A dream becoming reality

Earlier this week I took the day off work to have my first crack of the year pursuing hard antler Sika stags with @mawzer308 . It’s suffice to say the day that unfolded is one we won’t won’t forget. I would absolutely love to share the full story with you all but I intend to sit down at some point and get it done properly.

The hunt had my heart through the roof on more then one occasion and managing to make it all come together seems a wee bit surreal. Massive shoutout to James as it was a team effort for sure. I was just privileged enough to be the team member on the trigger.

He was fully hard underneath and has been stripped by Ruahine Taxidermy ready for staining and mounting. Unofficial DS of 216 6/8.

Wow. What an absolute ripper!!
I'm not jealous.:thumbsup:

huge and fat too...enjoy the venison....

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

huge and fat too...enjoy the venison....

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Made pulled venison today using the recipe from NZ Hunter. Delicious!

Awesome beast. You're a lucky man.

What a donkey. Shot mate :)

They would be impressed in Toyko bro nice work.[emoji869]

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Fantastic, i look forward to the hunt story

Congrats Mate ,jeez it is in great condition ,amazing the difference in Islands, down here we still have some of them with Velvety palm sized Nubs & after the weird conditions/ weather again like last year, with Floods ,summer snow on the tops & weeks of rain & gale force winds ,in the last few weeks l am betting on us having a Roar stretching out hit & miss for 6 weeks later than usual like last year here on the Southland ,West Coast .

Love the second pic of the Food Hoover, with the dopey " I Found Dis & Never Got A Bikky " look on its face. :P:thumbsup:

Just look at that! What a stag.
Any video?

Nice stag mate, well done.

Did you roar him or did you just come by him and shoot him?

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Nice stag mate, well done.

Did you roar him or did you just come by him and shoot him?

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They don't roar until April-ish.

My god. That's a monster. Well done.

A one day hunt. Awesome result you guys and poochy of course. Look forward to the full story :)

You deserved that. Great that you had your mate with you.

Fark!!!
That is a ripper!!!
Well done mate

I was just flicking thru here with out my glasses on.Just seen a few pics.Thort it was a nice fat red.Put my glasses on,oh the boys on here are getting excited and the stag got spots.Woow thats a trophy right there,well done guys.Hope you keeping the hide,be nice on the wall too.

Bloody awesome day alright mate, definitely won't forget that, nerve racking to say the least!

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Shit there wouldn’t be too many sika stags that have gone bigger than 216DS would there?

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Not with just 8 points.

You are bloody young to retire already

Good God that's a mighty good Sika , the sight of that will be etched in your memory forever, well done both of you. P.S will look nice next to the big Red from earlier on.

Well done you 2 what a ripper:D

Congrats guys. Stunner.

Yes boys!

Cracker head. Well done D

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Had a bit of a double take there thinking it was a red. Jeepers what a donkey, congratulations

100% Stag of the year what an absolute stonker from public land i take it, amazing shit mate, truly awesome stuff well deserved :thumbsup:

Nice :cool:

Wow , Well done , that looks better than the one you missed out on last year .

Awesome Stag, huge timber, well done guys

Yea that's a ripper, well done!

Bloody nora- thats epic! Well done team.

216DS and looks 100% sika. They don't get much better than that, well done.

Massive congrats stagstalker/mawser308,, geez thats a ripper!!
Have long admired the sika deer, you folk that live and hunt them locally are so fortunate....