Thread: Stags shot 2017

nice one, i'll have to see if i can have a look when down in the Bay sometime. would love to check it out. cheers

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Pretty sure theres a few good heads from both Eddie Herrick and Percy Lyes in the Hastings NZDA hall.
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Caught this guy out at 2.50 in the arvo, was just discussing with the guy with me what way around the hill do we want to go, the easy way in account of already having a boned out pig each in our bag already. Why not add some venny, dumb thing stood and watched us then carried on feeding and my mate managed to get all on camera at 91m lol. Some lessons learnt are the hardest.

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Nice load of pork and venison there, another great day in the hills.

Originally Posted by JoshC

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Shit thats got some lenght!
Score?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Shit thats got some lenght!
Score?

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My cousin shot it Wednesday evening. Not sure on length, but roughly measured it's in the the 230ds class and has a broken guard tine. He's shot several 230 plus and one 246ds, all in differnent locations around Otago/Southland.

Man that Buck is a beaut, you have some nice animals down your way.

I'm pretty much a meat hunter but am slowly getting interested in securing a trophy head or two and I'll be well happy with a nice 12 red and a sika 8.

Shot this little 8 last weekend, (previously shot 2 other scrubby 8's but this one was the best) so thought I'd take the head to clean up as practice for the big boy one day.

Here's a short vid of the shot https://youtu.be/HXtd7_yV9GI

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Came up mint

I know, it wasn't roaring.. But this is my first billy @ 38". Not even sure what is regarded as a trophy billy???

Hunting in East Cape region. I missed some seriously gut wrenching opportunities. Identified a beauty of a stag at 120M, 14pts and fired what i thought was a kill shot... heard the impact... Spent the next 5 hours trying to track him down. Seriously gutting. In the end I came away with a fatass spiker which was needed to fill the freezer. Great trip regardless! Many big animals spotted which got the adrenaline pumping!!!

38 inch billy is a very nice trophy animal hotsoup, shame about the big stag though.

Originally Posted by Blisters

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Fresh Billy served with fresh salad eh Blisters..that's a small hole in the end of that pipe your pointing,.223 maybe?

Originally Posted by hotsoup

I know, it wasn't roaring.. But this is my first billy @ 38". Not even sure what is regarded as a trophy billy???

Hunting in East Cape region. I missed some seriously gut wrenching opportunities. Identified a beauty of a stag at 120M, 14pts and fired what i thought was a kill shot... heard the impact... Spent the next 5 hours trying to track him down. Seriously gutting. In the end I came away with a fatass spiker which was needed to fill the freezer. Great trip regardless! Many big animals spotted which got the adrenaline pumping!!!

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Shame that you didn't find that good stag hotsoup..they can sometimes be easier to locate when rotten ( smelly ) from down wind of course.
Many trophy animals that were given up for lost have been found by going back after the rot had set in eh.

@hotsoup the NZDA minimum douglas score for a goat is 100. Measure the length of the smallest horn around the outside curve and double it. Measure the circumference of the smallest base and double it, then measure the length from tip to tip. Add all the scores together. All measurements in inches. Looking at yours I would guess it would make the 100 mark.

Originally Posted by doinit

Fresh Billy served with fresh salad eh Blisters..that's a small hole in the end of that pipe your pointing,.223 maybe?

Nah it's a 708 bergara scout, small hole in the goat too, took ages to find the penetrations must have gone straight through