Thread: Northern Kaimanawas

Originally Posted by Liquidasset

Rosco, cheers for that. Do you think it’s got anything to do with an imbalance between stag and hind numbers? Was listening to a podcast with Cam Speedy talking about the Sika herd, was mentioned that a lot of people in there will only hunt for antlers rather than meat hunts. It made sense to me that if there’s more hinds than stags then the boys don’t have to compete as hard for the ladies which would make the roar a bit of a fizzer. We are heading in hopefully to bring some meat home, would love a wall hanger but first prioity is to tip a couple of hinds over to top up the freezer.

makes sense.

Sika are tough to pick at the best of times. Places I hunt Reds I can virtually guarantee that if I went in for 5 days I would have some good roaring action.
Sika on the other hand I would have to honestly say to knowingly get good roaring action on public land I would have to go for 14 days. Even then some years it just doesn't work out.
Just have to cover the miles and be at the right place at the right time. Can be dead quiet in one catchment, walk up and over into another one and they could be going hard.

Just got home, plenty of roaring action each day, continuous through the whole day as well even with a HeliSika chopper running above us a few times. At one point had 4 animals around us single calling and heehawing. Insane for our first roar trip as new hunters. Will do a write up tonight on the magazine thread. I can see why people froth over the sika roar! Can’t wait to do it again