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Did a week on the sika , private land hunt for cull stags. Guided so new experience to me. Great trip here's a few pics and descriptions.
Cheers Mick
Mitch first sika 260 rem 140gr ELDM, 380m blowing a gale, great shot
My first 100m tikka 260 140 ELDM, hardy suppressor
where marks ended up, after falling
260 at 200m
trophy stag
salted capes
caping Mitch's stag
doing faces/ capes
Mitchs second
marks second 320m
Marks stag was fat
glassing
my second 264m
after the shot stag taken on opposite face
can am buggies to get around, going to pick up marks stag
another good one
ascent 280 ack, 260 tikka
147 deer
caught a hedge hog
lunch
trophies
camp
glassing mitchs stag
sika eye fillet
trophies before flights
hose fitting
wrapped for flights
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COOL! That's a LOT of yellow fat. Interesting colour.
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Absolute ripper trip Mick, great looking area with some really nice animals. Seemed like nice and relaxed camp atmosphere there as well. Thanks for posting.
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Mick, lots of trophies! Did you bring them back on the plane? How does that go with quarantine nowadays?
Wow! What a huge result. How many guys hunted? Bringing back a wall each!
Nice open country in that private land hunt.
Not very shy?
I looked at an outfitter "Sika Safaris"public land hunt back in 1982. Very much thick forest and bush country. I forget which public lands, North Island.
Thanks for posting the photos and comments. NZ is such a great place to hunt deer and so close.
Waidmannsheil on your hunt.
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That second stag of yours is a bloody ripper, Mick.
Tons of character, marvelous dark mane!
Although I can understand why it's a cull animal, what genuine hunter wouldn't be over the moon with that!
All good animals, when it comes down to it.
Very envious.
...and didn't realize they had hedgehogs there! I've seen weasels, stoats and ferrets running wild on the South Island.
Add in the pigs, goats and deer, and they have more ferals than Australia! All the better for hunting, of course!
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Absolute ripper trip Mick, great looking area with some really nice animals. Seemed like nice and relaxed camp atmosphere there as well. Thanks for posting.
Matt.
Great crew , 6 hunters in total. Ended up with 13 heads between us. Everyone pitched in around camp and plenty of shit stirring going on. Awesome trip.
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Bio security were very good both ways. trophies got plenty of attention. Skulls and caps checked for excess meat or hair. Boiled and bleach accepted. Some questions over the capes being salted and confusion about gamma ray treatment and certificates of origin, being required. Bit of research and inspection all clear.
Excess required for heads $90 bucks each.
Flights were a mess with us missing connection to Napier from Auckland. Security clearing very congested and took forever.Air NZ put us up at a hotel and a decent steak for dinner and breakfast. Early flight the next morning so didn't miss out on much hun ting time.
Here's the camp pet very quiet 15 years old and going backwards. Still a beautiful stag.
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Very happy with the second stag. He was with a heap of does and rutting, watched him smash some trees roaring and curling before he cleared for a shot. made sure I was shooting the right stag as there was a ripper trophy on the same bench. dropped at the shot so very happy.
saw a couple of hedge hogs and very disappointed when they ran one over. Also saw 3 pheasants, Canadian geese, and bobwhite quail.
possum and stoat traps set around the place. Ferrets are still wild on the north island, but not as many as there used to be.
Ive never seen so many hares. Also saw few bunnies and a feral cat which give us the slip.
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Bio security were very good both ways. trophies got plenty of attention. Skulls and caps checked for excess meat or hair. Boiled and bleach accepted. Some questions over the capes being salted and confusion about gamma ray treatment and certificates of origin, being required. Bit of research and inspection all clear.
Excess required for heads $90 bucks each.
Flights were a mess with us missing connection to Napier from Auckland. Security clearing very congested and took forever.Air NZ put us up at a hotel and a decent steak for dinner and breakfast. Early flight the next morning so didn't miss out on much hun ting time.
Here's the camp pet very quiet 15 years old and going backwards. Still a beautiful stag.
Camp pet, that makes sense.
Some African safari areas dont allow hunting within a distance of the camp, a reserve area. Makes sense as its nice to be able to watch semi afraid animals come to the waterhole or river near a camp.
Good the quarantine worked out. I was wondering if gamma ray treatment was going to be required. Interesting it wasnt. They always tell me its mandatory and stories on the internet a few years ago, it was going to be required. I havent brought anything in for a few years.
Certificates of origin? Ffffers. They want to kill every feral deer in Australia, exterminate all ferals, including the endangered banteng, but are high and mighty about anything coming into Australia. Any deer from NZ is feral as well.
Thanks for the reply and your photos and comments.
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Well done Mick & crew!
Great photos & looks like a wonderful trip was had by all!
Glad you got your trophies back home mate, makes the experience all that more precious.
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