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capra
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Two Old Boys
      #207882 - 30/04/12 04:41 PM

Just before easter got out for a quick hunt to have a look if one of the big stags had turned up. I had heard this bloke starting to roar the week before but didnt get a good look at him. Got back up the following weekend at daylight to hear him really going for it. I got in close following him & his 3 hinds for two hours, he wasnt the one I was looking for as there are bigger but in the end I took him as he is bigger than what I already have. Ended up be a very even 7x7, in his prime.




Next weekend had my good mate Jack coming for a hunt. I had promised him a Red Stag for ages but his work & my work never matched up but this weekend it fittted in great. I enjoy listening to his stories of hunting big game from around the world. I sat & listened for ages about his hunts for Marco Polo, Markhor, & other sheep & goats. We hunted hard all day saturday, looking over many stags, not being able to catch up with others, a frustrating day for sure. We could have dropped the hammer on a 6x5 saturday arvo but held off for something else.We looked over others on  sunday morning, then decide to pack up & go & have a look at the 6x5 at the front of the property on the way home. We headed up the gully to sit & wait. Just as we got there, a red started to roar back down towards where we parked the car. We waited for half an hour, this bloke was getting more & more worked up so we went back down to check him out. Couldnt believe it. Not more than a hundred yards from the car, parked out in the open was an old 6x7 stag with one hind. He was a real old warrior, a great old bush head. I had never seen this stag before. John didnt even hesitate, this old bloke would do him. He had weeds wrapped around the base of his antlers, filthy I left the video in the car, even though it was close by I couldnt risk getting busted by the reds.
  Tony


 

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Ben
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: capra]
      #207883 - 30/04/12 05:04 PM

Awesome stags! What rifles?

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alexbeer
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Ben]
      #207887 - 30/04/12 09:34 PM

What a pair of absolute crackers. Wonderful animals and well done to you both.

Best
ALEX

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controlled_feed
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: alexbeer]
      #207890 - 30/04/12 10:35 PM

Good one Tony

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DarylS
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: controlled_feed]
      #207897 - 01/05/12 03:07 AM

Beautiful!

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Sarg
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Ben]
      #207907 - 01/05/12 09:16 AM

For Free range Wild Red stags those are a incredible size & beautiful shaped stags, the likes of which you would not find in NZ Wild & Free (maybe fluke one) I have hunted & guided hunters on some of NZ's best blocks & never found any thing like those that were REAL!
Magnificent Stags, been looking my whole life for Reds of that quality in NZ & I have a NZ Samber & NZ Rusa in the top ten or so & a Whitetail up there to, but cant find one of those Reds that size !

The bottom stag is huge also, has he just broken off a Bez tine on his right antler, could you give us a DS score on them please ?

Again well done !

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capra
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Ben]
      #207911 - 01/05/12 09:42 AM

Quote:

Awesome stags! What rifles?



Ben

Mine was with my Ruger 30-06, 165g Remington Premier Accutips, Jacks with a 270 with 130g(not sure of ammo brand).

Tony

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capra
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Sarg]
      #207912 - 01/05/12 09:45 AM

Quote:

For Free range Wild Red stags those are a incredible size & beautiful shaped stags, the likes of which you would not find in NZ Wild & Free (maybe fluke one) I have hunted & guided hunters on some of NZ's best blocks & never found any thing like those that were REAL!
Magnificent Stags, been looking my whole life for Reds of that quality in NZ & I have a NZ Samber & NZ Rusa in the top ten or so & a Whitetail up there to, but cant find one of those Reds that size !

The bottom stag is huge also, has he just broken off a Bez tine on his right antler, could you give us a DS score on them please ?

Again well done !



Sarg

Jacks stag was a real old bruiser, he had some age & by the scars on him he still held his own. Would have been great to see him in his prime, he was definately going back, but a great trophy none the less.

Tony

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gryphon
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: capra]
      #207915 - 01/05/12 10:47 AM

What a top pair of great old warriors.

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Sville
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: gryphon]
      #207919 - 01/05/12 04:28 PM

Well done, they are nice stags and good trophies. It´s fantastic to hear they roar, incredible voices. //Staffan

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Drew_Jaeger
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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Sville]
      #212739 - 15/07/12 03:18 PM

Apologies for being a tad late, Tony. Congratulations to you and Jack harvesting two outstanding Stags.

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Re: Two Old Boys [Re: Drew_Jaeger]
      #212760 - 15/07/12 08:00 PM

bloody great Free Range heads!

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