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

The first estrus cycle of hinds occurs on or around 20th March. We know this by counting back from when the first fawns appear

Looks like my timing for coming back and hunting the roar is spot on then just need to do my bit hope the fitness holds up

Get in there Sideshow

Originally Posted by Cigar

The farmed stags down the road having been going pretty hard the last two mornings, a definite step up in activity from earlier in the week.

A neighbouring farm manager commented today how the farm stags were getting wound up over the last few days, so it's not just my imagination

Reconnaissance yesterday afternoon / evening it was 8 pm before I got out. Into the thickest piece of jungle you can find in the Kaimai's isolation and local knowledge is the key to this bit of real estate. Very dry under foot and humid I left plenty of sweat on the hill.
Nil stag action, more pig sign than normal and fresh too, but that wasn't the target species deer sign was old browse nothing real fresh to get excited about

Originally Posted by Mathias

That's bugger all for 2hrs air time. Nothing on the Canterbury side aye

Only seen Thar on that side.
Looked up both branches of the Mathias and a lot of other places.
Landed on dark back in Hoki so should have seen more I would have thought.

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Originally Posted by R93

Only seen Thar on that side.
Looked up both branches of the Mathias and a lot of other places.
Landed on dark back in Hoki so should have seen more I would have thought.

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Shit that's disappointing for that much fly time and the country covered. Hammered by waro previously ?

Wilberforce Valley, Moa Stream etc 1080ed last Sept though expect WARO back there in the future?. Rakaia always on the WARO list.

Originally Posted by Hunteast

expect WARO back there in the future?. Rakaia always on the WARO list.

Dusting off their .303s and homemade net guns as we speak .

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Shit that's disappointing for that much fly time and the country covered. Hammered by waro previously ?

I would say it doesn't get hammered more than it does farmed, from what I understand. Only gets hit a couple times a year so animals are complacent and easy to clean up.
We only seen 3 deer and they were in the Whitcombe and were out and about early.

All sorts of reasons not to have seen more animals but I was more surprised at the lack of sign in areas I know there should be some movement.
To be fair tho, I could do it again today and see shitloads.

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Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.

Originally Posted by JoshC

Knocking off early Thursday for a 3-ish day mission. Loooonnnnngg overdue.

Can’t wait until next Monday

Bumped a reasonable even 8 today in an area where I have been seeing lots of rubs and the odd wallow. Going to leave it be for a week or so now.

Strangely have been through there a bit since probably mid December and found this little guy today....

So flew in yesterday 👍 just lag is not to bad at present. Bulk buy and organise day today. Then into it
Have packed all wrong though can’t believe how hot it is here at present 24 in Morrinsville yesterday
Kaimais have a heat haze cloud on them.

@Sideshow - you appear to have landed in "sideways earth" not middle earth. Either that or the jetlag is much worse than you think.