Sneaking into an area one morning in the Kaimanawa Bush with my old man. We knew there was a stag there from his hee haws the day before. Sneaking up the ridge to the area we wanted to sit and roar we were almost there so I decided to stop and take a leak. I leant my rifle up on a tree and turned around to do my thing. At that moment I saw antlers cruising up the side of the ridge about 8m below me. Frantically I was waving at Dad with my hand to stop whilst also trying to find my rifle at the same time. I was stuck in place and couldn’t take my eyes off him. I just couldn’t quite reach the damn thing without turning and taking a step. The stag popped up, took one look at me and was gone. Dad was slightly lower then me and could only see his antlers. BUGGER!
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