Thread: Yessssssssssssss......8 point heaven.......

Originally Posted by sako75

With all the tidbits and advise you got about sign and what to look for, did you have a look at the "poo pellets" that would have come out when you were gutting your stag?
There is no fresher sign than that

Nar mate, to be honest my mind was 'mush' for quite a while, i had to sit down and have a drink to try and stop my hands from shaking...couldnt take photos, couldnt unzip zips, it was really pathetic, emotional overload!!!!

Originally Posted by Scouser

cheers mate, its hanging and waiting to 'set'......then the knives will be out big time!!!!...are you still going to get out during the roar?

Be unlikely at this stage. Have to see what the docs say. Doing a bit to build the fitness levels back up none the less.

Originally Posted by Scouser

Hi Danny, where about?....we camped 2 nights by the Arohaki Lagoon side, but heard no roars, 2 nights just off the camp rd turn off.....

it was up at 6, drive to a road/track end, look for sign, 'roar' wait a few mins 'roar' again, if nothing back to the car, drive to next entry point, in slow look for sign, 'Roar' wait 'roar' again....rinse & repeat.....

4 days and luckily for me the last day paid off!!!!!!

Good one, I was a bit further south of you guys. But basically where you were.
May catch ya out that way soon. I'm back out fri night and thru weekend.
Go well and go safe.


Dan M

Originally Posted by Danny

Good one, I was a bit further south of you guys. But basically where you were.
May catch ya out that way soon. I'm back out fri night and thru weekend.
Go well and go safe.


Dan M

Good luck Dan, hot barrels mate

Just a recap from my original post.....i said id missed a spiker from 200+ mtrs offhand shot......he was slowly walking from a cleared slip back into the bush,

I shot kneeling down resting my arm on my knee, felt pretty confident as i was not rushed...but still missed....but still went the distance to check for blood trail or the body....nothing

and for any newbies like me, one of our crew is a very experienced hunter, he told me i should have 'opened up the legs, cut away the skin to let the heat out'....i will remember this in future if i do two carries to camp....

well done Scouser. awesome. worth all the hard yards aye.

Originally Posted by outinabout

well done Scouser. awesome. worth all the hard yards aye.

Yeah mate so true, all the frustration, pain, hopelessness vanished with this experience.....meant an awful lot to me i can tell yer!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Scouser

and for any newbies like me, one of our crew is a very experienced hunter, he told me i should have 'opened up the legs, cut away the skin to let the heat out'....i will remember this in future if i do two carries to camp....

When hanging it, I cut open the ball joint in each leg.
More often than not I whip off the back steaks, then the back legs and bone them out to cool, then if I'm hungry I will gut it and go for the eye fillets. Have a nosey at the organs while there