Thread: The Roar - Let's see some photos!

nice alright

Originally Posted by JoshC

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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Mate that is an awesome looking head, will there be a full report?

Originally Posted by 199p

Mate that is an awesome looking head, will there be a full report?

Thanks man. My mate is stoked, I'm stoked for him. I'll maybe throw a decent report up in May after opening weekend, as I'll be hunting right thru till then and may have more to add!

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......

Originally Posted by Scouser

Brilliant Josh, 12 pointer yeah?.......absolute cracker, well worth the toil......

Cheers. Yeah even 12. Straight bush head, which makes it even cooler in my eyes.

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 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





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!

Originally Posted by Dougie

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 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

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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!

Great pics and good success. Go you!
I've always been a bit agin hunting comps. Have always thought that they vacuum up a lot of handy animals for the sake of winning rather than the pleasure of the hunt. But that's a personal thing and I'm not judging.

I am judging here though Dougie. Like everyone Im wrapped to see you getting success and making a career out of writing. But keep your feet on the ground eh, and don't become too enamored by the the privileged pozzy, bullshit talking, and nasty life of the so called modern day "professionals" (a.k.a magazine writers, game preserve hunters and their hyped associates). Instead, take your best pleasure from being an ordinary hunter doing ordinary things well. That way you will derive maximum satisfaction, maintain your self respect and the respect of others.

Yeah, that was pretty damned judgmental, eh.

Your on fire with the hunting Dougie

Originally Posted by oneshot

Your on fire with the hunting Dougie

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 Sport mode is the best. This buck obviously knew I wasn't going to shoot him....

Originally Posted by Dougie

Sport mode is the best.

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.

Originally Posted by JoshC

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.

I will come down and teach you.😆

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Originally Posted by JoshC

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.

Tripod & self timer or remote shutter release, so your not holding the camera helps. If the situation allows for that of course.