Thread: How's the recon going for the roar?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Got my first hard antlered stag already

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So the big guys ought to be well stripped now.

The problem being with "pre roar" scouting is that they don't roar where they grow their velvet. They can move a very long way.

I watched a big stag just starting to strip on Tuesday. Seeing your spiker does raise the question of 'which one to shoot'. I have kept record of spikers on the farm and compared to their two year old heads and beyond and the only sure correlation is body weight / size. The very best spikers - the ones with thick heavy spikes especially if they have little tynes are going to be good, but some of the others with ordinary spikes can surprise you if they are big bodied. I shoot all narrow spikers as they always turn out as crap narrow heads. I would have shot your one too