picture of my mates stag

Rhys.94.375 · Post by **Rhys.94.375** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:45 am

hey all been out for a hunt today an my mate took this fallow buck.

cheers
Rhys

me

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:11 am

I'M IMPRESSED ! That's a very nice trophy - I don't care who you are !

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:34 am

Well done! Nice photos.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:38 am

very nice. What part of your country was it taken in? Beautiful area.

canonsix · Post by **canonsix** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:42 am

Well done to your mate, Doug

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:57 am

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:29 am

That is a smart fallow buck

I like the look of that land too

A young feller like that and a lever, gives us hope

What was the shot then???
Nath.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:32 am

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!!!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:42 am

Nice job, a wonderful trophy by anyone's standards

Rusty <><

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:24 am

Good job! What part of Australia are you hunting?

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:25 am

Great post, thanks. Ga'day mate.

jbm1968 · Post by **jbm1968** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:48 am

Great Pictures and Good Hunting!

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:46 pm

Beautiful deer!!!! Your mate did exceedingly well. Like the looks of the lever!!!!!Congratulations!! Art

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:02 pm

Congrasulations! But its a little safer over here to call them pals!

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:10 pm

Rhys.94.375,

Nice pictures & good times!

How did your friend shoot that deer, when that handle on the top of his rifle obscures the sights?

Shawn

Rhys.94.375 · Post by **Rhys.94.375** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:36 pm

hunting in an around the victorian high country.

mates rifle is a A bolt in 270. shot was about 80 meters.

Its got 20 points if i remember correctly with palms on both sides, with a few extra points off the main... which is great for around here as alot of "inbreds" are around with split palms an just pelosi antlers. so its great to have got a nice head!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:45 pm

Neato--Is that the kind of deer that you can make stag grips from? Also, looks like thick hunting to me. How long was the shot?
Very nice pics from a far away land----------------Sixgun

Rhys.94.375 · Post by **Rhys.94.375** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:52 pm

The good thing about where we hunt, is it can go from farmland, to fringe, to thick bush, pines with grassy clearings an creeks in gulleys.

As you can see im on the edge of the thick bush over lookin a little clearin near the pines,

where as in this picture, is takin in the bush. that runs beside the pines

an this is not as thick but with more clearings an more visability

an a clearing in the pines(spot the doe)

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:04 pm

Good pics and a very nice buck. How soon before the rut starts in down there?

lever-4-life · Post by **lever-4-life** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:08 pm

What kind of berries are those in the last pic? They look alot like Our black berry.

Rhys.94.375 · Post by **Rhys.94.375** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:11 pm

The rut should start around Easter....even before. The deer have started to group up slowly now

we heard 2 bucks bark at each other from ontop of a hill, toward one down the bottom in the gulley (im guessing as a stay away warning)
I was suprised all the stags we have seen are in hard antler, i was expecting a little more velvet still.

the stag in the pic has some velvet on the base that hasnt been in contact with any trees or bushes but antlers very hard.

Indeed Lever4Life. they are the dreaded pest knows as black berrys!!! everywhere!

crs · Post by **crs** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:56 pm

Great post and pics. Very nice stag. The meat should be good eating too, if it is anything like a Texas raised Fallow deer - mine was very tasty.
Keep up the good work.

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:10 pm

Ditto on the great post and pics. Love those Big Bores!