Thread: Dumped 17 pointer

I am divided. On the one hand not a waste to a meat hunter and on the other a fine animal taken to soon.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I am divided. On the one hand not a waste to a meat hunter and on the other a fine animal taken to soon.

Definite waste if only 1 backleg, 1 shoulder and backsteaks taken....

Originally Posted by Tahr

It was laying on the ground near to the carcass. I hung it in a scrub bush.

One leg, shoulder and back steaks taken.

Are you going to keep it?

Do you think it may have been the 'tangled wire' stag? @Tahr

Originally Posted by nor-west

Do you think it may have been the 'tangled wire' stag? @Tahr

Don't think so. He was a lot wider and longer. Brian agrees. This one was 35"x35" - I always have a tape with me. This was a good head points wise, but I have seen a few quite a bit bigger.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Are you going to keep it?

Nah. Its not mine. I left it hanging in a scrub bush. Maybe the person who shot it might appreciate it for what it is one day and go back and collect it.

What a shame, such a waste.

Nice head, I was surprised the stag I shot on the 8th Dec when we took Josan for a hunt was able to be stripped and stained and the points were all hard to the tips. That was real early I thought. Shame you didn't get it but it may not have been quite long enough for you to shoot, definitely plenty of points. Hopefully the fella that shot it comes back for it as it seems such a waste. Some good venison was wasted also as he would have been in good condition at the time.

Moral of the story
Stop shooting farmed Deer
It has become like - "spearing fish in a barrel" I am afraid to say

If I (or any other "hunter" - yes "hunter" not shooter) had of shot this 20-40 years ago - it sure the f~~cking hell would not have been discarded/left to rot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Nice head, I was surprised the stag I shot on the 8th Dec when we took Josan for a hunt was able to be stripped and stained and the points were all hard to the tips. That was real early I thought. Shame you didn't get it but it may not have been quite long enough for you to shoot, definitely plenty of points. Hopefully the fella that shot it comes back for it as it seems such a waste. Some good venison was wasted also as he would have been in good condition at the time.

@Mooseman Get this. It was the underside legs left - he told the cocky it was too heavy to roll over??

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Moral of the story
Stop shooting farmed Deer
It has become like - "spearing fish in a barrel" I am afraid to say

If I (or any other "hunter" - yes "hunter" not shooter) had of shot this 20-40 years ago - it sure the f~~cking hell would not have been discarded/left to rot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say that when you are 70. They are not farmed deer. They are deer that live on privately owned land.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Say that when you are 70. They are not farmed deer. They are deer that live on privately owned land.

My eyes must be deceiving me then

Originally Posted by Tahr

@Mooseman Get this. It was the underside legs left - he told the cocky it was too heavy to roll over??

Sounds like an excuse to leave most the meat, I am sure he could have gutted the animal and maybe got help to move it. The stag I shot weighted in at 125 kg gutted and it took Beeman and I about 2hours to drag it 600-700 meters to the road. We are starting to feel our age to but there was no way we would leave it behind, we could have cut it up at a pinch to get it out if need be.

That scene is hilarious. A beginners debacle rarer than a 17 point stag. Mate shot a huge 12 in velvet, it was hard underneath and the old guy who took him out told him to carry it out. Not light obviously, plus meat. What the old guy did not know is he was late home from work and too shy to say he had not eaten before he was picked up. They had crossed two ridges and as I understand it, the head still remains somewhere between the two ridges where his legs gave out.

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Moral of the story
Stop shooting farmed Deer
It has become like - "spearing fish in a barrel" I am afraid to say

If I (or any other "hunter" - yes "hunter" not shooter) had of shot this 20-40 years ago - it sure the f~~cking hell would not have been discarded/left to rot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had the pleasure of accompaning Tahr on a hunt on this property, i can assure you they are not farmed deer, standard 7 wire boundry fences. There is however some very big bodied wild deer with good genes in the general area tho, the whole area has been known for this for many decades.