This is a free range hunt. It is Cattle country so there are low fences. Rocket guides for MG Hunting. They do other hunts and a small group of friends might really enjoy this. But another great group hunt/party would be the Cordova dove/pigeon hunts. As I understand, the season is always open and there are no limits.
As for the Red Deer Roar, lots of stags around. You hear them roar from the lodge. It goes on for 4 weeks, regularly 5 day hunts but I was there the 3rd week and because of flight schedules, we had a 6 day hunt.
You get up early, breakfast and get ready. Be in the bush at daybreak, or a bit before. I love that time in the woods when the grey shadows turn to yellow light and then all the colors quickly develop
Listen to the roars, check the wind, pick out one that sounds good. A deep guttural roar some compare to a lion's roar... but having experienced both, close up... I assure you the star roar does not reverberate into your soul quite like a lions
But it is an amazing experience when you have gotten close and your quary let's out a roar within a few short yards, yet out of sight behind the thick bushes.
Shot opportunities come and go within seconds. My second stag was in the clear, picture perfect, it was raining, Rockethe needed to evaluate him and decide if he met my desires for a second stag... he was trailing 3 females who had allready disappeared into the bush. Just as Rocket gave me the go ahead, he stepped behind a tree that blocked out all his vitals. I had experienced the same thing on the second day, this was day 5/6.
The evening before the first hunt day, the Outfitter, Marcello explained how the perfect shot oppertunty is rarely presented and we would likely need to shoot though some brush, and very likely at a walking animal. He went into more detail regarding other components.....
So back to my second stag, as he cleared the tree, he was behind thick brush but I could see him, so I took the shot. He ran but circled back, Rocket was off like, well as rocket
and I was right behind him. I took another shot that felt ok but just not sure, we ran till I thought I would blow a lung, and got a 3rd shot that was quartering away, he reared up and moved in a S path and I had to reload, but as they rarely get more than 2 shots, and it was a rental gun, Rocket had the shells. So got 3 down and chambered a round, and got another what felt like a good shot on the shoulder in. In the recoiling scope it looked like his head dropped and lost sight of him. Rocket ran forward and was following his scent back to the left, the deer had been facing our right. He marked the spot he lost the scent on his gps. We searched but it was raining and getting dark. We were also back in the center of the hunting block and had about 1.5 to 2 kilometers to walk out through thick prickly stuff....
