Had a quick overnight hunt on Sunday to an area of Conservation land that I havent hunted for several years.

The weather was crap and very windy but decided I needed to get out anyway. Before setting up camp I dropped the pack and headed off to have a poke around some small grassy clearings. The bush was very dry and I wasnt too hopeful, I had trouble finding the clearing and as I approached it two fallow hinds bounded off- bugger.

Had a feed and went out for an evening hunt, the wind got stronger so I went low into the creeks to hunt the grassy strips. I had been glassing a very short time when I saw a hind ghost into the high tussock grass, I stalked around but never saw her again, after a while I set up in a spot where I had a good view.

Saw a few nice feed areas so got the rangefinder out and ranged them for future reference. Got the bino's out and soon spotted a head sticking out feeding on the bushedge, soon the fallow spiker fed out and I got him with one clean shot at 284 yards.

I boned out the good meat and headed off back towards camp, an hour later the light was fading, I saw a black blob in the tussock which was obviously a deer, I hit the deck and lined up on the deer which was a fallow stag with velvet growing. Decided not to shoot him as I already had enough meat.

Next morning I walked out as the weather was even worse, come walking around a corner on the track straight into a Fallow spiker feeding on trackside grass, I dont know who got the biggest shock- he must have I guess as he legged it real quick with another deer that I didnt initially see behind him.

Good stuff! I wish my local fallow-stocked DOC blocks were this productive....

Bruce

Good on you mate . Fallow are very pretty deer , and very tasty with it .

I have to wonder if we wouldnt be better to shoot the does out of a herd so that we can get some improvement in the buck heads for trophy purposes . A national programme to improve the fallow trophies would help in lots of areas - our local heads arent that great cos most young ones get harvested before they reach maturity .

I normally shoot the odd doe but wont do it when they are heavily in fawn or are raising young ones. I let the most mature buck go as I already had this fella.

Good one Steve_S. Thats a pretty long shot. That gun must be a 7mm08

Shit,this site is screwed now It won't be long and Madness will be here too.Welcome Mick Hunter

Hey, another Hamiltonian - welcome Mick!

Bruce

That yearlings meat will be very tender. Melt in your mouth.


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Cheers boys. Is that you 7mmremmag .

I'll kepp it quite for a while

Top stuff Steve_S, although I think I may have seen this hunt somewhere before.
Mickhunter I'm surprised you didn't post a" I'm new to sika hunting and can anyone give me some advice on hunting Clement's Road"
7mm you here too then!
I think it only fair we tell Madness and Tussock!

Yep, the other site is much better for us NZ hunters, not much action gets posted here. Its hard to beat the photo essays and pics on the other site.

If it's not rude to ask here - which other site?

Bruce

fishnhunt forum mainly New Zealanders,good site some of the guys are a bit odd http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/issues/issues.cgi

Yip,i'm 7MMREMMAG on fishnhunt guys.

i'm here now boys

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Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
... mainly New Zealanders,good site some of the guys are a bit odd

Goes without saying.

the only odd guy are the ozzys on there