Dear all

Please see below a picture of a nice 11 point stag taken off our ground in Dumfries.





He was taken on Saturday evening at 1750hrs after i had stalked to within 51 yards of him up a ride in a conifer plantation. I actually caught him asleep and at first could only see his antlers above a rock.

I watched him for an hour before he finally scented me and stood bolt upright. He was up for literally a couple of seconds before i took the shot.

I was on the verge of making an imitation roar to get him to stand but decided against it as i still had 3 hours of light left. The only gamble was that i know when they scent you chances are they will go off like an exocet without hesitation.

Anyway academic really as the stag is in the bag. It is currently in a friends cold store and i will be butchering it on wednesday night.

I have some more pics but they are not available yet - i will post them as soon as i can.

I used my moderated Sako Syn/Stain in .308 with 150 grn ballistic tip. The bullet went in through the heart and came to rest on the off side under the hide. I have yet to retrieve the bullet which i will do on wednesday.

many thanks

Weidmannsheil!
- mike

Love them red stags.

Congratulations.

Jon,

Congratulations!
Out of curiosity: do all UK red stags have that much fur on the neck or is this one a crossbreed between red and sika?
In my country reds don’t show such fur.

B.Martins

Jon2
Really nice stag,what do you estimate the weight at?
surprised you never got a complete pass through at 51 yards though.
Did he drop to shot or make a few yards?
anyway he will keep you in venison for a while.

Regards Roebuck

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Originally posted by b.martins:
Jon,

Congratulations!
Out of curiosity: do all UK red stags have that much fur on the neck or is this one a crossbreed between red and sika?
In my country reds don’t show such fur.

B.Martins

Our Iberian stags have quite a bit different hair, as it's warmer here.

No place in England has 35C summers.

Result of the last weekend in the "Lüneburger Heide"(click to enlarge!)

Thanks all

Roebuck 222 basically as soon as the shot connected he went like a rocket and was running strong. He ran straight across the ride (approx 15 yards) and into the trees and rested about 10 feet into the treeline.

I actually thought the bt's had perhaps fragmented as i am driving them at just under 3000 feet as he seemed to be running well. Anyway not the case.

I think dressed out he is around the 200lbs mark and i will probably get about 100lbs of meat. I think all in he was probably around the 300lbs mark

Thanks for the comments all. As i say i will try to post some more pics when i have them as the pic above was taken in the morning upon extraction.

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Originally posted by Monastery-Forester:
Result of the last weekend in the "Lüneburger Heide"(click to enlarge!)

Wow! He has an extra main beam with a separate crown! I have NEVER seen anything like that! An "ungerade 20-ender"!! Translation: "uneven 20-point". In Central Europe, you count the highest number of points on one side - in this case 10, and double that - makes 20 points. But if the other side does not have as many points, that makes the stag "uneven" (ungerade).

Who shot him?? A VIP guest?? That stag won't be cheap if it was a paying guest, that is for sure. Have the antlers been weighed yet?? Perhaps even scored??

Weidmannsheil to the fortunate hunter, that is a trophy of a lifetime!

- mike

Nice one.reds are casting their antlers out here.

Mho, not a VIP, only a very normal farmer! But in the last week - the highpoint ofthe rut - we got a number of very good trophies with a weight over 7 kg, and these bulls were old, that means over 11 years! Great succes for our administration!

Jon

Congratulations on a great trophy - I can imagine how happy you are at the result!

I've got a trip to the Sika this week. Apparently there are plenty big bodied stags on the ground at the moment - normally just hinds on my patch. Everything changes come the rut.

Keep well, and let us know how the season progresses.

rgds Ian

Weidmann's Heil, that must have been some experience!

Klosterförster, do you feed them steroids up there?

Ian F

Thanks for the comments

Good luck with your Sika hunt and i look forward to hearing how you get on. There will be more to tell i am sure as the season progresses. I will keep you up to date on the progress as it unfolds.

All the best

Jon2,

Congratulations on the stag..Any idea what he weighs yet?

Much problem getting him out?

Regards,

Pete

b.martins,

I haven't done a lot with Reds, but from what i have seen, I would say thats a fairly typical mane for a mature stag around the rut here in the UK. In fact, its one of the things that make me wary about taking neck shots when they are like that; I suspect its easy tomake a none fatal shot if you are not very careful..

The colour of the mane does seem to vary a bit and I have seen a few that were very ginger almost sandy as opposed to black...

Regards,

Pete

Hi Pete

Not sure what he weighs exactly but think he maybe around the 300lbs mark all in. Yes it was hard work getting him out but thankfully it was all down hill. Would have definitely have had to do it in sections otherwise.

There seems to be much activity at the moment on the red front and i will be going up again in a couple of weeks to have another mooch about and see what happens.

I will keep you posted.

Jon2,

If you think on, I would be very interested in hearing what the larder weight is ie skin on, but feet and head off...when you gralloched him, what sort of condition was he in? do you think he was "run" from being in the Rut?

The reason i askis i am interested in comparing him to similar stags and staggies taken off the ground I used to stalk near Aberdeen..From your picture it looks very similar...

Regards,

Pete

Shot nice 11 point stag in N Devon last week. Dealer weight 245 lbs. Wish I was capable of posting pictures![IMG]C:/My Documents/My Pictures/Picasa Exports/190905spreacoimbe/DSCF0003jps[/IMG]

Pete

I will see if i can weigh him tonight.

He was in excellent nick and i think was on the verge of rutting as he had that smell about him. I also think i may have heard a roar that morning but still think it is too early really. I have heard many stags roar before so would not mistake the sound but it was one of those situations where the wind and distance make it difficult and the sound has also been and gone quickly and you think to yourself - was that a roar, if you know what i mean.

Will report back.

Transpond send me a PM with your email address and i will email you instructions of how to post pictures but do me a favour and post it as a seperate thread.

Cheers

Jon,
great stag!! patience paid off in the end!
Woodland stags are notoriously difficult to stalk!! well done!!!

regards
griff

Hunting Stags in the UK is one of the world's greatest hunts - and bargains.

Jon - blanked on the Sika last week, but out again this Friday. Results posted here under 'Turning Japanese'!

Rgds Ian