Thread: Best Trophy’s from previous roars

Here's one for you. A few years back during the roar (about five) I had been crook with the flu. Bad timing. Really bad timing. Really! I finally came right and got to a point where I could undertake a very gentle stroll. Nothing more. Where I was going to hunt had seen a bunch of people through, so I had a wee think. I decided to hunt somewhere where everyone might have been going past in their efforts to get beyond the crowds. This also fitted with me not being up to much. I parked the ute and walked five minutes in to the bush in a random place where no self respecting hunter would go. I let out a roar and sat down shattered. Hold on, that was a reply down in the gully. Crikey! I moved over to the edge to see a nice 8 point red steaming up the face below me. He offered a quick shot that I opted not to take. Not old enough. He cut my wind and buggared off. I thought that might be my chance for the morning before I ran out of steam. Onwards. Walked another 400m and let out another roar. Crikey another reply way down in a gully. I couldn't believe it. I heard nothing more and actually had to have a think about whether I had the puff to go down and come back up. Then he roared again. Yes I did I stalked down and got to an open bush area and suddenly saw a pair of hinds. I let out a moan. The stag came in to view behind them. 80m away. I let out another roar and ran my barrel up the side of a tree. What happened next I have never experienced before or since. The stag let out a hell of a bellow and came at a dead run straight across the gully bottom and up to where I was. I was trying to get a shot but there was always a tree in the way as he came on. I stepped behind a tree as he came up the bank and around another tree only two to three metres from me. He wasn't stopping. I shot him point blank from the hip with my 270 and he slammed in to the tree I was sheltering behind. Unbelievable. I have done a lot of pig hunting and been charged plenty of times. But never by a stag like this. It was clear he thought I was a challenger and was really worked up. Awesome action. It took two trips to get everything back up and I was all in when I got it all back to the ute. Day hunts can sometimes reap rewards. Not my biggest stag but a really nice head and even. Also special as it is from my local area. Happy times.