1st Kaimai Stag

Well another successful afternoon hunt today with a mate that decided to come for a walk too.
We headed in from the same place as last time, Not far into my walk i had a wee accident which then nearly ended my trip.
I was crossing a stream when my left foot sliped got snaged and i assed up tweaking my ankle and getting dunked into the stream, Climbed out
soaked down one side and a bit sore, off with boots to empty water and check rifle and gps as they got a good drowning too.
After 10min i felt pretty lucky and then carried on.
After alot of stalking & starting to get late in the day, Bugger all sign appearing we were about to turn for home when i came to a real nice area,
started taking it slow then boo yah a stag with its head down just browsing away, i could only make out its head and rear end, Just waited for
a bit then he took a step forward and now im able to make out his hole front half, he put his head up .... Up with the rifle & crack went the 7mm08 and down the poor boy went !
Starting to loose light we quickly butcherd the animal and headed for home with big smiles !
But i must say that navigating through the kaimais at night is no fun at all, i dont reconmend it, I was glad i new where i was but in saying that
if i had to i was prepeard for a night in if need be.

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:cool: quite a dark front and back end

Good stuff bushhunter.:cool:

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Awesome Bush Hunter! Well done, would have been a chilly night to camp out if it came to that.😂

Bloody well done Bush Hunter

Good stuff mate

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excellent effort

Nice young stag ,be a good eater . Cold in Kaimai yesterday spending the night wouldn't of been pleasant really .
Bugger all sign where I was though .

Nice one, looks like a good solid stag

Did you have a look at his teeth? Just wondering what age he might have been, a typical example of Kaimai animals big in body.

Good effort mate, well done.

Well done. It will taste even better because you put in the time. Cold up there at night.

Well done BH, like the way you persevered after the ankle tweek, nice one mate!!!!!

Well done BH what an effort! Beautiful beast. Congrats!