Thread: Deer on the side of the road

Like anyone I drove down a country road in New Zealand and saw deer on the side of the road, perhaps it seems to be becoming more of a common sight these days......

Maybe it's a group of the farmers pet wild deer that were out for a leisurely evening stroll dining on his juicy grasses, they kindly posed for me while I took their photo's...



Perhaps this is a new way of deer farming in NZ, just using an existing 7/8 wire boundary fence....
I suppose it saves the costings of erecting deer fencing?



No ear deer tag attached....?
Facial features of a domestic farmland / private land wild deer?
Most "genuine hunters" like the look of "genuine wild deer" with a real wild look on their face, viewers draw there own conclusions.

When I finished taking their portrait photos that they had kindly posed for me, I just gave them a wave and then I drove off.

More road side deer photos to add to my collection...

Pretty common around here. See the odd one while heading to a hunting spot to get one lol. Couple got hit by a ute a few weeks ago running across the road on the state highway.
Still, with illegal thermols doing the night shift around the region surprised the deer still around the roads

Cool photos,i could watch wild deer all day.

Was driving the Lindis Pass about a two months ago (early morning on the way to go hunting) and had 4 reds run right across the road in front of us. Had to slam on the anchors. Quite cool to see

Geoff Kerr (who used to be on here I think, or was it the other forum) had a whole swag of "trophies" he'd "shot" with a camera from the main roads, like State Highways - Tahr, Reds (there was a bloody beaut stag for a road in the Kaikoura area) and Fallow . . . .

It's that time of year again, the grass will be growing spring flush etc and the deer will be out munching on it.



Someone has been busy....

A while ago I drove down the road just like anyone else and I spied some deer skins hanging on the fence so I stopped the car and took a couple of photos. I counted 50 deer skins... Obviously there were a few deer hanging around before they were put onto the fence.

Good luck to whoever put them there, a reflection on the amount of deer that are out there.

what is the purpose, significance of putting them on the fence? I thought around my area its done by poachers as a F**k you to the farmers? or thats what i was told when there were a couple pig skins hanging at thompsons track

Yes I'd like to know why the skins get hung on fences.

I see a lot in my travels, I haven't found an answer, but amongst the candidates are:

A display of machismo by the hunters showing that they're good at it...

A warning to pigs and deer that if they come 'round here, this'll be what happens to them...


I dunno

I hadn't heard of the, F' you to farmers, one....

Originally Posted by MarkN

Yes I'd like to know why the skins get hung on fences.

I see a lot in my travels, I haven't found an answer, but amongst the candidates are:

A display of machismo by the hunters showing that they're good at it...

A warning to pigs and deer that if they come 'round here, this'll be what happens to them...


I dunno

I hadn't heard of the, F' you to farmers, one....

never seen it until I moved to Taranaki - pig skins on fences road signs etc - me pig hunting mate here reckoned it used to mean dont bother hunting here the mob gone or the boar that was here has been taken - well now I reckon its just a bloody wank - same as driving thru town with a nice piece of pork slowly going off strapped onto top of dog box in the sun instead of getting it straight into a chiller

I don't know. Personally I dont want to advertise the fact there's a few animals around at my usual hunting spots, but that's just me.

This is the result of someone fucking with us up back of our farm...

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

This is the result of someone fucking with us up back of our farm...
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Arseholes

Originally Posted by Rushy

Arseholes

What he said.

That would make me angry too if it were my farm. God help them if you caught them. Their skin might be hanging on the fence too........

From a driven boar hunt in France back in 17

Originally Posted by Sideshow

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From a driven boar hunt in France back in 17

Looks like that driven pig found a deerskin and grew wings lol