Lower Caples Ballot - Solo Fallow Buck Hunt

Hunting Fallow Bucks in the Lower Caples block of the Queenstown RHA, New Zealand

[@Huntahrnz]

Great first Buck ,you did well hunting with the flu.Congrats on your new family , lots of fun in the years ahead.

[@jchunting]

Thanks a lot, the flu definitely made it challenging!

[@ervinslens]

Absolutely fantastic upload bud 🥾🥾

[@jchunting]

Thanks a lot!

[@nealerobson3676]

Well done bro. Good effort.

[@jchunting]

Appreciate it. Thanks for watching!

[@rossbagley2734]

Good stuff mate👍🏻

[@jchunting]

Appreciate it!

[@daddystein8839]

Damn I can't wait to move up from rabbits to bigger game

[@Beardandgun]

Nice work champ

[@jchunting]

Cheers matey, was really happy with how that trip panned out

[@outdooraddictionnz]

Nice work bro

[@jchunting]

Thanks heaps!

[@TheWeekendMish]

on ya mate

[@jchunting]

Thanks heaps!

[@godzonerefections]

Nice well done

[@jchunting]

Thanks a lot!

[@KayJ47]

Nice.

[@jchunting]

Thanks!

[@cameronmcgowan3248]

how do you apply for the ballet

[@jchunting]

The DOC website, all the information is on the there, and it's pretty straight forward. Good luck!

[@gregoryross.303]

Great video! Good shot. I shot a black fallow buck just like yours way up in Steele Creek, in the Greenstone Valley, in May, 1974, during a six-day trip into there. Also shot black fallow bucks in the Paparoa Range in 1972. Check out my hunting memoir 'RED DEER WRITING', now available in its new edition through any bookshop in NZ.

[@wolfferguson1293]

Paparoa herds barely hanging on. 1080s completely ruined

[@gregoryross.303]

Fallow spread like crazy. In 1972 they were almost everywhere in the Paparoa Range, and we shot ours in the southern part of the range near Barrytown. Fallow have during the past 20 years spread up the Wilberforce and the Rakaia, and into the front hills around Glentunnel and Springfield.

[@jchunting]

Thanks heaps for watching!

[@user-xf5ty7vs2h]

Didn’t realise you could shoot the flats on the lower caples block?

[@jchunting]

This is true. According to the boundaries defined on Topo50 maps, the deer was inside the boundaries, although only just, thanks a lot for watching!