Thread: What happens to spikers in the Roar?

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