Found this unlucky stag in Arthurs. He had a badly broken back leg as well as a broken front shin.
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Found this unlucky stag in Arthurs. He had a badly broken back leg as well as a broken front shin.
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Earthquake damage ?
Couldn't say for sure. He was living in a pretty steep catchment so there'd be many ways a deer could have a tumble or get caught out by falling rocks. He wasn't in great condition but he seemed to still be getting around alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
If that deer was blind too then gibo could have probably got that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Hook_Grass
Yet more proof that injury causes antler deformation. Good work ending his suffering.
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Dog likes it
Watch the bugger doesnt eat it!Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
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The dogs about as big as the brow tine so should be safe!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
All cleaned up came up pretty good.
Crap bey tines which us pretty typical for the area
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One clean stone two:thumbsup:
A bit late to this thread but I shot this on the 7th of Jan. My first stag. Canterbury area
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Still nice head :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
Our Pelorus Stags have no Bez tines at all
Tell me - how you got so clean so quick ??
Boil for 90mins, waterblast, soak in hydrogen peroxide for an hour or so. Easier doing it when fresh and not covered in maggots. Also I have found if leaving the head to rot for awhile the bone will stainQuote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
Typical Stoke Park (Rakaia) bloodlines there. I've seen many heads with both traits, weak bez and royal / inner off back tine imbalance. Never the less its a cracker head :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
Ah - I did wonder about the use of a water blasterQuote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
Yes - they stain if left in a tree like I always do - but to be honest - never had anything to get to excited about.
Apart from my very 1st Red Deer.
Believe this or not
Was a 351lb 12 point perfect Royal (wine glass sat in top)
Shot in Kaingaroa Pine Forest just 300m off the Low Level road back in 1976
Broke the Rangitikei meat chiller record weight by 70+ lbs and got photo take by publican then got head stolen by road workmen from Murapara and bloody photo from publican was a failure and never turned out :-(
And yes - you guessed it - never been close to getting "anything" like it since :XD:
I left a scrubber but with sentimental value buried in the garden and my bloody Great Dane/Black Labx ate the whole bloody thing other than bits of the jaw that had teeth in and I found about half of one side of an antler!Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
That was the time when we were meat hunting the area, some nice stags in Kaingaroa. The then publican would have been Trevor Grimwood at the pub, was a dangerous place to sell our deer as we were always thirsty after some big carries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
I never knew about the royal/inner off back tine imbalance but after looking closer at some pics of rakaia stags its definitely obvious now. Cheers for that Mathias :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
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Originally Posted by Mooseman
Cannot remember his name but he was young for a publican (like I was late teens and he looked 30-ish and had a nice looking wife)
There were a few very pissed off local meat hunters who got done out of the 1976 weight competition by a true "Greenhorn"
My mate who was with me at the time in the "Big K" shot a 279lb Stag April 1st and I shot mine on the 6th - his nearly got the record - but mine smashed it
I will tell you (but I imagine you know already) we got totally smashed that night - I had a cheque for $351
Even after our splurge in the Tavern - I bought all my winter clothing - aka Swanni - boots - socks - rubber boots and shirts etc etc from the proceeds
The 70's were my best memories
Bloody hell - starting to sound too nostalgic – shut up already !!!
Yes from memory a bottle of beer was about .50 cents and not the little ones of today..... great times alright.
Here is a couple of pics that will make you nostalgic Sarvo and Mooseman. Even check out each others rifles in front of the Tavern. Eat ya hearts out young fella's. Attachment 83467Attachment 83468 :thumbsup: ( sorry about the pic quality, was a couple of years ago ) If I remember right the tall guy was the publican at the Rangataiki tavern. We were there for a pool playoff.
Made me smile, I’ve taken a few around the low level too... I’m only 40odd but been in there since I was four - watching my dad and poppa in action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
Don't complain about the picture quality, at least it's colour :XD:
That deer has been CARRIED!.....dont see that at comps these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Yep over 90 % were carried on our backs, used to get a few dollars for the sinues so we always left them on. Beeman I haven't seen that picture for a long time good to see the old Zepher , had some good times honing in that wagon.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Yep over 90 % were carried on our backs, used to get a few dollars for the sinues so we always left them on. Beeman I haven't seen that picture for a long time good to see the old Zepher , had some good times honing in that wagon.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Nice. Done a lot of hunting very close to there.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Thats the Tarewera Tavern bit further down the Napier trackQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
That stage of mine from Low level took me and a mate 6 hours to drag it less than 250m
Bent the back of the Cortina getting into the wagon
There were actually 2 stags that morning - about to clash antlers - the one that got away was bigger - had I been more experienced withou Buck fervour- would have got both of them.
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My best head so far:thumbsup: It was a late night
What a cracker.
You might struggle to better that one:cool:
That's a damn fine animal, fairly even as well
Didn't get alot of pics and unfortunately i was by myself so didnt get pictures with me in it. I will try and put up a report this week.
Yes I can imagine that selves with antlers that long might be hard if not down right dangerous......hunter impaled would the head line read:PQuote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
That's a ripper bigbear, you should be proud of that one and it might take a while to better that one.
Stag shot by my wife on the weekend.
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@bigbear cracker , let us no what it scores
Trying to find someone in gisborne that knows how to do it. From what am told it want make the three hundred.
Shit it will be bloody close if it doesn't.
Hard to tell length from the pic but pretty sure it will go bloody close if not over 300.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
It has everything so all points will count.
Length and spread will likely be the deciding factors.
Who cares. It is a nice animal. And to be fair I doubt you do care or you would have had a rough idea what you were looking at before you shot it[emoji16]
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Could always do a bit of googling and have a go yourself, guess it depends if you want it 'official' or not
Trophy is in the eye of the beholder...scores mean nothing mate. Although in saying that, I'd love a 300ds 14 for my wall :ORLY: :D
