Thread: Deer in Strange Places.

Originally Posted by gmm

Not so much of a strange place but still was hard case to see.
I was in a block of the Clarance this roar and watched some hunters drive up to the Neighbours hut and transfer their kit into a side by side to set off for a hunt.
A Fallow spiker walked out of a patch of scrub 50 meters from them, watched them for a while and ducked down the riverbank. The spiker wandered along the riverbank, which was open grass, but out of view from the hut. When he got to a patch of scrub he would move up and watch the guys. He did this for about 20 minutes before wandering off into the scrub on the edge of the river.
Went south of Kaikoura at night and saw 3 fallow on the front lawn of a house down a side road 100 meters from the state highway, as I drove past, they just looked up and it was only when I stopped, they walked off.

I am convinced that Sika hinds follow you as you hunt through their territory. If you do anything unexpected like take your jacket of to shed some layers they will squeal. Had this happen two days in a row. They will also sneak past you in full view if you are looking the other way, keeping their eye on you all the time. Turn your head and they are gone.
GPM.