Thread: Roar timing for 2014

Always interested to hear if the roar is looking like it is early or going to be late each year so I can plan the timing of some trips in. This time we went in ourselves for a couple of days 10th-11th from Kumeti (south-eastern Ruahines) and the stags are already fully wallowing in places, and we had animals chase us up & down the spurs for intruding, plenty of grunting but without any full roars. I'm not familiar with the area - does this point to things being a week-to-10days early for the Ruahines this year ?