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

Going down opotiki way tomorrow for a look...hope to spark up an early one

Went for a look today. Had a stag roaring at me from 300m straight after got out of the car, he moved on thou.
Not much else when it came to noise but spooked a stag with a hind later on. As the freezer bit empty the hind run out into the open and a great running shot with the 308 straight nthur the shouldr secured some fat as mud venison

Recons going well heaps of roaring the other night, even had 2 stags roaring either side of my tent 50m-60m away camped up on a spur terrace. Some stags with hinds others not, had a few roaring during the day. Only seen 3 stags on the tops and the dog got me onto 18 other close encounters stags, the dog was on a roll this week. The bush stinks of stags and stag marks everywhere, a lot of roaming stags sussing out where all the fannys at. Roared in only 3 stags so far. Back in the bush again today for a few more days in a different part of the country see how that goes.

One of the stags I roared up from one of my camps one evening, taken down with the 300 blackout subsonic on the spot.

Originally Posted by tikka

Recons going well heaps of roaring the other night, even had 2 stags roaring either side of my tent 50m-60m away camped up on a spur terrace. Some stags with hinds others not, had a few roaring during the day. Only seen 3 stags on the tops and the dog got me onto 18 other close encounters stags, the dog was on a roll this week. The bush stinks of stags and stag marks everywhere, a lot of roaming stags sussing out where all the fannys at. Roared in only 3 stags so far. Back in the bush again today for a few more days in a different part of the country see how that goes.

One of the stags I roared up from one of my camps one evening, taken down with the 300 blackout subsonic on the spot.

Nice one. Lucky you to have so many animals around, no wonder the roaring going well . The DOC where i hunt over the hill have so little numbers no wonder i only hear a few at best a year but normally roar in one or so. More 1080 drops due soon so its not going to get any easier but theres still animals in DOC close to town if you do the hard yards

Heard one in the local pines last night, the first. Out again tomorrow night to listen.

Heard a stag having a wee moan about an hour ago while I was fishing.
He then let out some half hearted roars. He roared enough to make me walk a ways back to my truck and grab my roaring horn to wind him up.
I could hear him over the river so he was pretty close but went quiet or moved off by the time I got back to where I was fishing.


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Went to the gym ( hunting ) 2 days ago to get fit for a fly in trip next week, despite the shitty weather.

Ran into a very good stag on the tops in heavy mist. But he was gone in a flash !!
Dropped down to where I could see a little and heard my first roar for the season.
A bit half hearted but still a roar.
Found a stag and spiker sparring at around 400m
Stalked in and took the stag ( made me feel a little bit better at least for a short while ) as he was a bit of a runt head and the spiker will be a better stag one day.
The dog loved it and I had a long wet climb to the track and trudge out to the truck.
I love it at the real world gym !

Nothing going down opotiki way yet

Spent 4 hours in westcoast bush, nothing herd, found a few rubs but no stag stench


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Originally Posted by Smiddy

Spent 4 hours in westcoast bush, nothing herd, found a few rubs but no stag stench


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Really? I could smell a rutty stag when you were at mine this morning

I see that weather hitting now. Gunna be a rough few days and then they should be into it.



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Originally Posted by R93

Really? I could smell a rutty stag when you were at mine this morning

I see that weather hitting now. Gunna be a rough few days and then they should be into it.



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Lol ffs I thought it would help with them not winding me
thought they might crank up before the change of weather but no, and there were fresh boot prints witch was abit of a cunt


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Originally Posted by Smiddy

Lol ffs I thought it would help with them not winding me
thought they might crank up before the change of weather but no, and there were fresh boot prints witch was abit of a cunt


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Every man and his dog starts poking around here in the next week. They scent everything up instead of just using their brains and holding off them.

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Shot this fella last weekend 500yards with the .260 143ELDX at 2850fps

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north west blowing its arse off last night so was a bit of a crap evening. All i need is a couple days southerly just to get in to one spot and drop the temp

Don't worry about the temp, it was 25C on the hill last week and high teens through the night, and they were going bonkers. Get out there now!