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

Whats a hind wallow?

deer like pigs will wallow all year round...a mud bath if you like...helps keep cool,helps rid of ticks and is just" jolly good fun dont you know".
its why deer farmers have wooden frames over troughs,cause bambi loves to play in them otherwise,root out ballcock and mud galore....

I know what a wallow is, but I have never seen hinds wallowing in the roar

Like this, hinds in a wallow. Though late roar i have a few with hinds in wallows during the roar proper.

Wairarapa. I haven't seen a red stag with hinds yet. Hinds are grouped up and the odd spiker with them grazing peacefully but the big boys are scarce and not moving around much. They don't seem to have left their velvet growing areas much yet. They will turn up soon I guess.

Have seen Fallow bucks moving around and they seem a bit more restless at the moment.

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

I know what a wallow is, but I have never seen hinds wallowing in the roar

Hinds Wallow most of the year, like said above ticks,lice etc watching some the other day covered in mud head to toe. Lot of the yearlings/fawns love playing in the mud

Originally Posted by Tahr

Wairarapa. I haven't seen a red stag with hinds yet. Hinds are grouped up and the odd spiker with them grazing peacefully but the big boys are scarce and not moving around much. They don't seem to have left their velvet growing areas much yet. They will turn up soon I guess.

Have seen Fallow bucks moving around and they seem a bit more restless at the moment.

Some here @Tahr but finally found where some stags are living but yep hinds are in there family groups with the old spiker acting like any teen age boy

Originally Posted by Hunteast

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Like this, hinds in a wallow. Though late roar i have a few with hinds in wallows during the roar proper.

That's a great shot

Heard one moan in the dark on Sat night. Hinds as above still not collected by stags. The stags will have to pull their socks up though as the first estrus cycle will start 20-22 March. I shot a nine a week ago (57 kg mince) and a twelve the week before, both hunkered away living in the scrub with beds very close to feeding areas

Moa Hunter, how do you know the hinds first estrus cycle is 20th March?

Canterbury high country over the weekend. Lots of hind groups about but no mature stags spotted hanging around them yet. Wallows showing signs of lots of traffic. I shot a 12 pointer which would have been planning some roar action, was pizzled up a bit but didn't show too much interest in either hinds or my roars before I shot him.

All deer love water and mud,most of the yr but not so much in freezing winter.brrrr

Pic is in June - bit of snow but the deer still keen to get into a wallow left over from the roar.

Originally Posted by Rusky

Moa Hunter, how do you know the hinds first estrus cycle is 20th March?

From the date that the first fawns are born, take away the gestation period 234 days

Pic take 4/3/22. 8 pt stag watching over a hind/Yearling/fawn.