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

Im heading in to Tongariro this friday evening for a couple nights. Hopefully stir something up.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Ah. I was just in with a forum member and we heard nothing. Just a decent bit of sign in the creeks.



Crafty buggers.

Yeah. Lost if sign in those but thick Bush.

I was talking APRIL !!!!!!

Southern Pureora has started, just right on last light and through the night

Originally Posted by Sarvo

I was talking APRIL !!!!!!

I know. We went on last weekend.

Originally Posted by Pongo12

Southern Pureora has started, just right on last light and through the night

That's good. Hope that next week it's on where we went.

Spent last week in the hills. Stags going well morning and evening and moaning throughout the day, hot too! All the deer were hunkered down in the damp creek heads and shady south faces. Good times!

Out Pohangina overnight on Tuesday night. Stayed up at around 950m. On walk back out the following morning I heard my first roar. Struck a primal kinda of adrenaline hit. Unfortunately I had a meet up I had to get to and a couple other blokes had already heard it and were planning on hunting down the gulley and I didn’t want to risk bumping into each other.

Another 300 or so down the track I though I heard a couple more but there weren’t as clear as the first one.

Just got back from a look around.
Only heard distant farm stags going.
Roared up a little 2 Yr old. He didn't stink.
Pretty quiet.

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Originally Posted by R93

Just got back from a look around.
Only heard distant farm stags going.
Roared up a little 2 Yr old. He didn't stink.
Pretty quiet.

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You should move further away from the fence

Originally Posted by Mathias

You should move further away from the fence

I thought a km or 2 across a lake was far enough.
Can't hunt any creeks or rivers around here due to floods.
Should be able to cross a few creeks tomorrow.


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Originally Posted by R93

I thought a km or 2 across a lake was far enough.
Can't hunt any creeks or rivers around here due to floods.
Should be able to cross a few creeks tomorrow.


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Good intel there, know where you hunt now

Originally Posted by Mathias

Good intel there, know where you hunt now

Ya reckon?
Looking after a nice couple from the states. Bowhunters so just looking for a reasonably mature stag.


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Had a stag going quite well in the last hour. He was pretty safe because there was a big swamp between us and he wouldn't budge.
Big mish tomorrow. If no luck there we might go and get wet.

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Very happy American this morning.
We passed up a young stag early and snuck in on another roaring well.
He pulled off a front on neck shot with his bow at 10 yrs.
Deer still went 100yrds before we found him.
5 Yr old smallish head 8pt. Huge body. Easy 110-120kgs gutted and fat as.

Might be able to get out for a hunt for myself in the next few days.

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Originally Posted by R93

Very happy American this morning.
We passed up a young stag early and snuck in on another roaring well.
He pulled off a front on neck shot with his bow at 10 yrs.
Deer still went 100yrds before we found him.
5 Yr old smallish head 8pt. Huge body. Easy 110-120kgs gutted and fat as.

Might be able to get out for a hunt for myself in the next few days.

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Hah. I'm sitting up on the tips above my usual area looking out to where you have been. Nothing at all up here not even a cham today. Will stay the night and see what happens next dark...

Originally Posted by K95

Hah. I'm sitting up on the tips above my usual area looking out to where you have been. Nothing at all up here not even a cham today. Will stay the night and see what happens next dark...

They didn't roar till we got them going.
Climbed up onto a terrace, hit some rubs and wallows and was lucky with the wind. Thought it was going to be a bust but once we got within a 100 yrds they started.
2 stags roared very well but not what I would call wound up even when we got close.
Didn't smell anything in the wallows.
Just starting imo.
I will post pick once I have permission from the hunter. Never seen a stag at this time of year in such good nic.
Inch of fat on his back steaks.

Gunna turn them into bacon

Got a laugh out of the hunter. He said he thought we were stalking some kind of monster as he has never heard a red roar so close before. Oh and he says we can stuff supplejack up our asses

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