Thread: STAGS SHOT 2019

Originally Posted by zack

Still Private land , not free range !!!

Technically speaking every single deer is not free range then. Most of the places where red deer where first liberated are private land. Especially in the raikaia catchment.

A lot of owners down otago have spent a huge about of effort and energy on herd management. And the same result would happen if we had the same Attitude for public hunting without every Tom dick and Harry trashing it, shooting every Stag they see that is immature, smashing all the spikes in spring.

If a property has a sheep fence on the boundary of Doc I'll certainly wait till it jumps into the doc so it's free range.. Said no one ever.
Its about congratulating guys on a lovely stag not having a cry to think whatever you thinks better. Didn't your mum ever teach you if you don't have anything good to say don't say it?

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Good response , coming from the man that shoots giraffes

Goosebayhunter that is a fantastic line up of stags.

Originally Posted by zack

Good response , coming from the man that shoots giraffes

Yawn

Originally Posted by zack

Good response , coming from the man that shoots giraffes

@zack if you are a purist that's great, but a true purist would realise that most of the game animals we have here in NZ came from fenced game parks and are therefore domesticated deer and not really the same as true wild deer in their native habitat. You will have to stop hunting in NZ if you want to remain true to your values.
Enjoy your purist red deer hunting in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Spain, Poland, GDR, Scotland, Turkey, oh bugger, they all have managed wild herds and have for hundreds of years. So the reality of hunting is that it is managing game animals to balance their environment. This is how it has been for hundreds of years.
The Great Hall at Moritzburg

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

@zack if you are a purist that's great, but a true purist would realise that most of the game animals we have here in NZ came from fenced game parks and are therefore domesticated deer and not really the same as true wild deer in their native habitat. You will have to stop hunting in NZ if you want to remain true to your values.
Enjoy your purist red deer hunting in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Spain, Poland, GDR, Scotland, Turkey, oh bugger, they all have managed wild herds and have for hundreds of years. So the reality of hunting is that it is managing game animals to balance their environment. This is how it has been for hundreds of years.Attachment 112857
The Great Hall at Moritzburg

Most of those trophies were killed by coursing too. Private or public land, we have reasonable morals here in NZ when it comes to hunting.

Originally Posted by tanqueray

Most of those trophies were killed by coursing too. Private or public land, we have reasonable morals here in NZ when it comes to hunting.

Those Moritzburg trophies were actually bred in a park - as in farmed. The heads in pubs around Saxony were quite ordinary just like a good bush stag shot here. The heads at the hunting castles are quite different. Those deer were selectively bred in the 'Park' and when there was to be a 'Hunt' deer and Boars would be run into a smaller enclosure of about 3 hectares and whilst the 'gentle crowd' watched, cheered and applauded from the bleachers, gallant gents would step forward and shoot with crossbow or with spear and lance battle a cornered animal.
At the end of the days entertainment the guests would retire to the castle for feasting, drinking, dancing and rooting, judging from the muraled walls.

sika stag i got on a random afternoon hunt a few weeks back

Originally Posted by stagslayer 12

Attachment 115512Attachment 115512Attachment 115513sika stag i got on a random afternoon hunt a few weeks back

What a beast ,well done

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

@zack if you are a purist that's great, but a true purist would realise that most of the game animals we have here in NZ came from fenced game parks and are therefore domesticated deer and not really the same as true wild deer in their native habitat. You will have to stop hunting in NZ if you want to remain true to your values.
Enjoy your purist red deer hunting in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Spain, Poland, GDR, Scotland, Turkey, oh bugger, they all have managed wild herds and have for hundreds of years. So the reality of hunting is that it is managing game animals to balance their environment. This is how it has been for hundreds of years.Attachment 112857
The Great Hall at Moritzburg

i think he was more referring to fenced in as less of a hunting challenge as opposed to a true wild public land animal(which is far far different to something on a station).I agree with zack in that it’s still a fenced animal and shot as opposed to hunted.The animals on this station May be able to roam into public land but won’t as their foodsupply on the farm will be top notch and there whereabouts at almost all times will be known by the guide/farmer.

Originally Posted by zack

Good response , coming from the man that shoots giraffes

You have never tasted Giraffes then I take it?
The skins also make a great stair runner and there bones are some of the hardest of all planes game.
It is tasty by the way