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Australian Red Stag sucsess
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Contributors to this thread:
nickjoyce 03-Apr-14
IdyllwildArcher 03-Apr-14
nickjoyce 03-Apr-14
nickjoyce 03-Apr-14
COLT45 03-Apr-14
midwest 03-Apr-14
Jaquomo 03-Apr-14
ohiohunter 04-Apr-14
DAL1 04-Apr-14
BULELK1 04-Apr-14
JCHB 04-Apr-14
Barty1970 04-Apr-14
BOWUNTR 04-Apr-14
Zebrakiller 04-Apr-14
Drahthaar 04-Apr-14
pav 04-Apr-14
BowMad23 04-Apr-14
orionsbrother 04-Apr-14
Bake 04-Apr-14
elkmtngear 04-Apr-14
Surfbow 04-Apr-14
BOWNBIRDHNTR 04-Apr-14
killinstuff 04-Apr-14
Hollywood 04-Apr-14
Clutch 04-Apr-14
Gaur 04-Apr-14
Bowboy 04-Apr-14
habu john 04-Apr-14
DaleM 04-Apr-14
sticksender 04-Apr-14
trkyslr 04-Apr-14
TD 04-Apr-14
Pat Bischoff 04-Apr-14
APauls 04-Apr-14
Tody 05-Apr-14
Ty 07-Apr-14
nickjoyce 22-Jul-14
spike buck 22-Jul-14
BowCrossSkin 22-Jul-14
razorsharp 24-Jul-14
From: nickjoyce
03-Apr-14
A couple months back I made the trip from South Australia to Queensland to start a new chapter in my life, i enrolled in a 3 month course with Glory City Church in Brisbane, with a plan that when I wasn’t taking part in the course id be out hunting. Well its been an awesome journey so far. This is a very brief over view of what’s taken place so far

Made the ute back at home in the shed, (gotta love being a farmer, with a dad that’s handy on the tools) Finished making the Ute-Back the night before I had to leave. Heading North  photo c3ce3ad4-6364-4d68-bd05-a334eb8e2233.jpg Second morning – Stopped over at my Sister in-laws family station in western NSW where I hunted for the first time in well over 6 months due to having 2 shoulder reconstructions. I was fortunate enough to get onto a couple good pigs  photo 58f47825-913e-473a-b2b9-bc973ee79131.jpg I had researched a few areas on the internet, google maps ect, so once getting to Qld I soon started door knocking an got onto a couple properties an put up the trail cameras cameras photo photo-3copy2.jpg lots of animals were showing up on camera which was getting me excited

deer party photo 10154368_757211034297250_1259139697_n.jpg Couple stags fighting stags fighting photo 1779121_757173997634287_1432444161_n.jpg  photo 8476A31A-2D4D-42A9-8B50-496BA1B659DB-9096-00000A418A684248_zps9bfda3fd.jpg  photo D8AE61E4-212D-4866-A142-ADD3351B98E3-9096-00000A421DD382A1_zps91d4f4b6.jpg I could never wait to get back to camp to check the SD cards, I cant imagine im the only one haha macbook photo cam-1.jpg Ive had plenty of time in the bush since being up here with out any animals on the ground, however ive still had success of other kinds, such as stealing this honey from the bees, sweetest honey ive ever tasted  photo 9C92EE46-9CFF-4B71-B28B-80FCA686E3C8-9096-00000A43C9F061FC_zps620472fd.jpg The bus packed up after another few days in the bush  photo F561E477-BECE-46E5-B82B-3D5704171699-9096-00000A41BF808E16_zpsed331d04.jpg This particular morning I didn’t come across any stags out in the open so trying to locate them in their beds was plan B glassing photo sssss.jpg After a few trips out there I had established where the deer numbers were predominantly, being a fair hike from where I could get the ute, I bought a bike to save the legs until I got into good hunting country. giant photo giant.jpg Stags starting to move in, this was 6 foot tall 6ft rub photo 1465293_753073174711036_1369373410_n.jpg This one was 7 Foot tall 7ft rub photo 10003346_753489251336095_2069942048_n.jpg MONDAY So on Monday the stags were really starting to make some noise, I got into 50yards before actually laying eyes on this stag. Moved into 30 behind a bush an started roaring back at him, this fired him up an he came around the bush an I put a arrow into him at 20 yards, he ran 50 an down for the count. What u want to see your arrow looking like  photo F8806FF0-78F2-4B25-ACF3-7E22CA5DBC90-9096-00000A4160B289D9_zps45fadac2.jpg blood arrow photo 10013848_757561087595578_1292930722_n.jpg how I found him where i found him photo 10150668_757578264260527_1167165290_n.jpg New Oz-Cut Boradhead, such an awesome head.  photo AAB779A0-49AE-4AD2-A9A0-B9C9EF8197BD-9096-00000A40F370F8DA_zps7285cb3a.jpg

I was actually in disbelief with the size of the hole for a 2 blade head. Hit him Sweet  photo C58C72A6-452F-483C-8618-82A2D68A46AD-9096-00000A41305D2D25_zps56d6133a.jpg Propped up behind this awesome animal stag on side photo 10013935_757844590900561_1858028570_n.jpg stag photo Stag.jpg Caping him out with my havalon knife, such an awesome knife.  photo 24F69807-1D35-423A-8E25-C2AD181900FC-9096-00000A40B33FCA3E_zpsffd888de.jpg  photo 51063F1A-0E0B-450D-A3B3-EA2620D644C1-9096-00000A40E4719099_zps17d3f00c.jpg

