bandied about alot on this forum in last 12months...and here AGAIN we see a put down thrown where none was needed or deserved.
the guy has shot a nice stag....good on him
were the massive beasts shot in the beginning of last century in otago/southland lesser because folk were guided into shoot them??? no of course they werent....rant over.

Ok move on don't ruin a good thread. Start a new one

Originally Posted by bigbear

Ok move on don't ruin a good thread. Start a new one

have done so.....have at it chaps

and just for the record....I dont particularly LIKE seeing stags shot in velvet,but its a fellas individual call and not up to me to say if its right or not....40 years ago it was just "not the done thing dont you know".....times they are a changing.
if thats your thing good for you,its better than them going out on the strop,which in turn is better than them eating green carrots and rotting in waterway.be proud of your trophy and enjoy the venison,you shot it you carried it..you EARNED IT.

Photos are always bloody sideways....

Originally Posted by Pongo12

Photos are always bloody sideways....

What are the details on the rifle mate


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Originally Posted by bigbear

With a few stags starting to be shot i thought i would kick this thread of again. Late night dealing to these last night both shot in day light but camera was back at bike
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Then sometimes you just get lucky on my way back to my bike this fella coming out of the bush
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A bloody nice red!

First stag for the the new weapon, Good to get her blooded. Wasn't roaring but not far away from it.
Cheers to Cam @ Alpine precision for sorting everything out for me shes a beauty little gun.

pongo - what’s the component mix in your load? How fast?

Originally Posted by Ginga

pongo - what’s the component mix in your load? How fast?

63.6grns of RL26 , 2840fps

Originally Posted by Pongo12

63.6grns of RL26 , 2840fps

Cheers, I’ve got a 20 inch saum and using 59 grains 2213. Gets me 2750fps with 163 eld x. Accurate but wondered what rl26 could do. Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by Ginga

Cheers, I’ve got a 20 inch saum and using 59 grains 2213. Gets me 2750fps with 163 eld x. Accurate but wondered what rl26 could do. Thanks for that.

Sweet as mine is 20 inch also. Could go hotter but haven't

Originally Posted by Ginga

Cheers, I’ve got a 20 inch saum and using 59 grains 2213. Gets me 2750fps with 163 eld x. Accurate but wondered what rl26 could do. Thanks for that.

Hybrid 100V does it for mine. 3k 22"

Hey @Pongo12 could I be a little rude and please ask for a photo in the light of day, just so we can appreciate your stag.
Thanks
Great looking stag
Good way to bloody the new rifle too