Thread: Stags of 2013 roar, show em!

Originally Posted by puku

We knocked over a smallish Fallow yesterday evening, they have already spread out for the rut by the look of it. Estimate of 180 DS but will wait and see what it measures, not bad for an animal we only wanted for meat I guess.
Only bugger was the 'Stag' didn't shoot it his best man did, never mind people at the bbq on sunday will never know.

Got a photo?

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As I am headed into the roar with young Phillip on Thursday next week and as I haven''t put a round through my 30-06 in a long while I thought I should prove the rifle was shooting fine. The last time I fired it it was shooting well but there have been a couple of recent trips were it has had the normal rough bush experience so I thought better be sure than look a fuck wit for missing in front of the young fellah because I had knocked the scope out of alignment at some point in the past. Time constraints saw me improvise so I filled a milk bottle with water and took it out the back of the deer shed. I paced out just over 50 metres (about the maximum distance that I reckon I will get a shot away over), turned and took a quick off hand snap shot. For the purists on here, I know this is Rough as guts but here is the one shot result

Good enough to go I reckon

Originally Posted by Rushy

As I am headed into the roar with young Phillip on Thursday next week and as I haven''t put a round through my 30-06 in a long while I thought I should prove the rifle was shooting fine. The last time I fired it it was shooting well but there have been a couple of recent trips were it has had the normal rough bush experience so I thought better be sure than look a fuck wit for missing in front of the young fellah because I had knocked the scope out of alignment at some point in the past. Time constraints saw me improvise so I filled a milk bottle with water and took it out the back of the deer shed. I paced out just over 50 metres (about the maximum distance that I reckon I will get a shot away over), turned and took a quick off hand snap shot. For the purists on here, I know this is Rough as guts but here is the one shot result
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Good enough to go I reckon

Shes a wallhanger rushy!!! Who ya gonna get to mount that bugga???

Originally Posted by baldbob

Shes a wallhanger rushy!!! Who ya gonna get to mount that bugga???

Ya reckon she'd score high enough on the SCI scale to be worth it BB?

Originally Posted by Rushy

Ya reckon she'd score high enough on the SCI scale to be worth it BB?

Just a matter of convincing the wife to let ya hang it on the livingroom wall

Monster Westland stag

Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

Monster Westland stag

Nice! Does this one come with a story?

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Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

Monster Westland stag

Good stuff. Still a thrill. Size doesn't matter.

Better than blasting a plastic bottle.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good stuff. Still a thrill. Size doesn't matter.

Better than blasting a plastic bottle.

Of course, just being a smartarse. An exciting morning indeed, left home at 7:40am arriving at my possie around 8:15am. 338m on the GPS to the hotspot I found a few weeks ago, 100m away and I spooked this one from his bed ( which I had a snooze on on my last trip) he ran about grunting etc so I mewed at him softly which did the trick and he came back for a second look. 168gr VLD from my 7mm08 behind the shoulder had him down quickly but a short distance away. The VLD shed it's jacket making a 2" mince channel but a small exit wound.
Home by lunch time with a very heavy pack and a set of antlers, I love Westland!

Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

Of course, just being a smartarse. An exciting morning indeed, left home at 7:40am arriving at my possie around 8:15am. 338m on the GPS to the hotspot I found a few weeks ago, 100m away and I spooked this one from his bed ( which I had a snooze on on my last trip) he ran about grunting etc so I mewed at him softly which did the trick and he came back for a second look. 168gr VLD from my 7mm08 behind the shoulder had him down quickly but a short distance away. The VLD shed it's jacket making a 2" mince channel but a small exit wound.
Home by lunch time with a very heavy pack and a set of antlers, I love Westland!

Wicked. Maybe I should move to Westland... 35mins from the road end, 100m to the stag - epic!

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Originally Posted by phillipgr

Wicked. Maybe I should move to Westland... 35mins from the road end, 100m to the stag - epic!

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35mins from HOME, 338m to hotspot from my ute- nailed him 100m out from where I was going. Home by lunch time. Yip, it's hard to beat.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good stuff. Still a thrill. Size doesn't matter.

Better than blasting a plastic bottle.

Bloody right about that

Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

Monster Westland stag

Brilliant and quick

Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

Monster Westland stag

Great work! How is my old Nosler going?

Originally Posted by kokako

Great work! How is my old Nosler going?

Thanks, To you as well! Beaut stag!
The Nosler is going sweet, I've adorned it with plenty of scratches and a nice big bald patch from use ( hardly visible in the pic).