Thread: STAGS SHOT 2019

Nice stags @bigbear and@Pongo12, Well done looking good for the roar.

+1 two nice looking animals

I shot this on the 6th Jan

How did you preserve the velvet to prevent rotting, bugs eating or worse?

Originally Posted by 8pt Sika

I shot this on the 6th Jan

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Nice one mate! is that a ruahine stag?

Originally Posted by stagslayer 12

Nice one mate! is that a ruahine stag?

Looks like gizzy blood

@Sarvo archers paradox,on release the nock end moves before the pointy bit.hence arrows are matched(spined) to draw weight.wrong spine = left or right,

Sorry lovely animal and I’m sure you worked your ass off to get him. But I can’t like that he’s in velvet. At lest post rut he’s had a chance to pass on his dna. Nice looking stag though. Must be good eating.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Sorry lovely animal and I’m sure you worked your ass off to get him. But I can’t like that he’s in velvet. At lest post rut he’s had a chance to pass on his dna. Nice looking stag though. Must be good eating.

It was post rut, he passed on his dna last year There's plenty of animals around to take his place.
He was hard enough underneath that I could have stripped him but I wanted to keep him how I shot him.
Plus he's also a nice match to an 11 pointer my wife shot 2 years ago to the day that I shot mine. They will look good side by side on the wall.

Originally Posted by 8pt Sika

It was post rut, he passed on his dna last year There's plenty of animals around to take his place.
He was hard enough underneath that I could have stripped him but I wanted to keep him how I shot him.
Plus he's also a nice match to an 11 pointer my wife shot 2 years ago to the day that I shot mine. They will look good side by side on the wall.

No worry’s I figured you had a plan with the Euro mount.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Sorry lovely animal and I’m sure you worked your ass off to get him. But I can’t like that he’s in velvet. At lest post rut he’s had a chance to pass on his dna. Nice looking stag though. Must be good eating.

The silliness of assuming that somehow genetics are "lost" when a good stag is shot is as silly as assuming that shooting inferior stags on public land will somehow improve the genetics.

Originally Posted by Tahr

The silliness of assuming that somehow genetics are "lost" when a good stag is shot is as silly as assuming that shooting inferior stags on public land will somehow improve the genetics.

Is like the same as when Rob Muldoon said

"Kiwis immigrating to Australia will lift the IQ level on both sides of the Tasman"

Originally Posted by bigbear

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thought i would kick of this thread for 2019 with a stag i shot the other night.

congrats a ripper for sure. Really strong timber, plenty of beam and some great character in the tops

ill get the popcorn

Originally Posted by scoped

ill get the popcorn

There's none left. Its all been diverted for the 6.5x47 thread.