Thread: first roar trip and stag encounter

My first roar season has been a bit slow with very few stags being vocal in the northern pureoras, i am on a 3 day trip with a mate of mine and we spooked a big stag on a ridge top at 12pm (middle of the day). He crashed off in a big hurry and was probably only 10m away. Probably having a nap the poor bugger , he ran over the ridge edge into a steep gully and i followed it in by myself. About halfway down he spotted me let out a big bark (i almost shat myself) and ran away and continued to bark 5-6times while i followed but eventually lost him. No chance for a shot as i only got a glance at his ass as he took off and my heart was pumping so hard i would have missed anyhow. Been bloody quiet in here only a few stags going after 5pm and around 3 in the morning. Hopefully have better luck tomorrow..

Cheers, Matt