@@MichaelHill-kc5vs possibly, I was aiming behind the shoulder, but potentially could have been a flyer. I could never get a decent group with that load, always had a flyer in a 5 shot group.

@@EmpireSafaris thanks. Most of the shots in this video were Hornady precision hunter 200gr, I’ve since changed to federal terminal ascents 200gr, and couldn’t be happier with their performance. Yip that Rusa stag was a massive loss, that was the reason for me getting a dog.

@ was there a blood trail? Wonder if shot went over the Lungs and under the spine

@ not a drop of blood, there was marks of it dragging its back legs for about 50m then it just stood up and walked off by the look of it.

@@Seshins thanks mate 👍

@@nakisteelo4761 Thanks mate, I just subscribed to your channel, see you have a few videos there 🤙🏻

@NZDeerandDogs Cheers mate ,ditto,A few old vids lol

@@paulwright1237 Thanks mate 🙏

@@flex90z_____ Do you want to know big his body is, or how big his antlers are?

@@NZDeerandDogs yes

His antlers

@@flex90z_____ 26inch long, scored 176ds. Not a monster, but a respectable head

@@NZDeerandDogs good job man

@@adamdoig1448 Thanks bro. Yea bro they are big, special animal to hunt

@@jasonbates1407 Thanks mate. Yea the shot was a bit of a fluke really, I almost pulled the trigger twice before I actually did, and if I had I definitely would’ve missed.

@@richardt.4224 Thanks mate. Na we are lucky to have them here, but we don’t have Whitetail, Wapiti, Tahr, or Chamois, so you guys win 🥇

@@deertrackernz2203 Thanks. Yea bro, once I get a 200ds sambar I’ll probably never go back, it’s nice when you get one, but putting in the effort, and coming back with just scratches and splinters buried under your skin isn’t much fun 🤣

@@NZDeerandDogs hahaha yea i used to hunt them a bit in the pines here in BOP not to bad, but some places get loaded with blackberry, gotta crawl through those tunnels😂 Are you hunting them in BOP or Manawatu?

@@deertrackernz2203 same a you bro, poking around the BOP pines.

@@NZDeerandDogs oh nice, do you live around Whakatane area? I live out by Manawahe, should tee it up and go for a mission some time.

@@deertrackernz2203 Na I’m in Taupo, I do hunt over your way now and then though, so yea we could tee up a mission 👍

@@snoop2477 Thanks mate, they are very tough to stalk, mainly their environment which makes them hard, they love burrowing into the thick stuff.

@@johnmead8437 sorry mate

@@NZDeerandDogs Probably lost its mother when very young

@@johnmead8437 that’s what I thought after having a think about it as well

@@richardt.4224 Thanks mate, yea he does always surprise me, seems he never misses, he’s probably better than me haha. We were hunting with a 7mm08, and the first deer was at 175 yards, and the second deer was 145 yards. The first goat was somewhere near 100 yards, and the one in the bush was 20 to 40 yards. We were hunting Whanganui area.

@NZDeerandDogs my ex girlfriend used 7mm08 and she hand loaded because the recoil was too much for her. I reload 243win and dial it up. Are yours factory or reloads? I'm hoping to be away next week on goats and chamois. Walking in and camping, hoping my old legs will go the distance lol. Great job Dad, keep it up.

@@johnmead8437 Tongariro National Park area. There’s plenty of 1080 drops if that’s what you mean by pest control? What about the bush looks hammered by the deer, I would say the opposite in this area, I hunt some areas where all the bark is stripped off the trees and nothing is left on the ground. Yes without the dog I wouldn’t even bother stalking this area, this time was exceptional getting 3 good indications, normally it would take 4 hours to get onto one deer. Kaka’s are pretty normal all around central north island, I think, I see them almost every hunt.

@@NZDeerandDogs Favourite palatables gone from understory & very open. Deer still do ok on less favoured species, takes quite a bit to reduce body size to around 40kg carcass weight for mature hinds/spikers. Many species are limited to inaccessible sites, & when deer invade an area they strip the bark off some species & eliminate what they can reach. This happened over much of NZ many decades ago. The commercial recovery period enabled bush & carcases size to partially recover in the more accessible sites, & sites with ongoing. 1080 drops do the same in some places, rec hunting in the most easiest places sometimes. Like carparks etc. Enclosure plots that fence deer out demonstrate the effect. Just because deer aren't encountered everywhere doesn't mean they are uncommon, they move around a lot and are still wary deer irrespective of population. Kakas surviving in some lower quality sites can be males (the population can be functionally extinct, & parrots grow decades old), the females get killed on the nests, parakeets also. The 1080 drops can tip the balance back to where females can survive (stoats eat poisoned rats & that seasons chicks get a chance) and importantly, flowering species get to recover enough from possums for quality feed for chicks to be available. Well documented in some sites, but they need ongoing maintenance before the tipping point is reached, like beech mast seasons. When hunting, locating red crown parakeets is something to highlight, they were in Pureora in the 1970s. Putting fido on a 10m length of heavy nylon might help, tread on it when it gets too far ahead. Might take a while with pointers, they can have their own program & don't like thinking much.

