Thread: Red stag antlers “ trophy potential “

My earlier post was a bit hasty, not intended to gun Hamish & his statement down.
What I mean to point out is that the bez is the last to develop and first to go depending on various factors.
Take a look at NZ Hunter show this week. Emil's dads stag had just about lost its bez, due to age. In its prime it would a boasted nice bez tines and if that animal had lived another year or two, all trace could have vanished.

Yes the Rakaia herd has a case of have none, got one or both bez, seen it all. Its believed by knowledgable people that one of the hinds in the release carried this trait of bez irregularity. @Moa Hunter touches on the case of genetic mix with the likes of the Stoke Park breeding that makes up the Rakaia herd.
The farmer I quoted, culling his velveters, had a pure Rakaia sire stag, aerial captured from the Rakaia catchment. He grew bez, he was on primo tucker

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