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thought i would kick of this thread for 2019 with a stag i shot the other night.
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thought i would kick of this thread for 2019 with a stag i shot the other night.
That is a ripper, well done!
He can't of seen you with that black camo face paint. Well done! What area roughly?
What a monster! good stuff
Inland from gisborne, heaps of feed around this year just need more rain and the east coast will be set for the roarQuote:
Originally Posted by Gkp
Mate - that's a horse with a good set of headgear.... early enough to still be fat for eating too. Well done!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
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1st stag for me this year
Awesome Cam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pongo12
Nice stags @bigbear and@Pongo12, Well done looking good for the roar.
+1 two nice looking animals
I shot this on the 6th Jan
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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 :thumbsup: There's plenty of animals around to take his place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8pt Sika
that's a ripper for Nth Is stag @Pongo12 .... you can hang up your boots for the rest of the year now to give us others blokes a chance :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pongo12
congrats a ripper for sure. Really strong timber, plenty of beam and some great character in the topsQuote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
ill get the popcorn
There's none left. Its all been diverted for the 6.5x47 thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by scoped
Is like the same as when Rob Muldoon saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
"Kiwis immigrating to Australia will lift the IQ level on both sides of the Tasman"
Hahah you'll be lucky mate. It's only just begun....Quote:
Originally Posted by chainsaw
I would've waited another couplea weeks. Still its a preference thing I spose - prefer em hard and polished up!!
This thread isn't about what you @Sy270 or anyone else would have done. It's for hunters to show there success and should be left as such. If you can't offer a congratulations then piss off.
Two nice looking heads there. Very cool.
How did you preserve the velvet to prevent rotting, bugs eating or worse?
Nice tidy stag there @kidmac42 your dog is looking pretty pleased as well.
Yea, it's an small eleven tho one tine is hidden on the right hand top.
Ha! Miz the biz. Very personable girl these days. As we leave the truck I just say " we want deer Miz". She knows. 80 metre lower throat with 308 Norma.
Got this guy last night.
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It's like a classy version of my stag last week. Mine was with a dirty bergara and suppressor. Would love a k95 one day.Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
My first stag for the year, stoked to get out at last after the enforced 3 month layoff. Thanks to @Wingman for the nice pic. Ate the eye fillets after marinading them for 5 days in the fridge... oh my were they just freakin' delicious.
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Nice stag in some nice country, Well Done Flyblown.
@Flyblown I cant believe we forgot to take a pic of my massive stag.. equally as tasty too :D
Maybe I did take a photo @Wingman... when you weren't looking.
I heard from another hunter second hand that a Chch taxidermist was burgled back in Feb?? The guy lost his deer head that was dropped off - anyone heard the same? Don't know which Taxi? Sounds a bit odd to me?
Ha.. I may have a few of those too..
I really cant take all the credit.. I owe that kill to my trusty spotter..
Skilled spotter is our @Flyblown , he had him glassed ranged and my scope dialed in before I even saw the beast..
We did get some pretty cool video footage of the stag above and his 3 larger mates casual reaction to his sudden departure though.
Saturday nights effort :yaeh am not durnk:
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At least you are getting out there Nathan. Looks like a very nice spot too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan F
.Attachment 107032Attachment 107033 Went out for one last look the night before heading south last week and was not expecting to see this guy. no knife or camera with me.He had a broken back leg, the joint was locked up and some thing funny going on in his hip. Getting the skinned tanned
