I think it’s fair to say that everyone who hunts in New Zealand aspires to shoot a big stag. After hunting for quite a few years and never shooting a stag of notable size, I felt like my time was now – I needed to put in the work and make a reasonable effort at getting a big old boy on the deck.
It’s the hunter’s favourite time of the year – the Roar. A couple of mates and I hatched a plan to fly into an area we hadn’t been to before and spend a week hunting red stags. I hadn’t shot a red stag before this trip, so I was keen to get going.
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