Thread: Public Land Roar Predictions?

Recken its going to be a little earlier this year. Its all on when the hinds cycle, been a good winter. hinds in good nick tend to cycle earlier. Always been bit average around here in Doc land.
a;lways some action from 17march thru to 1st week of april then they just shut up. (areas i hunt anyway)
Always heard some around the 20th, and tends to go off for a 2-4 day window at end of march. recken this year its going off around 23-28th .
Hope to get another like this one

Yeah im going to completely avoid open doc land and focus on restricted land if possible for the roar period (may not get a spot in the end). Not keen on running into other hunters, some probably non sober.

Last year during the roar and lockdown my grandson stayed with us as part of our 'bubble' and he was trapping possums for their fur, he told me of the stags roaring near his trap line, went with him one morning and he had three stags going for it on a scrub face...as I cant hear them clearly I had him point in the stag's direction each time it roared...I was so tempted to send him in with the lever gun but didn't want the headlines in the media if it turned to shit...there was also the difficulty in getting it out and processing it.

Got 23rd-29th off then 3 weeks off from 6th April. Can't wait. Will be in Lower Greenstone early April then a couple weeks to poke around a few other spots.

Heard one roaring this morning on a private forestry block. :-)

My niece just shot a 20 pointer last week,a real grand daddy of a stag.Not a nice set of antlers,not a wall hanger.Photo on face book somewhere.

Was out on Saturday in part of the St James, plenty of fresh prints were I went but saw no deer and heard no stags roaring.

There were three or four going well overnight (13-14th) - in the same place as every year at this time - as I passed through to my usual spot, Ruahine. They quietened down at first light around 6:15AM, but in a weeks time will be lively all through the day. Good luck to anyone who wants to climb down to them.
A few hundred metres away and the change in altitude pushes things back to the start of April. I've seen very little variation to the pattern of roaring for date and location for this roadend over the past 8 years, less than ± a weeks change. As always it is helpful to get to know your area for scheduling trips.

I was standing on the lawn last night listening to a couple roaring, usually a week or two early here though.

My niece shot this grand daddy 20 pointer last week.If you know where this is area, dont mention it on here.

i would say the roar will peak around 6-7 on public land around here, be hard hunting in places because its been so dry. The feed has been ok in places so animals should be and good condition.
It will be crazy around Gisborne with that Easter hunting comp on

Heard half a dozen roaring in the Wainakarua today two pairs fighting

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stags are immmature for 1 year until first spikes, then are deemed Mature... ohh ok.

well its nice to see so many mature deer being shot in nz past few years, loven the velvet matures too

certainly looks young an immature

Originally Posted by Rees

stags are immmature for 1 year until first spikes, then are deemed Mature... ohh ok.

well its nice to see so many mature deer being shot in nz past few years, loven the velvet matures too

certainly looks young an immature

nah bro...not what was said..... and yip velveties get HAMMERED over here,it becomes a race to get in first,just incase someone else beats you to it..the wait till the roar thing seems to be going out of fashion.... its a crying shame reallly .... sad in some ways but entirely legal over here.
to each thier own at end of day.

In my experience the stags will roar when the hinds are in season, a good cold spell of weather can make them more vocal and aggressive, but basically its all down to hind health and their scent to get on with business.