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I go away for the week and looks like I missed the fire works again!
Anyway I’m buggered and I'm just throwing these pis'c up quickly as I need sleep!
And I’ll put more up over the next few days ok, but here are two of the better ones I think, as I’ve only looked though them quickly!
And yes Steely I did beat last years model, with a 332 plus monster, 19 points but might bet a penalty for having over spread but anyway he’s an awesome stag!
And also managed to take an awesome fallow buck also, he look’s like a monster too!
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Just awsome mate! I'm guessing this was the southeast of SA? When do you think they will start rutting as i am going top try get a week in down there in the rut.
Macka
Are these open or closed range mate, eva way great pictures.
Adam
god i hate you pete :x
Top trophy's buddy cannot wait to hear the story behind them 2 monstors
Only in my dreams have I ever imagined taking something as magnificent as that. Congratulations.
Jo
aussiehunter
09-02-06, 08:39 PM
they are nice heads pete..may i ask what do they set u back for shooting quality stags like that..u r hunting on the same place as last time???
going to look good on ur walls,u want high ceilings..lol...
cheers pat :D
tracker
09-02-06, 08:59 PM
That buck is a whomper matey! :shock: You will need to build an extension to house him. :lol:
Are they on supplementary feed?
Mick.
Top effort Very bl&&#y impressive :!:
Well done.
Cheers Tim
Dale Furze
09-02-06, 09:46 PM
Nice deer Pete, I'll second Pats question if you don't mind. Moreso on the price :shock: not the place.
interceptor
09-02-06, 10:04 PM
They are bloody awesome Pete,
Exceptional is one word, congratulation mate.
Cheers Noel
XTfreak
09-02-06, 11:08 PM
Very nice, Congratulations.
Bill
Clinglish
09-02-06, 11:23 PM
Well done . :!:
they are both awesome deer pete
well done mate :)
cant believe the guard tines on the fallow :shock: they are huge
jindydiver
10-02-06, 07:32 AM
They sure are some fine deer.
Before you left you said they were in the roar but those guys are hardly into hard antler. Is that normal for over there?
They sure are some fine deer.
Before you left you said they were in the roar but those guys are hardly into hard antler. Is that normal for over there?
There were stag’s roaring, but I would say the roar was still some weeks off, most stags where in the process of rubbing the velvet off, as where all the fallow, and they are very much in hard antler.
As most would know water valley and the deer in the south east of SA start allot earlier than NSW and QLD, and the sad point is if you don’t get there first the rifles shooters will just about have shoot all the big stuff well before the roar is in full swing.
Also the red like all the places I hunt reds in NSW finish there rut well before the fallow has even hit full swing.
As for price’s they are the same as hunting in QLD, except there quality allot higher.
aussiehunter
10-02-06, 10:20 AM
peter,so are these closed range or open...and to get to be such huge heads is it from the blood lines or way they are fed??? as ud never get a red like that in the wild in qld??...
i hav hunted diaper station,which is purely open range wild deer and u will pay around 2000.00 and allowed to take 2 deer,how is that price compared to there....
cheers pat :D
Top effort pete! 2 real corkers!
peter,so are these closed range or open...and to get to be such huge heads is it from the blood lines or way they are fed??? as ud never get a red like that in the wild in qld??...
i hav hunted diaper station,which is purely open range wild deer and u will pay around 2000.00 and allowed to take 2 deer,how is that price compared to there....
cheers pat :D
Water Valley is closed range mate, but other that the velvet pens around the house it is the largest hunting preserve in the southern hemisphere, with over 500 square miles of area to hunt. In most cases the only deer fence you see in cretin sections is too separate the Rusa and the Sambar so they don’t interbreed.
As for price it is a little cheaper but you only get to take one red for that price, fallow bucks are normally $800ea.
aussiehunter
10-02-06, 11:28 AM
peter thanks for ur reply.the price is a lot cheaper than i thought,i really thought ud be looking at thousands,i was kind of using N.Z prices to estimate....
so do they grow them for velvet first and then let them go and be semi free after they r old,or do the animals start and live their whole lives out in the large paddocks....
how is it they have such great antler growth,i asked a little earlier...is it due to blood lines or r they fed??
how many deer would they run...im just asking as im curious,it sounds like a big operation..im on 500,000 acres here so i can relate to the size etc....
and lastly is it all self guided or would u have paid more if u were guided..
cheers pat :D
MAN, THATS A BRILLIANT JOB! WELL DONE!! :)
Pete !!!! Mate !!!!
