Thread: Stags Shot 2018

Originally Posted by Gibo

How did the earmuffs go?

Obviously really well, the stag didn't hear him coming at all!

Originally Posted by stug

Obviously really well, the stag didn't hear him coming at all!

And he still cant hear us

Originally Posted by Gibo

How did the earmuffs go?

They were good - but I now recognize what you said earlier - it is not clean cut on direction of where the noises you "want" to concentrate on are coming from
I also had trouble monitoring my calling the Stags in - I mean my volume of call to them
But - practice I think would help

I have actually just sold them to a FM - and I will get another pair in later
My hearing is very good (only part that still works OK)
I dislike having anything on my head - I get hot quickly with them on and I do not like them around water - sea/creeks
For shooting range/clay - they would be brilliant - for someone with impaired hearing - brilliant
I think on Sika in open Beech - be very good too

I have been keeping an ear on a stag that has been roaring intermittently for about 4 days. He is in some hard tight country and I can't really be bothered getting a look at him as I am sure he isint anything flash. I went out after dark for a yodel and 3 others I haven't heard before and closer again started up.
I have heard them well into May in some places around here.

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Aside from the fact its dead , he looks in top condition nice colouring on his antlers to , good work.

It that a hybrid Andrew?

Originally Posted by Gibo

It that a hybrid Andrew?

Nah bro, well not in my limited knowledge..you know there's no Reds in Papamoa!

Little fella smacked this boy over a 237 yards , loving the fin 243 for the kids, they seem to drop them on the spot (better than dad)fallow croaking hard out didn't want this boy getting to many lady's

Originally Posted by Smartie

Nah bro, well not in my limited knowledge..you know there's no Reds in Papamoa!

I've seen a few big reds around here.

@Rangidan Well done Rangidan junior. A

week or so ago my dog winded me into what I thought was going to be a trophy of a life time but what she took me to was a buck hooked up in the top wire of a 8 wire fencefence. It was alive and a beautiful animal and using a couple of manuka sticks I wound the wire off. He was too big to flip back over the way he had come to get his leg out. Anyway I got him out and I suspected his hip was dislocated but sat him up and continued my hunt. When I came back a few hours later he had died. Such a waste, even though he had a shit head. I couldn't bring myself to shoot him but in hind sight maybe I should have.

Anyway, he had a head similar to the one your lad shot and your post reminded me.

Bugger, now the damn site won't let me load a pic!

Originally Posted by Tahr

@Rangidan Well done Rangidan junior. A

week or so ago my dog winded me into what I thought was going to be a trophy of a life time but what she took me to was a buck hooked up in the top wire of a 8 wire fencefence. It was alive and a beautiful animal and using a couple of manuka sticks I wound the wire off. He was too big to flip back over the way he had come to get his leg out. Anyway I got him out and I suspected his hip was dislocated but sat him up and continued my hunt. When I came back a few hours later he had died. Such a waste, even though he had a shit head. I couldn't bring myself to shoot him but in hind sight maybe I should have.

Anyway, he had a head similar to the one your lad shot and your post reminded me.

Bugger, now the damn site won't let me load a pic!

They are good at getting hung up.Had a spiker a few years ago in a fence , a black eye , 6 stitches and a ripped shirt later he was out , should off shot the little wanker!!!

Hahaha, brings back memories. big fawn runs up my drive way, takes one look at me and runs full noise into a 7 wire fence n scrambles through into a thicket of blackberry on the other side. Being youngish n fit I take 3 steps over the fence and belly flop half over the fawn and end up tangled in blackberry with ( jeez ) this thing was like hanging onto a angry bronc , I was lucky I had done my breeding I had a squeaky voice and one black testicle for a month. YEP I should of shot it. Took me that month to get all the prickles out of weird places.

Had that a few times now with pics not loading

@BeeMan shame that wasn't today, with a mate standing by to film.....you'd make good money from that outtake alone

This old fella made the mistake of walking into 100g of 243.