feral fallow

I found this feral deer in our Hazel tree block. There have been a few breeding in the area, but my partner was not keen to shoot any until I showed her how much they have damaged some of the trees.
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Yearling red deer?

Agree doesn't appear to be a Fallow - thats a Red deer by the looks?

My bad, I think you are right :O_O:

Looks like a red to me.

Its a red yearling.Enjoy the BBQ.

go out with a spot light - where is mum and dad - untapped little meat supply - looks like red yearling - delicious

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Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

go out with a spot light - where is mum and dad - untapped little meat supply - looks like red yearling - delicious

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Yeah, mum is out there and a 2 year old stag

Red for sure but I have never seen a red yearling with so many spots at this time of year, late fawn?

Without being too specific on location - Banks Peninsula or further out? The reason I ask is that I have a farm at Charteris Bay and we thought we spotted a red hind in the distance a few months ago. I've heard reds are in the Purau/Port Levy area and on now on the Port Hills as well. Unfortunately pigs are now well established on the Port Hills and apparently heading our way also.

We are West of Christchurch

It’s a red fawn, either really late or someone shot it’s mother and it’s a runt due to lack of milk

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Originally Posted by A-Bolt

Without being too specific on location - Banks Peninsula or further out? The reason I ask is that I have a farm at Charteris Bay and we thought we spotted a red hind in the distance a few months ago. I've heard reds are in the Purau/Port Levy area and on now on the Port Hills as well. Unfortunately pigs are now well established on the Port Hills and apparently heading our way also.

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there have been fallow there for 30 years

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

there have been fallow there for 30 years

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Yep.

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Originally Posted by xyon

Yeah, mum is out there and a 2 year old stag

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keep them around till the roar, the stag might be back with some big timber, shoot it then show us the pics.

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Originally Posted by Brindog

what are the genetics like in the hazel tree block. are there also clearings what bush and plants in there how thick it is. really interested in stuff like this so if you could answer it would really help. found this poor girl with no mum found a gut bag not far from it relatively fresh was just heading out from a hunting/camping trip in southland reared her up a bit now she is at a petting zoo in Dunedin the Animal Ark sold her for $400 but someone else sold a fallow fawn for $900 rats.






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Hi,
I 'm not sure what you mean about the genetics? Out hazel trees are whiteheart, but the deer seem to prefer eating the bark off our Cyprus forestry block behind the hazel trees. As for the genetics of the red deer, they came from a local farm.

swamp deer feet on that youngun for sure...... seen it before,deer living on soft ground and thier feet/hooves dont get worn down.

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Originally Posted by Brindog

I took a mate of mine from Queenstown and he's new to hunting so wanted to get him his first deer so we drove to a hunting spot in southland a gravel road with lots of Clare fell and hunted for 4 hours and we saw a few red deer but he couldn't see them I could but he couldn't so I just left them I would've wanted to shoot them but trying to get someone's first deer so that wasn't going to happen we got to our just about last spot of Clare fell and there was a tiny red deer and it was a yearling It was an absolute runt of a red so we crept in closer to the point where there was a broadside shot a few seconds the dropped on the spot he was really happy but he didn't know it was a tiny red and I really didn't want to ruin his moment so we gutted it and he carried it all the way back to the truck and that was it went out later that day got some of my own deer.




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Has he got a store security tag on his pants??

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oh hang bro...he pinched them and hasnt even removed the tag...THATS A FIRST... must be about time someone did google search on the photos like was done with a certain other fella...