Good shootin mate there would be only one guy more pleased Im guessing, your taxidermist !!!!!
Im glad you had a good time , its going to be hard to part with that Darton when the time comes , youve sent some to heaven with it now.
Those Reds are just super sized arnt they and that fallow is no pup either.
Well done again I will give you a call once you have had some sleep and get the full story.
Steely
barebow
10-02-06, 01:50 PM
Two exceptional deer Pete,well done,you must be ecstatic.
Grunter
10-02-06, 03:31 PM
Well done Pete, Hope to get onto the reds next month here in QLD, i will shat myself if i see anything like that.
Cheers Grunter
Bowmancam
10-02-06, 03:41 PM
Great result Pete !!!!
Excelent animals mate, cant wait to hear the full story!
Well Done
Cheers, Cam
aussiehunter
10-02-06, 04:17 PM
GRUNTER good comment,id reckon id be the same if i saw a red like that,i bet my arrow would end up rattling through his antlers...lol :lol: :lol:
Pete i hunt a property only a few km's from watervalley so its a big help with the nowledge that some are starting to roar now :shock: when do you think the roar will get into full swimg on reds and fallow down there? The fallow about 45km from my house are about another 2 weeks earlier than the ones down the southeast. I think i'll try and get down there for the fallow rut.
Macka
Pete i hunt a property only a few km's from watervalley so its a big help with the nowledge that some are starting to roar now :shock: when do you think the roar will get into full swimg on reds and fallow down there? The fallow about 45km from my house are about another 2 weeks earlier than the ones down the southeast. I think i'll try and get down there for the fallow rut.
Macka
I think buy the early to mid march max mate they will be at it strong, the fallow by the look of things will not be that far behind like they normally are, I think this will start on time.
It's not hard mate to check what stage the reds are at since your so close, just find a quite spot in the arvo and listen right on dark and they will tell you what there up to, but it not too far away trust me.
Thanks pete, wish i was closer as its still 500km for me to travel but my cousin lives there and i could get him to tell me. He never knew it was the deer making those noises until i told him lol.
Macka
Grunter Wrote
i will shat myself if i see anything like that.
I think your pretty safe mate unless your breeding them,feeding them and setting free before you chase them...
jerry redman
11-02-06, 09:41 PM
i know there f#!*en HUGE what state do you live in, your unbelievable what with you and shooting these huge deer???
jerry redman
11-02-06, 09:49 PM
omg whats with you and shooting these big stags un f#*!en believalbe what state are you in and well done!!!
jerry redman
11-02-06, 09:53 PM
im goin over there soon were got a property we can go on there dads mate is taking me over there, so keen i hope there is animals like that over there im goin out again tomorra morning with owen we got permission off the owner and hopefuly there will be some foxes over the hills ....my shot too!
Gaday Jerry...You sound excited there mate but I'm sure that "huge and unbelievable" would have still got the same message across... :wink: :wink:
sparra
jerry redman
12-02-06, 11:19 AM
i was looking at the first page when i wrote it and then i THOUGHT i sent it and nothing came up so i though dam so i wrote it again i thought i might have clicked off it or something but still that fellow and the red was huge im goin on the fellow tonight with owen we went out the smorning and didnt even see a fox, the only 2 we seen was when we were on the road to the place owen got a rabbit so that was really good i nice shot from 30 yards downhill
aussiehunter
12-02-06, 11:24 AM
can u say that all in one breath???lol.... :D
jerry redman
12-02-06, 11:29 AM
righto righto
Hey Jerry, the boys are just being friendly.
I think Sparra was getting to the point of the "f^%king" bits, in the past we have tryed to keep these to a min as it just wrecks a good post.
No harm done mate, I'd be excited if I was heading into deer country this weekend also. Best of luck Jerry and let us know how it all go's.
Adam
aussiehunter
12-02-06, 11:47 AM
jerry ,im only having a fun dig at ya. :lol: ..i can see u r so excited and i was too at ur age,,,,to tell the truth i still get excited like a young fella with the deer season coming up.. :D :D ..u go down there and hav a top time and never loose ur excitement... :D cheers mate...pat :D
I felt we were spamming Petes post guys with our hair doo talk so I put it in a new post.
Cheers Adam
Axes lost post
Gentlemen,
"Rem tene, verba sequentur"!
Stick to the thread in other words :D thanks Axe
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