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

Found a nice scraping last week in Southland. Will be going out this morning for a listen.

Went for a blat round some fiordland possies in the weekend, no noise there yet but its certainly getting cold at night now, snow on the tops on Saturday night.

Just back from a 3 day mission in the tops. Heard a stag roaring well on Friday evening. Saw 6 stags, all on their own or in close proximity to hinds. A couple of them wallowing up and destroying trees. Young stags sparring good last night


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Originally Posted by JoshC

Just back from a 3 day mission in the tops. Heard a stag roaring well on Friday evening. Saw 6 stags, all on their own or in close proximity to hinds. A couple of them wallowing up and destroying trees. Young stags sparring good last night


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You must be ready for another 11km round trip to shoot him on your tents doorstep no?

That was one classic photo form last year @JoshC

Originally Posted by Sideshow

You must be ready for another 11km round trip to shoot him on your tents doorstep no?

That was one classic photo form last year @JoshC Attachment 218898

Haha yeah...
We're away tonight for a quick mish. Nothing too serious planned this year...my sister is getting married on the 14th April so I can't go too far for too long I did say to her, if she didn't want me to come she could have said, rather than have the wedding in the roar!

Originally Posted by JoshC

Haha yeah...
We're away tonight for a quick mish. Nothing too serious planned this year...my sister is getting married on the 14th April so I can't go too far for too long I did say to her, if she didn't want me to come she could have said, rather than have the wedding in the roar!

Grounds for disownment right there

In North Island after Gabrielle it is like a smorgasborg of feed in the Bush. Plenty of Yummy food lying around everywhere. Should be plenty of healthy animals this Roar!

Bit of a chill in the mornings now.... perhaps stags are starting to think about the roar

the ones in deer farms have started up about a week ago...not all into it ,but enough of them to make noise all night.

Greetings all,
There are going to be some very grumpy hunters in Hawkes bay this year. We have had a cracker season for the growth of feed so the deer should be in good nick but the road access to the Kawekas from where I sit is dicey and it is likely to be April before most is restored. What the bush and tracks are like is anybody's guess. The Taupo Road is still closed so my first trip to the Taupo Range will have to wait as well, the 400 km trip via Palmerston North does not appeal. We rather take for granted the ease of travel in NZ at least in normal times. My first recollection of the Taupo road was in the late 1950's. It was a goat track and took, from memory, something north of 5 hours. People boasted of 4 hour trips but others just shook their heads. I still remember the endless corners and rutted gravel surface. We don't know how lucky we are.
GPM.

Always nice to read your accounts @grandpamac


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There’s a lot of Sika stag activity from may to august, no need to panic yet

Rissington bridge should be done within two weeks and then you can get at Ferny ridge, lotkow and hot springs, there’s a lifetime of hunting with just those access points

Taupo rd open today for trucks and by end of this month to the public

Farm stags kicking off this evening in Southland

Reds and Wapiti heard

Heard a roar come out of the bush on my mates place on Saturday evening. Just one roar, no reply to my imitation.