Thread: Latest NZ Hunter Mag

Originally Posted by hunt08

I'm just wondering what you shoot this time off year as hinds are in milk stags are in velvet that only leaves yearling hinds it doesn't worry me as I only hunt for meat & the spot I hunt most off the time doesn't seem to hold stags & I don't shoot hinds in milk but isn't it better to shoot a velvet stag than a hind & the fawn staving to death AS LONG AS THEY TAKE ALL THE MEAT OFF THE STAG

yearling , spring to mind if one is to be so ethical.
not old enough to breed... an saves a 'trophy' velvet from being eaten over summer, etc ?

Originally Posted by Rees

yearling , spring to mind if one is to be so ethical.
not old enough to breed... an saves a 'trophy' velvet from being eaten over summer, etc ?

In an improving herd the younger deer ought to have the highest genetic merit. Truth is though in our high population public land areas the best improvement that can be made is through shooting as many deer as possible so that everything gets fed better. Hinds by preference, but currently with fawns at foot rolling stags will certainly help.