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

Originally Posted by Dundee

Looks to be the size of a large hare

Little bit bigger, buck gets to the size of a Labrador, hard buggers to skin

And I thought the whitetail were small...

Originally Posted by 223nut

And I thought the whitetail were small...

Yep there small, but not as small as the African Dikdik.
These Muntjac run around all hunched over like pigs. Nice eating though......once you get the bloody skin off

Did a big walk through kaimanawas over last 4 days. This rain has made a bloody mess. Lots of popular camp sites have been washed out or are now full of mud . Rivers now have new courses and some banks/corners disappeared. Huge amount of trees down also, what a mess. Allow more time than you think for travel...

Stags just started up yesterday, end of this week I would guess will be all on.

Good to hear. Supposed to flying in Wednesday lunchtime for a week - fingers crossed we can get in

Some scary stories coming out of kaimanawas at the moment. If the guys that were stuck in mangatanoka hut with the river at the door want to post a story it would be great reading.

First time look at Southern end of doc block

I recognize that @Dundee got my stag there today. Inline with that spurline on photo 2, just below where you were standing is the hut.

Originally Posted by mawzer308

I recognize that @Dundee got my stag there today. Inline with that spurline on photo 2, just below where you were standing is the hut.

Did you take a quad up?

No but that was another chap who was in there at the same time.

Hopes it’s been a happy new year for all so far.
Was out on a pheasant shoot yesterday and had to push out a small woods.
In some rather thick stuff and had the biggest Fallow buck brush past me.
Good palm and spread.
Have been invited back to see if I can get him
Hope your getting lucky and seeing some nice heads our figuring out spot x. Only 3 and a bit months now for you all back home.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Hopes it’s been a happy new year for all so far.
Was out on a pheasant shoot yesterday and had to push out a small woods.
In some rather thick stuff and had the biggest Fallow buck brush past me.
Good palm and spread.
Have been invited back to see if I can get him
Hope your getting lucky and seeing some nice heads our figuring out spot x. Only 3 and a bit months now for you all back home.

Hope you get a go at him.

I doubt I will have a roar for a while.
Hunting for other people puts a dent in personal time that time of year.

Seen some amazingly huge stag marks yesterday in an area not noted for big heads but I would still like to get a look at him to be sure.

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Trail cam is your mate ;-)

Originally Posted by Friwi

Trail cam is your mate ;-)

Pretty sure I will find him if he is not shot before hand by some hero spotlighter.

If I can't then I might chuck a cam out.

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Originally Posted by R93

Hope you get a go at him.

I doubt I will have a roar for a while.
Hunting for other people puts a dent in personal time that time of year.

Seen some amazingly huge stag marks yesterday in an area not noted for big heads but I would still like to get a look at him to be sure.

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Originally Posted by R93

Pretty sure I will find him if he is not shot before hand by some hero spotlighter.

If I can't then I might chuck a cam out.

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If he's got this far he might just make it