Thread: first roar trip and stag encounter

Matto - the main thing is you are out there and getting experience - it takes time and a lot of stag encounters to clue you up as to the best tactic of approach - as
I said sometimes they are not predictable I have had big mature stags nut off and crash in recklessly and a simple matter to take him - but this definitely is the exception - I can only put it down to his being so fired up - you are on his turf threatening to take a girl or 2 and he is gonna sort you out good and proper... I have had young stags prove very elusive and cat and mouse - these ones live to grow.
often when there is a sweemingly constant wind drift he advances only so much - stands in a gully of thick rubbish or behind a wall of rubbish no amount of enticing will shift him - -eventually you succumb and edge closer then feel a wind change - and its straight to him and crash hes gone - these are local wind eddies and backswirls that he knows too well and suckers you in closer so he can get a whiff they know their territory as well as you know the internal layout of your house - scent is king - that's how they recognise each other by their scent signature - a stag will try everything to cut your wind corridor so oplanning and positioning yourself to take this into account is the key.- If hes roaring well dont roar at him and move only when he roars when in close - that way you can get close enough so ol granny could poke him with her knitting needle - and crucially you have a element of surprise as hes blissfully unaware this is where hunting in pairs can work to advantage - one hangs back and keeps him roaring from distance - while the other goes in - you take turn about looking at the stags - great fun. the golden rule is that the bloke staying back - does not move and is totally trustworthy and safe. .

once you have mucked up a stag - he generally vacates the patch goes to ground and that's the last you will see of/hear of him - your first go is your only go generally