Solo hunter problems haha – if it cant be fixed with duct tape, your not using enough duct tape.  photo A71FA476-7F80-4077-BCEF-A173D49714E0-9096-00000A4116E574EB_zps47d9330c.jpg The carry out carry out selfie photo 10153806_758202800864740_1501006033_n.jpg carry out photo sss.jpg BLOOD SWEAT BONE  photo 44BF353C-DBCA-4254-9EF9-AEF0E284FCD4-9096-00000A40BACD6531_zpsdac9e733.jpg it only takes one haha  photo C74F2A98-42FF-4D0A-9436-A780B0BF368C-9096-00000A40FF540101_zpsf39f27f6.jpg Ive been testing out these Tenzing packs an seriously cant speak more highly of them! tenzing packs photo photo-4copy-1.jpg tenzing + stag photo ss.jpg Hope you have enjoyed my past couple months, I have certainly enjoyed every second of being back out in the bush again after a long period of being side lined. I feel so blessed to have taken such a beautiful animal and he is currently at the taxidermist getting put back together. Nick

03-Apr-14
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From: nickjoyce
03-Apr-14
Sorry guys, will change it over now

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03-Apr-14

From: COLT45
03-Apr-14
awesome hunt. thanks for the pics!

From: midwest
03-Apr-14
Outstanding pics and story, nickjoyce! Thanks for sharing. That truck is bad ass.

From: Jaquomo
03-Apr-14
Great story and pics! Congrats on the gorgeous double-five. The country you were hunting looks a LOT less steep than where I hunted in the Brisbane valley. :-)

From: ohiohunter
04-Apr-14
Simply awesome.

From: DAL1
04-Apr-14
Great hunt, great story! Thanks.

From: BULELK1
04-Apr-14
That was very cool!

Nice truck ya got there and the way it is set-up.

Good luck, Robb

From: JCHB
04-Apr-14
Great report. I enjoyed the photos and story. JCHB

From: Barty1970
04-Apr-14
Many thanks for sharing your success

From: BOWUNTR
04-Apr-14
That was real cool.... congrats. Ed F

From: Zebrakiller
04-Apr-14
great story and one heck of a good time it looks like , That was fun to read.

From: Drahthaar
04-Apr-14
AWESOME hunting & great story. Forrest

From: pav
04-Apr-14
Congrats and thanks for sharing your adventure!

From: BowMad23
04-Apr-14
That was just top notch! Great pictures and story Nick.

Interesting camo btw.

04-Apr-14
Thanks for posting your pics and story. Great job! Red stag is definitely on my bucket list. Please put up pics anytime you do one of these hunts.

From: Bake
04-Apr-14
Very very cool!! Thanks for posting !!

Bake

From: elkmtngear
04-Apr-14

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What a great adventure, you are blessed!

Congrats, that's a fine trophy!

Best of Luck, Jeff(Bowsite Sponsor)

From: Surfbow
04-Apr-14
That looks like a great time! Love the truck too!

From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
04-Apr-14
Awesome hunt and story!

Thank you for sharing.

Jeff

From: killinstuff
04-Apr-14
Well done young man. I like that truck set up too!

From: Hollywood
04-Apr-14
Thanks for sharing. ...one of the best contributions in awhile.

From: Clutch
04-Apr-14
Very Very Nice-- congrats

From: Gaur
04-Apr-14
Congrats. Awesome looking stag.

From: Bowboy
04-Apr-14
Great story and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

From: habu john
04-Apr-14
Great story and pictures, would love to hunt in oz one day.

From: DaleM
04-Apr-14
Damn SWEET!!

From: sticksender
04-Apr-14
Great hunt & a beautiful animal. Glad you shared it.

From: trkyslr
04-Apr-14
Awesome pics and story!!! Good job

From: TD
04-Apr-14
Congrats! And thanks for the great story and pics. Much appreciated.

Got's to get me one of dem....

04-Apr-14
Thanks for sharing. I dont know whats better. your stag or your truck. That is the best looking tacoma I have ever seen. Mad Max would be jealous of that.

From: APauls
04-Apr-14
Great Story, great effort, and fantastic pics! Thanks so much for sharing. The extra effort of including all the pictures with the story made it really fun to read. Thanks for doing so.

From: Tody
05-Apr-14
Looks like a great hunt but I'm more jealous of the truck. Wish we could get the hilux on this side of the pond. Congrats! That honey looks sweet but I don't know if I would risk getting stung.

From: Ty
07-Apr-14
I sooo want that truck!

From: nickjoyce
22-Jul-14
Thanks for the positive feed back guys. Should have another post up here soon. Been chasing buffalo for the last couple months

From: spike buck
22-Jul-14
We're going to the same part of Australia at the end of 2014. Going to a great time!! Looks like you had a great time nickjoyce.

From: BowCrossSkin
22-Jul-14
Nice Job!!!!

for the camera pic solo, get a 2-3" screw or all thread that fits in the bottom of the camera and tape it to and arrow stuck in the ground. Works great and again nice job!!!

From: razorsharp
24-Jul-14
Very cool! Great pics!

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