Thread: Where to go and shoot my first NZ Red Stag (North Island)

I also see plenty of 12 and 14 pointers.......on here

Originally Posted by thatguy

Geez you are a machine or know some pretty special spots to see that many stags. Or I’m just a shit hunter. Probably all of the above..

If he actually lives in the Hutt...deer just wander into his urban backyard.

Originally Posted by thatguy

Geez you are a machine or know some pretty special spots to see that many stags. Or I’m just a shit hunter. Probably all of the above..

You know where the stags are...(Well have been) just keep plugging away at the same area at different times of the day and year.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

If I were in your position I would probably head for the main Ruahine area. Lots of animals and reasonable access. I don't hunt there so can't give specifics sorry. But talk is there are plenty there.

He’s bang on, before it snows get up into the tops and glass at first light and last light. Keep glassing until you see a stag or move slightly to open up new country. Don’t move too far once you have found a gulley with sun, feed, water and cover.

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

If you want a 'decent' stag then you are wasting your time in the Kaimai's, I have yet to get a 'decent' stag out of the Kaimai's after hunting there for 40 years and living there for 30...been a few 4's, 6's and 8's pulled from there recently that I know of and probably a shit load I don't know about.
A real piss off is when someone asks where they should hunt and one goes to great trouble to point them in what one thinks is the right direction only to have them come back and tell you they went somewhere entirely different...bring a box of Cody's and loosen my lips.

How right you are.....