Thread: What happens to spikers in the Roar?

Originally Posted by Yesmate

lol your so butthurt of how we hunt in NZ lol

haha good pick up

the mature stags holding hinds will generally tolerate the yearlings hanging around the hinds - but the young males from the year before no - I watched a big stag one day evict a spiker and he was hitting him so hard up the butt with his antlers he was lifting the spikers rear end of the ground - as many have said and rightly so those spikers likely not good eating - the best of the bunch those yearling hinds - followed by a dry hind i.e one that has never had a fawn - not common but I got one that had over an inch of fat over its back steaks - for meat shoot the hinds or does - most stags shot in the roar I would hesitate to say are in fact satellite stags - I guess not so much South Island when hunters can see the deer ( well most of the time ) but I think it likely true North Island bush - nothing wrong with that to me on a hunting trip a deer is a deer - I do not complicate things by being fussy - to get the big stag fine but when you are starting your hunting career take what you can get my motto - just note those satellite stags not great in the eating department -I go onto fallow blocks and the owner does not want does shot - shoot spikers - well wrong thing to do - some of those property's need 50-100 does taken out for the good of the herd - way to many - just get out there lifes short -we are getting a bit indoctrinated by hunting programs that preach shoot the real old stags - fine if thats ya thing and likely the right thing in an area like the wapiti blocks or Stewart Island where most white tail bucks shot are way to young - but really with the number of deer around Ruahines Te Urewera comes to mind its not trophy country shoot - I know many on here will not agree with my view but you have spent a lot of time effort to get there spend some time looking for a big boy if ya must then shoot some deer