02/11/2026
My first Ruahine red stag. I shot this stag at about two meters away! Straight in the mouth as he was roaring. I couldn’t find the bullet hole and was wondering where I had hit him. After getting home and boiling the head up I found the bullet had gone straight down the middle of his tongue and into his neck. The 308 didn’t exit. That was the first of many ruahine stags that hit the deck after that I never looked back. 👍