Chris-NZ Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Here's a red that a shooting friend Paddy knocked over recently. He lives in a rented house on a farm 30mins Sth of here. I'm often there and on the three adjacent farms doing some varmint shooting. The farmer told him about a decent stag he'd seen several times. It'd been living for a couple of years in a heavily wooded creek bed that runs though part of the farm. Paddy has been keeping an eye out and recently discovered the cast antlers from last year- a nice 12pt rack. After about ten attempts searching for it, he ran into it right on dark a few Sundays ago. It was out with six hinds and three young stags. A 7-08 through the boiler room did the biz. He hasn't got the loot to have it fully mounted so will simply do a Euro mount. That's Ian (my gunsmith buddy) posing with it to give it some scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Chris,good news for one of the three youngster,then! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Very nice I've got a friend in NZ who keeps telling me get over there, I must go Great stuff Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trucraft Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Very Nice head that. Not many wild beasts get to that size any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-NZ Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Yeh, not many go 14 in the wild as it's open season here 365 days/yr. This animal is probably the offspring of an escapee from a deer farm. There's one not too far away and the area it was shot in is the best cover for miles. Great feed there too. I've often looked at it and thought it was good deer country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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