Thread: Tataraakina round 1

MINT! I thought you might get something Stoked!

When do antlers drop from the reds?

Originally Posted by phillipgr

MINT! I thought you might get something Stoked!

When do antlers drop from the reds?

Casting! It is called casting (so your question should have said "when do red deer cast their antlers) and that is happening now on the farm Phillip. Young whipper snapper uni students bah!

The older(read bigger antlers) will mostly have dropped or will do very shortly Philip, spikers and young stags will have them for a while yet as it doesn't take as long to grow small heads.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

The older(read bigger antlers) will mostly have dropped or will do very shortly Philip, spikers and young stags will have them for a while yet as it doesn't take as long to grow small heads.

Yep exactly. It is interesting to see that last years fawns are budding already but last years spikers have yet to cast. The stags cast about five weeks ago.

Yeah found a few cast antlers around, nothing big but looked fresh as cause the bone was still pure white and raspy.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Casting! It is called casting (so your question should have said "when do red deer cast their antlers) and that is happening now on the farm Phillip. Young whipper snapper uni students bah!

Forgive me Rushy!!

VC that makes sense, I thought about whether or not stags and spikers dropped at different times

When I'm hunting either pigs with dogs or deer stalking, I rest frequently. This gives the dogs time to work, and me a chance to study the country I'm in and more importantly to conserve fuel in my body for the carry out. I don't carry liquid when hunting (extra weight) and have yet in the 40yrs of hunting experienced dizzy spells, apart from a balance condition due to tinnitus, which I have since resolved. I read with some concern about your incidence on this hunting trip and would strongly suggest a decent medical just to be on the safe side. I had a friend who was extremely fit and a bloody good hunter, who always hunted by himself, have a Heart attack whilst hunting. Be safe and minimise the risks. I do a major medical every 3yrs for my commercial diving tickets, and it's bloody good piece of mind. Just go into any Coronary ward in any Hospital and see the number of young guys who have suffered a stroke or heart attack. Nana's rant over

Who do you dive for GA?

I used to Dive for Greenfield, but haven't since Ken sold it. I just do my own stuff now. mainly water intakes.

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

When I'm hunting either pigs with dogs or deer stalking, I rest frequently. This gives the dogs time to work, and me a chance to study the country I'm in and more importantly to conserve fuel in my body for the carry out. I don't carry liquid when hunting (extra weight) and have yet in the 40yrs of hunting experienced dizzy spells, apart from a balance condition due to tinnitus, which I have since resolved. I read with some concern about your incidence on this hunting trip and would strongly suggest a decent medical just to be on the safe side. I had a friend who was extremely fit and a bloody good hunter, who always hunted by himself, have a Heart attack whilst hunting. Be safe and minimise the risks. I do a major medical every 3yrs for my commercial diving tickets, and it's bloody good piece of mind. Just go into any Coronary ward in any Hospital and see the number of young guys who have suffered a stroke or heart attack. Nana's rant over

All good GA. I have a medical annually through work.
I am normally fine with a solid days hunting but this time we went way to hard for way to long.
I should have had a decent rest in between stints but we kept pushing on.

Sweet, I went for a walk yesterday for a couple of hours and man was it hot. Should of taken a hat.

Being Smarter to day and going Sup Boarding instead

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

Sweet, I went for a walk yesterday for a couple of hours and man was it hot. Should of taken Muckos hat.

fixed it for you GA

You didn't get water out of a spring on the way did you ? My Cuz went like that after drinking from a small creek .He made it back to camp but had to be carried out of the bush.He slept for a couple days straight & seemed OK after but makes you wonder wtf going on .
Nice young animal Gibo ,good on ya dude .Carrying in the warm part of the day will drain you pretty quick. Doing the hard work after sunset into the dark isn't a silly idea ,least its a little cooler.You probably just need re-hydrating .

Originally Posted by Chris

You didn't get water out of a spring on the way did you ? My Cuz went like that after drinking from a small creek .He made it back to camp but had to be carried out of the bush.He slept for a couple days straight & seemed OK after but makes you wonder wtf going on .
Nice young animal Gibo ,good on ya dude .Carrying in the warm part of the day will drain you pretty quick. Doing the hard work after sunset into the dark isn't a silly idea ,least its a little cooler.You probably just need re-hydrating .

Nah we should have filled up at the one creek we past. We were walking the tops so no water handy really. And yeah it was fucking hot! May have been a bit of heat exhaustion.