Thread: Stags Shot 2018

Originally Posted by Unihunter

Good Shit Josh, makes it a trophy in their eyes anyway. I still think that old 10 you took (last year i think) is one of my favorite heads I have seen the big sweeping curves to the tines give it so much character. A beast that truly made it to its prime plus if i remember right it looked fat as anything. Have the photo saved as encouragement when pushing up these huge south island hills.

Cheers mate. Yep last March. That was an epic week of hunting, will be hard to beat. Heading back into the same country in a couple of weeks to seen if we can find his progeny. It amazes me they can avoid hunters and helicopters to reach that age. Goes to show they’re out there eh, you never know what’s over the next ridge



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Ruahine 12 I ran into on the tops last week

A bit late to this thread but I shot this on the 7th of Jan. My first stag. Canterbury area

@JoshC Was it hard on the tips? big bodies on those stags down there.

Originally Posted by bigbear

@JoshC Was it hard on the tips? big bodies on those stags down there.

Yeah mate he stripped it today. Tips were just starting to poke thru. And yep if they’re left to mature they can get pretty big. They took all the meat off this one, had over an inch of fat over its rump.

On a even more positive note, there was another stag with him which I saw as an 8 last year who is now a perfectly even 10 and about the same size. So they left him to hopefully make another year and be even bigger


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I'm planning on heading down your direction some time to visit a school mate and go for a wee adventure. I've never got the hang of what to look for down here in the south. Somehow manged to come down south and still shoot all my deer in the bush. Hoping the Tahr hunting I've been doing has taught me how to glass a bit better now watched a hind and fawn last sunday but was trying to get my first chamois as I've only seen them when hunting Tahr and there aren't many in the area so I left them be (Plus I had already shot two nannie Tahr so didn't want to be greedy). Have a big old fallow I've been chasing a few years back up Bay of Plenty (have one of his casts)

First bit of bone for 2018.Will put some more pics up tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Monk

First bit of bone for 2018.Will put some more pics up tomorrow.Attachment 82388

That's not a bad way to start the year

Originally Posted by Monk

First bit of bone for 2018.Will put some more pics up tomorrow.Attachment 82388

And we're off, nice heads guys

Very nice indeed, many more to come. ( Lets hope)

Originally Posted by Shootm

Well it’s getting close to that time of the year when the Stags start to strip velvet, make some noise and chase the ladies.
Add your photos of Stags, Bucks and Bulls shot in 2018.
I’m going to be looking for this fulla from last year.

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Good luck and be safe.

Me too🤓

Another one from the Wairarapa.

How old do you think that one is @brad nice head did he give you a good stalk?

Nice one Brad,about 7 to 8 weeks to go.yaaaa