Thanks Paul 👍

@@craigscott1563 Thanks mate. It’s called a Triggercam 2.1 , it’s pretty heavy on the gun, so gutting when you carry it around all day, don’t turn it on for the shot 🙄

@@NZDeerandDogs know the feeling all to well, have a go pro and had that happen on multiple occasions

Thanks ✌

@@joshuasmith-holley72 haha, I had to keep calm since I did stupidly put my hand there

@@walkaboutthinny2523 Thanks mate. Yea the cut thumb was definitely a bit of a team effort 🤣

Thanks!

Thanks glad you enjoyed it 👍

@@evangoff4363 Thanks mate. Your right, there is definitely more difficult dogs out there than Nuke, I have put a lot of work into him though, I hunt him pretty much every week, and shot around 100 deer over him. Just keep on it with your GSP. I did heaps of work on getting Nuke to stop and look at me when I stop, then I can give him had signals to sit and wait for me or keep going forward. I’m actually signaling him on what to do right through the hunt, you just don’t see my hands much.

@@BennyThompson556 yea there is plenty around, and Kiwis early in the morning

@@richardt.4224 Thanks mate🙏, I’m glad you liked it .

@@jfi8977 thanks mate 👍

@@adventureswithclubber6065 Ahimanawa’s mate

@@gregoryross.303 Thanks mate. I would normally agree with you, but this one was pretty bloody tough. Must be the time of year, just doing it a bit harder than earlier in the year.

@@crestcutter2729 Thanks mate, I use a 7mm08, picking the best projectile for the job is most important I find, I think the same for any caliber 👍

@@NZDeerandDogs ah I thought it was a 243 I hunt with a 243 for fallow and 30.06 for sambar here in Oz both guns I use winchester deer season xp they seem to be doing the job pretty well it mite be worth a look as they are not too expensive and knock everything over ive hit with them

@@warwickgibbs6303 Thanks mate, I’ll keep them coming

@@JoelRobinson-p3o Yea bro, I always shake, didn’t really notice it till I started filming, now with the extra weight of the camera on the gun it’s probably worse, how do I ever hit anything 😅

@@jackhammer4720 Thanks Fred, happy that you enjoyed it 👍

Yea mate, that definitely happens from time to time, that’s probably why Nuke whinged at me, he wanted me to hurry up and catch up to the deer 🦌

Thanks bro, it adds about a inch, you don’t really notice it while shooting, but it weighs half a kilo, so you feel it in your arms by the end of the day

@@deertrackernz2203 I agree… great perspective on the hunt!

@@NZDeerandDogs yea I notice my camera I put on top of scope, and that probably only weighs 200 grams haha.

mind sharing the shotkam model with us? good footage!

@@huntingforadventure9977 It’s a Triggercam 2.1 it’s a lot of work lugging it around on the gun, but the footage makes it worth it

@@darrellwong4097 Thanks Darrell. It’s so hard to see them, even with them being so close, when it doesn’t go right it’s probably more to do with my spotting than Nuke having it wrong. With out the dog I would never be able to be camera ready, so it’s all him.

@@greghughson7450 Thanks mate. He’s definitely keen, I wouldn’t mind him calming down a bit, but I can’t complain, he’s still young and done so much cool stuff that I wish I had filmed.

@@charleshunting Thanks mate. They are sneaky little buggers, that’s for sure

@@Mjwb-cz9ft Thanks mate. Yea hopefully he keeps improving🤞

@@warwickgibbs6303 Thanks man, cheers for watching and commenting 👍🍻

@@darrellwong4097 Thanks mate. Hopefully I’m better by the weekend, and can go film a decent day’s hunting 👍

@@jackhammer4720 Thanks Fred 👊

@@jasonbates1407 Yea I’m pretty proud of how he’s turning out. He’s a vizsla crossed with a strong eye heading dog, he’s also got a sister that churns out the animals as well.