Shooting red stags......what is the average distance in North island vs. South Island.
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Shooting red stags......what is the average distance in North island vs. South Island.
well that's a curly one.....bush stalking hobbits would probable AVERAGE 40 yards...some at 5 and some at 150
open country from 100- as far as you can shoot
personally after 40 ish deer there are only 3 that I couldn't have/would have struggles to hit with open sighted .30/30 I started out with.
I hunt Nth canterbury tops and have kept records of the distances I've shoot deer/animals from 2008. I've shot 35 animals in that time and the average range is 347yds. The furtherest was 638yds.
That's very cool @stug. Do you keep a notebook/journal? I'd love to see how it's set out - photo maybe? (without you giving away locations of course)
I use an excel spreadsheet. Just write a few formulas and it calculates avg distance also have it to record how many deer at each range (hundred yards) and each year.
I've kept a record in a note book for the last 6 years. North Island. Average is 172 yards for 70 mixed deer. Last 10 average 155 yds. Last 4 during the roar average 105 yards (300,90,15,15,). Bush, bush edge and tops. Not counting Tahr in the SI.
@Tahr would you mind sharing a picture of yours? Cheers
It's just a spiral bound note book. It has all of the locations in it too :) I will see if I can work out how to black the locations out of a pic of a couple of pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by sambnz
I put in it when, where, range, rifle, projectile. Details of the deer seen and where, and details of the deer I shot (if I did). And who I was with (if anyone) and details of their kill if they got one. I record every trip.
I also keep a blog (on another site) of everything I get with my dog.
Stug.....what caliber and what kind of rifle do you mostly use?Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
Most were shot with 7mm rem mag, a couple with 7 RUM, now using 7 SAUM.
I'm in Canterbury too, so mainly in open country. last 6 deer:
305yds
475yds
160yds
387yds
265yds
405yds
While I enjoy time in the bush, the tops are so spectacular!
In the bush 40m average and tops 280m. I used to have hunting log books with moon, weather, time and shot placement but now only a reloading log books, batchs count with chrony range data etc.
Stug....from your experience how do these 3 7mm Mag calibers compare in terms of effectiveness?Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
I had the 7mm mag the most and had consistent one shot kills with it. The 7 RUM didn't kill as well witha the couple of animals I shot with it. But I feel that the projectiles I used were too hard. I used the Berger hybrid 180gr.
My 7 SAUM is only doing 2800ish but kills well, but doesn't dump them on the ground like the 7mm mag.
The posters question is a open ended question... Myself as I hunt the bush and clearings its predominantly sub 200 usually within 50y.then if I opt for the tops down here well it's a question of how far can you anchor a animal. This also reflects my calibre of choice-308-.
@stug - What projectiles were you using in the 7mm mag versus the SAUM? Bergers vs AMAX wasn't it? Surely a 200-250 fps wouldn't make that much of a difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
I used both in the 7mm mag, both dropped them on the spot consistently. I had a few run but not many. Most shots were high shoulder shots.
I use the a-max with the 7saum and have killed animals, but all have run a little way, except a red yearling. I haven't done as many high shoulder shots to be fair.
Southland/Otago hunting mainly, some in Canty, over last four years - since I bought my first rangefinder (although not EVERY shot animal had been recorded) Average range on Red deer 182 metres. Chamois 144 metres. Tahr 266 metres.
I bush hunt 99 pcent of the time, mostly with a 243 but have a 308 but its only shot one stag at 8 yards:thumbsup:(plus about 15 goats) The last 6 deer ive shot with the 243 have been(est)
70 yards
25yards
50 yards
80 yards
100 yards
10yards
Great question !
Not just stags but 12 deer in the last 10 months in Canterbury and average is 302m and that was brought down by a couple of very close easy ones.
Stug.....so if a person is a non reloader don't you think the that the 7mm Rem Mag would be the logical choice as it is far more common than the others plus it's plenty effective?Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
If you don't load the 7mm mag would be the best, but to do well at longer ranges you need to reload.
That's out of date now ... my average distance has crashed to 280m because I shot a stag this morning at 20m !!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I don't keep a record of distance but I know my average distance is well under 100m, closer to 50m. South Island - West coast.
Actually is we are just talking Red stags then the average would be close to 20m.
Mine are abit varied but my average for north island private land hunting would be around 150 yards as most of the longer shots I could have stalked in closer if I wasn't so lazy
I need to keep a notebook too! Average for last 10 deer in north island is 226yards but that was brought up a wee bit by my recent stag (443yards).
Edit that's mostly tops/semi open country with only two of those in the bush. All but two were with my .223
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Distances for my last 10 shots on Red deer in the South Island.
120m
140m
215m
20m
560m
540m
545m
865m
15m
845m
All depends on where I decide to hunt on any given day.
Some of the closest shots are from walking into some of my long range spots.
Depends on where I am hunting.
Location 1: Average <40m
Location 2: Average 100-150m
Location 3: Average >300m
All are in the North Island.