I've been dreaming of a big red stag for years, but I've never managed to "crack the code". Until yesterday that is

We've had full moon and rutting stags for some days, and I've been out quite much. And yesterday evening it finally paid of.



The antlers had 11 tines "only", but lot's of mass and character. I couldn't be more happy.
He entered a field with a short grunt. The wind was whirling around and I was afraid he would go. I had to wait for a couple of long minutes for him to clear some branches, but when he did I was quick to put in a shoot. He went 60 meters before piling up.

Recently got my stag back from the taxidermist. The pictures doesn't do it justice. It went into the silver medal category, quite close to gold..

Love the thick dark antlers. Looks like a big body too.

Well done!

Bloody good show done Anders, that's beauty of a stag and well deserved by the sound of it.

How will have it mounted?

Best,

Amir

Well done Anders!

Way to go

Nils-Ole

Congrats again

Anders,

Waidmannsheil, Buddy

A really nice stag and glad you finally got it.

Weidmannsheil!
- mike

Hey Anders well done on a nice stag he will look good on the wall thats for sure

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Originally posted by Ghubert:
Bloody good show done Anders, that's beauty of a stag and well deserved by the sound of it.

How will have it mounted?

Best,

Amir

Not quite sure, Amir!
I did skin it for a shoulder mount. I already have to much stuff at the taxidermist, so don't if I can afford another animal at the moment
I think I'll keep the cape in the freezer, and just do a euro mount.
Maybe in a year or two I'll mount it.

Did an unofficial scoring today. Maybe I got this measurements wrong, but it scores a good bronze at the moment

Thanks for kind remarks everyone!

Wery good anders!!!!but you will reget that you dont get it to the taxidermist now!chanse for a bigger bull is low in Norway you know!!

I agree!
I've more or less decided to mount it. Measured it again and discovered some mistakes that I made on the first attempt. Now it scores even higher. Silver, clooooose to gold

Here's another photo.

I hope it gose gold for you mate.

I keep coming back to this thread to admire those antlers. I really like the thickness and dark color of them.

congratulations.

Gorgeous animal, I'd go with a classic Euro mount on that one. Saves some money and has a timeless element to it, you'll feel like royalty with that in the house.

Congrats Anders on a fantastic stag!

We've got a small population of red deer in our terrain, I'm hoping it's not too long before we have a huntable population

Well done Anders!
That big stag is a beautiful trophy

Hi Anders

Fantastic and congratulations.

That stag is a beaut!

Best

Jon

Great job Anders,

jaktliga gratuluationer till dig,

that is a great head and a nice story to go with it.

Best regards Chris

Waidmannsheil!

Anders,

Great pics and congratulations. I'm off on a Red Stag hunt on thursday for a week so hopefully we will see another big one!!

Rgds,
K

Good luck, Kiri!
Please post a report and pics to go with

Tim's doing most of the shooting mate so I will be on camera duty for the few days.

I will try to post as we go along through the week.

K

I'd be surprised if you didn't find the time to have a crack at something!

Zilch on Sunday and this morning. All the remaining bucks are lying low in deep cover until the end of this month. On the 1st November they will all emerge and trot about openly whilst the Does lay up.

Anders, well done my friend

Great stag! Congratulations on a fine animal.

Looks a good un....well done!

Pics added

What a gorgeous mount, truly one of my all time dream hunts/trophies. Thanks for sharing!

The taxidermist has done it justice. What a beautiful stag. Nice dark antlers and a classic shape. So much nicer than a mass of tiny points from a farmed stag!

great stuff mate. That room of yours is going to look amazing, and at this rate you will need to start building an extension soon!!

Any news on the CWD?

K

Looks great. Well done. Wait 'til you get married - it will end up in the shed!

Thanks guys! Yeah, I'm really happy with it.

So true, Kiri! Can't build big enough, and since Sandra just caught the bug as well, I'm in for trouble

Haven't got the CWD actually. But I've been talking to the taxidermist, and he's got them now. He's had them for a while. Hope I get them soon.

Dig, I better avoid marriage then

Anders,

Don't listen to Dig!!

She might cost you a bit more in trophy fees but just think how easy it will be to convince her the it is time to go hunting!

Say hi to Sandra from me.

K

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Anders,

Don't listen to Dig!!

Thanks for reminding me!
She says hi back