Thread: Hunting in the Snow

Originally Posted by Sika 8

Lovely spot up there!

Last time i was up there i shot a scrubby stag on the southern face of the triangle turn off, i should have spotted him earlier from the high point as i had taken a spell and was getting some photos but never thought to get my binos out.
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Got to here and saw him trotting off as he was on to me well before i saw him, quickly took the shot and dropped him only to see the biggest Ruahine stag i have personally seen run over the shoulder at a high rate of knots heading towards the big Tarn
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I bolted off after him with just my rifle only to watch him get further and further out of range, I don't think he stopped until he was in the Pourangaki
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Camp on the Triangle turn off
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Sun coming up over Te Hekenga
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North to Maungamahue
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Spectators!! there was a group of hinds up above me watching the whole thing play out and they were still there the next morning, i suspect they wanted to cross over into the Oroua but i was in their way
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Your second photo. Not sure about now but 45 through to 25 years ago it always held velvet stags. There was a well defined track up out of the creek to those old slip/ feeding areas. I too saw the best Ruahine stag Ive seen on that face but he was in the velvet so we left him (it was after my meat hunting days).