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

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    Quote Originally Posted by tikka View Post
    Seen 14 stags today most of them still grouped up other than spikes with there moms. Heard a couple of roars at 6PM while cooking tea. Bloody southerly is cold at 1000m and can't see to much low cloud.
    Late to be still grouped up @tikka ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian 22. View Post
    I have only hunted the roar once but never did hear a roar during the day
    Yea thought we might hear something after dark but all quiet except for the moreporks.stayed the night and heard nothing.
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    Stags going hard last night. And right now at 2.44 am hetting ready for work. It's on boys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Late to be still grouped up @tikka ?
    Have to amend that stags this have separated up and have their own hinds one stag had 9 hinds he was chaseing, still a few roars now, shot a 6 pointer roaring his head off with his hinds on sunrise.
    Time for breakfast and coffee then chase some more stags down.
    South Marlborough the roar is on!
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    Last night and Saturday night in CNI still silent.
    Had a six come out to me but not roaring where I have been.
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    Just back from early recon in the West Tararua side in dense bush, not tops/clearing/slip areas so cannot see any stags holding hinds. No roars apart from one piss poor human effort from someone on the opposite parallel ridge basically yelling moo as if reading from a kids book aloud!

    There was a stiff cool southerly with lots of banging/moaning trees but did not stop a stag coming in to have a look surprisingly when I was having a coughing fit (I didn't roar at all and wouldn't if nothing else has started season yet) after breathing in a bug that got stuck in my wind pipes somewhere. totally unprepared for it in my fits of coughs but my dog was alerted and frozen staring in one direction but I dismissed it as being wind tree creeks etc and thinking any type of animal would have cleared off from my racket...anyway it saw me first and instantly cleared off. A lot of the wallows had not been visited, only one of the dozen plus I visited had been opened and that's in the general location where the close encounter happened.
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    Brillant @Slug so the secret is sound like you have a coughing Virus and the stags will come charging in they didn’t get the memo on self isolate good luck for your next trip
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    Pretty good so far keeping tabs on a couple and shot a couple that I'd been watching. Out again this evening, still haven't heard anything but friends have. Apparently on Monday there were two Sika going at each other, single calling and hee-haw.

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    Went out for a look with a mate, got his first deer a young Sika stag. About 20min after the shot we heard another stag hee-hawing.

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    Out down in southland tonight had a good roar off but lost light as we closed in on the wallow. But it's on so fingers crossed for some good times ahead 😁🙏

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    Quote Originally Posted by mawzer308 View Post
    Went out for a look with a mate, got his first deer a young Sika stag. About 20min after the shot we heard another stag hee-hawing.
    Great stuff
    I always thought the Sika were a month after the Reds - everything today seem to be flipping back-front
    Nothing here yet (inner Pelorus) - was out for night and up at 4am at camp - not a whisper - just the Weka's going full noise on daybreak.

    Maybe a bit of rain tomorrow will loosen things up

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    Quote Originally Posted by mawzer308 View Post
    Pretty good so far keeping tabs on a couple and shot a couple that I'd been watching. Out again this evening, still haven't heard anything but friends have. Apparently on Monday there were two Sika going at each other, single calling and hee-haw.
    Good stuff @MaWzer do you have any pics, please?
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    Up to late last night then up to early this morning. my boy shot a stag last night that was letting out the old moan. This morning i heard a few going but they seem to be all young stags. Still a few stags in feeding groups. time for a sleep and have another look tonight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sideshow View Post
    Good stuff @MaWzer do you have any pics, please?
    A few are in the stags shot 2020 thread, shot two cull stags yesterday evening. Will take my camera out this evening.
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    Found some ladies yesterday so hunkered down to see if the boys would show, waited an hour then decided f it im off, just as i stripped some clothing off for the slog out i heard a very lazy moan, back to the waiting game, heard him twice more then tried make a move on him, shut up shop after i gave a lazy one back..... should have shut my gob... oh well i have located a nice looking spot so heres hoping hes of worth

 

 

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