Footage of the ruahine stag from the weekend.
https://youtu.be/hshgLp2LYhk
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Footage of the ruahine stag from the weekend.
https://youtu.be/hshgLp2LYhk
Here is a good one I saw last weekend. Too far, too late.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8726/...2737acbf_z.jpgstag3
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Check out this bad boy
Im still fizzing
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Good job, typical bloody bush for round here aye. Was that up the kaimais or round the lakes?Quote:
Originally Posted by SJ159357
A very cropped pic but a better view. Good to see strong beys.Quote:
Originally Posted by K95
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/...19c335fe_z.jpgStag5 (2)
Looks young to me. Nice lower tines.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
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Brothers second deer and first hunt in a long time due to surgery to remove most of a lung. Huge effort by him to recover the meat and antlers and a great shot too.
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Fantastic! [emoji106]
Awesome deer- super rifle!
Nice!
nice:cool:
Attachment 35521 35min walk in, 5mins of roaring, 5 hours to get out.....
Was he tricky to get across that creek ? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewski
Hardest part of the whole day.......:thumbsup:
was there a pub on the way Drewski? :)
Drew stay out of my paddock!Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewski
Good shit mate[emoji106]
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Tararuas roaring now albeit mostly at night, I got out before Easter
glad to hear that, my 2 weeks off start on wednesday cant bloody wait been looking on here at all the stags everyones getting and it making me jelous
Home again after another epic trip into the hills. My mate Glen has been holding his trigger finger for a good while now, waiting for a decent stag. After several trips looking, and on this one... hours of smashing through the shittest bush ever we managed to achieve that goal. It was roar-hunting at its finest, and we had curve balls thrown at us all trip. We got this stag over 5 hours after first hearing him, 3 hours after seeing him and 2 hours after roaring back and forwards within 50 metres of him in a nasty gully. He is a very good stag from this area.To say we were stoked is an understatement.
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Nice!
I always get excited when I see your name pop up on the front page. You never disappoint.
Brilliant Josh, 12 pointer yeah?.......absolute cracker, well worth the toil......:thumbsup:
Big well done by your bro....he must be stoked with that....:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by K95
5 hours to get out.....worth the back ache eh Drewski......beer is better that voltaren mate!!!!!!!!!.....well doneQuote:
Originally Posted by Drewski
Cheers. Yeah even 12. Straight bush head, which makes it even cooler in my eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
Pretty unusual antler configuration, bifurcated tops but no trez? Nice!
Entered my first ever hunting comp on the weekend, shot down to Wairarapa to pick up my supressed .223 (care of Scott Trail). AWESOME can, super quiet. He also does a good one for his 300WinMag too :ORLY: thanks to the wind, even up close I borrowed his banger to knock over my first Fallow buck.
Four big wins for me this weekend:
1. awesome quiet, light suppressor on my wee gun
2. new Canon SX60 put through it's paces with pics from 900yards!!!!!
3. being the one who spotted the most deer, I spotted my buck from over 600 yards away when the boys couldn't see it
4. whacking over my first fallow, and a buck to boot!
When I arrived at the comp I thought I might be in for the prettiest deer prize (best visual head) as there were only scrappy farm reds, big but ugly IMHO. Then the big even deer started piling in as well as this absolutely amazing 10 point pure sika shot by a young 16 year old maori boy who was the most modest, cruisey little hunter I've ever met. This kid has some serious Mana.
Heaviest hind quarters were heavier than my whole stag! I had the lightest deer in the whole comp and there was one other fallow. The monster head matches those heavy back legs.
Wicked wicked weekend :thumbsup:
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Even at just 52kg, carrying whole with the head attached is freakin' hard - I am only 62kg myself. Luckily the boys carried my pikau and rifle for me!
Your on fire with the hunting Dougie :cool:
Cheers bud, in all honestly I am totally over the moon with the photos and the deer spotting. Going to enter some of my spiker pics in the Sika show, I reckon they are that good :cool: Sport mode is the best. This buck obviously knew I wasn't going to shoot him....Quote:
Originally Posted by oneshot
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Sport mode because of the faster shutter speed? I'm getting used to my sx60, but finding getting really crisp images a bit of a mission eh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
I will come down and teach you.😆Quote:
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Brilliant Dougie, well done mate....your well on your way now....whats that Red, Sika & Fallow in the last year?....sweet
nice alright
Great pics and a nice Fallow head to top it off with.
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control we had an absolutely shocker of a roar with no sign where there always has in the past 11yrs and not a roar to be heard :pissed off:
I will not be posting any pics.
However some great memories makers in the last few pages :cool:
Tripod & self timer or remote shutter release, so your not holding the camera helps. If the situation allows for that of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Yeah I've been doing that for years, the self timer trick. It works wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Moutere
Sika hybrids only, still sooooooo keen to shoot a sika!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
But yes a great last few months :cool:
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Yeah I need a tripod. Distance shots are even harder to focus, especially when there is grass/something else in the foreground.Quote:
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