Thread: Stags shot 2017

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

nice one Monk

+1

Still a very nice stag good on ya.

went for an overnighter Tuesday/Wednesday to an area id never been to before my mate took me in we saw a few animals heading in mostly hinds & spikers but we could hear a few roaring so we set up camp & went looking for them but no good looks like they are just starting in this area so we carried on up the ridge it was getting steeper & we were both getting really thirsty luckly we found a trickle coming out of a small gut then we head a stag roar & not far away , by this stage we were just below the scrub line so I gave a roar & bingo he replyed from 60 meters away I could see bits of him through the trees but not good enough for a shot so I kept roaring & it worked after several minutes he came down for a look my mate fired & I heard a hit , plenty of blood but I noticed grass fiber init bugger we tracked him for a while but the blood stopped didn't no where he had gone both a little down about it we carried on along through the scrub heading for the tussock , I was buggered walked for miles now it was mid day & hot I sat down in the shade for a bit looking around I glanced up above & there was a stag 250 away I quickly took of my pack & bent some monkey scrub over for a bit of a rest & let rip with hells cannon my made said shot went high so I aimed square on the shoulder & wack down here went , after that my mate go,s did you see how he was walking I said yea he looked a bit tucked up got up there & we couldn't believe our luck that was the stag that was wounded he had covered a lot of very rugged ground to get to where he was a real tuff bugger & old his teeth where well worn down 11 points & nice length I quickly claimed the stag pointing out that his little 270 only left a minor scratch,hole so a good couple of days & a team effort stag carnt wait to get back into it over the next few days.

Had he hit it in the guts?

It didn't look like it shot was just behind his brisket & only about 1.5-2 above it theres a chance it was hit inside somewhere but we wernt gutting it to find out bullet had clean pass through , we where just happy we finished him off

Still not able to fit a jug of beer in those tops though.... Keep looking for the big guy

Originally Posted by 223nut

Still not able to fit a jug of beer in those tops though.... Keep looking for the big guy

I haven't forgotten about him that's for sure im off looking for him shortly , fingers crossed where I saw him is on his regular beat.

That was a stroke of luck to run into the stag for a second time, no mistake that time and a very nice looking stag down.

Only saw 3 x scrubby Sika stags two weeks ago but dropped this guy at 335metres...an inch of fat around his hind quarters!


And a mate just sent me this pic of a 16point Redskin he got this arvo...



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Originally Posted by Mooseman

That was a stroke of luck to run into the stag for a second time, no mistake that time and a very nice looking stag down.

Was it ever huge country he could have gone anywhich way we where both like, nar that carnt be him but no doubt about it it was .something else I was surprised to see was a tiny fawn it was creaping ahead of my mate only 10 meters away had really nice dappled white spots all over it makes you wounder how late it was born im picking it was only a couple of weeks old.

wow.
That is one big red.

Geez that's a great head well done.

Yeh...he's fizzing 🤡


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Top notch Redskin alright nice sika for the freezer as well Hunt4life

Well got up at sparrows fart this morning plan was to look for the big boy wind was not ideal so initially hatched an in-between plan I started getting into the zone of where he hangs out & started glassing I spotted a couple of hinds then I saw a stag appear (outside of what I figered was his ground & around 1 k away) I could see his antlers but it was hard to tell what it was like being only semi light & dark fern behind him I expected it wouldn't be him but needed to check so off I went , sure enough he a was a young 10 not good enough to disturb the area so I back tracked leaving then to it & revaluated the wind which had picked up quite a bit , I decided to head way south & swing around to approach as best I could but it would take me a good couple of k,s to get there & some new country to explore inbetween , well I couldn't believe my luck not long after I parked the bike up & headed into the scrub I heard a stag roar & not far away we exchanged roars for 15 minuets I was trying to coax him onto a small tussock clearing but by this stage he was backing off pretty quickly so I figered he was a young stag or he had hinds so I put the pace on to catch him up not long after I saw movement , was this the roaring stag
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Supected not as lots of sign around so carried on for another 100 meters pushing through the scrub I came to a more open gully immediately I spotted 3 hinds & below them was a big dark stag I quickly looked at him through the bino,s nice long timber even had the through backs 12pt minimum 200 meters away I quickly looked for a rest so grabbing a handful of Manuka I bent it over & put the gun on top the wind was gusty & blowing the manuka I was resting on I waited & waited I believe the stag may have been looking at the spiker I had spooked earlier as he kept looking over his shoulder & after the last episode of me watching a good stag walk off I wasn't going to let that happen again wind dropped a little , boom ...poleaxed he basically lurched forward & fell into the scrub I quickly moved forward 20 meters & stripped a small manuka to get a better rest & watch for 5 minutes incase he got up by this stage there was hinds bounding all over the show but aside from the odd bit of movement from the stag ( could only see scrub moving) which I took for death throws I couldn't believe my luck so I quickly took note of a couple of bushes to give some bearing of where he fell & headed over I always get on the higher side rather than the lower when approaching animals & quietly started scanning down below ...nothing I looked for 15 minutes wondering if I was in the rite spot going high & low then I heard some crashing I chased that for 20 meters saw nothing but figured it must have been a fawn that I had seen earlyer so went back searched for 15 I could not find 1 single drop of blood but bugger me when I got to the end of the search zone more crashing from ruffly the same place this time I chased it up following the noise till it stopped which was a more open gut I couldn't see any movement at all. the scrub/flax/gorse in places be 1.5m high its pretty thick what was it I don't no , I left with no stag im totally stumped maybe iv simply walked past him , maybe the crashing was him.all I no is boom flop no stag il be back up there tomorrow with more eyes & a couple of dogs...sad story I no but it happens figered id post it