Its my experience that mostly our wild red deer don't have their first fawn until 3 years old. I shoot hinds from late March on. Bearing in mind though that about 20% of hinds are dry so if Im...
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 03:36 PM
Typical Marlborough head just before dark. 12 points but on a smaler scale 165028
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 10:41 AM
Use binos for scanning even in the bush.
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 09:44 PM
SLOW DOWN.......keep wind in your face,SLOW DOWN...... look carefully while slowly stalking....slow down...go quietly and finally slow down. 90% of the battle is seeing them first,if you moving...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 09:44 PM
Piss off. :) I balanced it up by shooting that really old stag. How did I know it was old, you ask? "I looked up it's date". I rounded my naughtiness off too by shooting a hind ... 164987
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:10 PM
A stag is a stag. Last couple of days in the Haurangis. 164981 164982
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 06:57 PM
Few epic days chasing reds.Best public land deer for me.164976
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 06:57 PM
all this back and forth re should/shouldnt shoot is straight circumstantial,anyone lucky(hunting wise) enough to have private blocks that are riddled are gonna take a lot of animals cos they enjoy...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 06:56 PM
Ahwell too much chit chat, here's another stag to get the thread back on track. took the youngest girl for a wee walk and got an easy one for her to see roaring. Headskin kept for another stag...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 03:40 PM
Well made points Stocky. I am by nature a meat hunter and having come through the 1980's period of very low deer numbers I tend to feel guilty about shooting hinds. Now that there is an abundance of...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 03:40 PM
Well, I had a play round with the new sharpener today (Spyderco Gauntlet) and thought I'd report back for anyone interested. I like it. Not a hell of a lot there to look at for the money, but it...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:38 AM
I think it's kind of assumed the many mentions of controlling populations is for habitat management you can't manage for habitat without managing for population. The discussion just has more than one...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:32 AM
Up here on the east coast the problem is there is so much forestry that has no public access and and some have got no hind policy. a guy a know had hundred hinds coming out in to his locked up...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:29 AM
In the early days of our wild deer herds many well heeled hunters traveled here to hunt. As the trophy potential of herds decreased so to did interest in hunting here. Overseas hunters and their...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:27 AM
Was wondering if this perspective would pop up. This thread has a lot of talk of game management but none of habitat management or conservation, one hind is worth 5 stags etc. As hunters we need to...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 08:27 AM