By the time you read this the first period Wapiti ballot will be done and dusted and the Red roar will be starting to get into full swing

We didn’t get a ballot yet again – sob – but that’s not all bad as we get more time to concentrate on finding a big old stag from either of the two heritage Red deer herds – the Rakaia and the Otago/Highland herd. The huge increase in WARO this year will mean a lot of areas are pretty lean on the Red stag front – except for a small number of over populated back country areas where the deer are so small the WARO guys don’t bother to hunt there much. Sika and Fallow are not affected by WARO, so those middle to late April hunting opportunities should still be great – depending on the weather of course!

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