Thread: STAGS SHOT 2019

Turns out fallow bucks don't like 160gr TMKs.

242 DS ;-) taxidermist is sorting him out for me as a shoulder mount.

That's a beauty fallow buck, they sure do look nice with those big palmns.

What a ripper buck, well done!

Fat buck!

some times you get lucky .... late May guided hunt on Otago high country station, just before the weather crapped itself.
Day 1 we lucked out with a ripper fallow buck. However getting onto a big red stag was going to be more difficult as all the big boys "disappear" post roar, that's if they have not been taken out during the roar. Sighted this huge stag right on dark with a couple of spikers and another decent stag (10 or 12?) failing light and he did not stick around. Light & range was not conducive to a shot & did not want to risk a wounded animal so we left them undisturbed, trusting the feed would hold them in the general area over night. And we'd have a chance to catch them feeding up first light before they made their way back into the scrub. Long story short we very lucky, found the spikers & eventually after a tricky stalk the big boy feeding up in one of guts that ran back to the scrub. Biggest stag and timber I've ever come across, measured at 382 DS. Stoked !
Tribute to the local knowledge and skills of the guide for making this possible.

@chainsaw was that thing behind a fence?serious question as a few of the comments in the write up sound as tho it may have been wild.

Thumper of a stag. We'll done!

Originally Posted by Yesmate

@chainsaw was that thing behind a fence?serious question as a few of the comments in the write up sound as tho it may have been wild.

Free range stag, 100,000 acres to range around in, plus a heap of public land on all sides. Only fences were sheep/cattle fences which as you know are no obstacle for deer. There are some very good genetics on the property, but this exceeded all expectations.

Few Stags from this year Private Land free range. North Canterbury.

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Originally Posted by chainsaw

Free range stag, 100,000 acres to range around in, plus a heap of public land on all sides. Only fences were sheep/cattle fences which as you know are no obstacle for deer. There are some very good genetics on the property, but this exceeded all expectations.

Great work it’s a beast.

@chainsaw that's a real cracker stag, I have a mate who hunts down that way for Fallow and Reds on a big station his son guides on. Was your guides name Jerrad by any chance? They have shot some very nice stags there also.

@Goosebayhunter that is an impressive line up of stags you have posted, Well Done.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

@chainsaw that's a real cracker stag, I have a mate who hunts down that way for Fallow and Reds on a big station his son guides on. Was your guides name Jerrad by any chance? They have shot some very nice stags there also.

Thanks @Mooseman, guide was a great guy named Bruce.

interesting that he hasnt completely stripped his velvet...I shot a stag late in roar a couple of years back with just a wee bit left on same as your fella...left it in place for added character.
a ripper of astag yours is to be sure,awesome genetics getting around and they are getting old enough to grow out properly.

Still Private land , not free range !!!