There are many Snee Roads. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
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There are many Snee Roads. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
I know of three Snee roads, they are about 100km apartQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Nice job and a heap of good steaks for sure. Any sign of the big Red stag should be well stripped by now?
He seems to have disappeared, like they often do after they have stripped. Likely moved into the heavier trees for the roar. Crossing my fingers he turns up after the roar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
Yeah, there was a lot of meat on that hind and I had to lug it a reasonable distance.
I shot her from next to the bottom of the three cabbage trees. Pic taken from the opposite face where the deer was and I had to cart the meat back the way I had come and over the top for a while.
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You can see her in this pic after I shot her.
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Awesome, some good chewing there and thanks for posting up!!
It will taste all the better for the effort you put in, nice spot your hunting ideal for LR work. We have the same problems with the stags moving to different areas for the roar. There is a nice long 8 pointer we found last year and we have just picked him up in another block so hopefully he will be there for the roar, he is still only 8 but real long, there is a nice 10 we watched on the cameras for awhile but he has vanished a the moment so hope he turns up soon as well. Good luck for the roar.
Its going to be interesting over the next couple of weeks I have my spots my mate has his he often see,s stags I don't 0 infact over the last few months similar areas but he,s more open country im mostly odd clearing ,bush hunting he has no wallows I have hinds fawns & wallows but no stags... very shortly before they start roaring the stags will turn up its going to be really interesting I no my spots well generally to within 50 or 100 meters of zones beds , feed areas kind of all the same but its really neat il be looking for those big marks from now on its been a while since I have seen some timber moving amongst the trees already getting excited :)
Good luck and safe hunting. Sounds like you have done your home work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
Are you happy with the conversion, I guess this was the Sako 270 wsm now a 300 saum?
Nice knife you got there Tahr :)
Couldn't be happier with the rifle.Quote:
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So don't leave me in suspense what breed is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
Bark River Trail Buddy. S35VN stainless.Quote:
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How many Deer have you had over Tilly now ? .
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Originally Posted by Munsey
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Originally Posted by Tahr
I went for a walk last night with the intention of trying to catch a stag. Saw 3 hinds and a fawn scattered around.
Towards dark I was stalking along a scrub edge with Tilly when she suddenly went into stalk mode. So I loaded the 300saum and crept forward. Nothing, but she was still intense. I glanced down to my left away from the scrub edge and there about 80 yards away was a Fallow family of 3. Mum, fawn and spiker.
They looked beautiful, and at first I had no intention of shooting one. I just watched them through my binos and waited for them to drift off. After a few minutes though the Mum spotted or smelt me and they were off. Unfortunately they went over the ridge and down through the scrub scaring everything as they went. It was nearing dark and once they had spooked the gully I decided if they appeared again I would shoot the spiker.
A couple of minutes later I could see them working their way through the scrub and I saw the Mum trot through a clearing. When the spiker appeared I quickly ranged him at 319 yards and let rip. He leapt in the air and came back down again unscathed. Bugger. But for some reason he just pogo'd 10 yards and stopped. This time I had a better rest over my pack and was confident of making a good shot. That "Whooomph" sound echoed back and he went straight down. Centre of the shoulder shot. Those 150 Barnes sure do bust up some bone.
I got him out whole, so he's hanging in my shed waiting for me to go and skin him. Got home at 12.30am this morning. I bet you he's the only dead Fallow within 10 mins walk of central Wellington. :)
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The offside shoulder of the 2Nd last photo looks a bit odd but I'm guessing it's just the way it's standing
In the second pic there is a deer just to the right of Tilly's neck, just below a tree. That's what she is staring at.
Jezuz there is some fat on that red in that photo with the back steaks out you can see it over the ribs ,good shooting that rifle sounds a little honey:)
Well done Tahr another great evening on the hill with your dog.
No Bruce the picture below that, it looks like the hind has a dislocated shoulder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
@Mooseman https://youtu.be/qHvGk6LZ_H0Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
The old buggers were out and about last night. Heard a couple of roars. Let an 8 pointer live for another day. We shot a couple of meat animals at 200 yards. Grass galore, and a few deer around. I thumped the spiker over with my 6.5x55 & 140 AMax - its a honey of a rifle (S&L Classic & Sightron 3-16).
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That snee road has some nice looking country at the end of it good stuff.
Yes. At the end of it you can take many forks, which lead you to a diverse range of hunting opportunities. Its sort of like a magic time machine that you hop into. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
That was a nice stag that you shot.
A nice evening out in some great looking country, good to hear some stags are roaring.
Blowing its arse off up there this arvo,4 guys heading in as we were leaving and probably past two car loads as well that looked like they were heading that way. 6 cars at Tamaki and 2 at Kumeti.Stay safe guys, treat every roar as a potential human.;)
They were roaring on the Reserve boundary last night. Yes. Stay safe and take care people. I'm off to PNG tomorrow morning to work for most of April.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Home from PNG for a week before I go back so went out for a hunt with Brian, and I brought my game camera home. Had about a dozen different deer on it.
We didn't shoot anything. Heard a few roars but activity seems to be dropping off. Best stag spotted was an average 8 pointer.
The top pic was taken yesterday morning.
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Hope the weather wasn't too shitty,the predicted forecast was wrong as usual.
I wouldn't sneeze at that "average" 8... in fact I'd be bloody stoked with something like that!
That bottom stag has good shape and size, could be a goodie in a few years. Maybe a relative of the big one BC?
A couple of heavy showers came though but in the main it was good. The wx looked worse north east towards the top of the range and the quarry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
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Originally Posted by Dorkus
I wasn't referring to the one off the game camera. I meant a pretty ordinary one that I saw roaring last night.
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Originally Posted by nor-west
Yeah, maybe. Mr big seems to have disappeared but I guess he will appear if he hasn't been knocked over. I saw a spiker on 3 legs in the neighbours. I would have liked to have shot him to put him out of his misery, but its just not worth the risk.
Snee road is famous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYYRPHRtIzo
So they must be on here? Or do you guys have the same gag running in another forum?
Just here Gibo. Part of this place's culture now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Hard case, wonder who they are :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
