Thread: On a roll

Went out for a bit of a looksee for the stag I seen about 7 weeks back and let go to grow. I was hopeful on arrival as there was a bit of sign on the track i take to get to the area I previously spotted him in.
After glassing all the dirt patches that were covered in sign last time I was disappointed as it looked pretty barren, even though I had spotted a hind feeding on a distant bush edge (860 yards away)
She was safe as I would think she would have had a fawn stashed just inside the bush edge. As I watched her a Westpac helicopter flew through on it's way to Tauranga and she did budge in fact 5 or so minutes later she sat down in the open to rest, that's where I left her.

I walked back to the vehicle and drove round to another spot further south in the same block. I parked up and took a short stroll along a bully track looking down onto the bush edge.
No sooner had I glassed a little basin I spotted a deer grazing, this one was a shooter, a young yearling stag. I ranged it at 266 yards and one shot from the 7mm Mag with the 175 gr LRAB and it was time to get dirty carrying out the meat.
The front end was pretty much wreaked so it was HQ's, Back and fillet steaks.

After a short but warm walk back to the truck it was almost dark. I will leave the area for another 3-4 weeks and have another look and hopefully the stag will show up again.