New Zealand Elk

[Wizard of Oz]

I've already posted this in the deer forum ...then saw the elk forum. I am curious how it compares with ones from N, America? " elk 900+kgs, 350 mts with 4 foot antlers " Cheers

 

[IdahoCTD]

There is no way that elk weighs 900 kilos. That is 1980lbs. It might weigh 900lbs but most of the elk here weigh quite a bit less than 900lbs. A big bull might weigh 7-800lbs. The bull I shot last year had 4 foot main beams so that is not totally uncommon. I don't know what 350 mts means but my guess is it's suppose to be a score measurement. That bull could definitely be 350".

 

[Dosh]

Wiz, nice elk. Those G-3's are tremendous.

 

[Rick Richard]

Seriously? That thing is a beast. Big body and antlers. Congrats on a fine trophy.

 

[Korhil78]

That is a very nice elk! Not trying to belittle your kill but was that elk taken on a ranch of some sort or was it a free range elk?

 

[ShtrRdy]

Congrats! That sure looks nice. Do they call those "Red Deer"?

 

[Wizard of Oz]

I've already posted this in the deer forum ...then saw the elk forum. I am curious how it compares with ones from N, America? " elk 900+kgs, 350 mts with 4 foot antlers " Cheers

To clarify things, I did not shoot it , it was in an email from a deer hunting buddy and I was curious if it was the same size or bigger than the N.American ones. It's one impressive beast and makes Aussie Sambar look small by comparison. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[JP100]

That is a very nice elk! Not trying to belittle your kill but was that elk taken on a ranch of some sort or was it a free range elk?

Pen job. We dont have any pure Elk left in the wild. We have only ever had a small area with free range/wild elk and that has been contaminated with Red deer for a long time now. Best ones are 50/50 or 60/40 Elk/Red deer cross.

Even most of the high fenced Elk has some Red blood in them and vice versa.

 

[waltercrouse]

I've already posted this in the deer forum ...then saw the elk forum. I am curious how it compares with ones from N, America? " elk 900+kgs, 350 mts with 4 foot antlers " Cheers

New Zealand hunting is on my bucket list. I watched shows with the huge red deer and have saw some the Teddy's elk . All of this grow into monsters over in New Zealand !

 

[Wheeler co]

Beautiful elk, but I just hate those Eastman Journal pictures where the guy backs up to make the animal appear bigger. Go back another foot and he could be a 450. Where we hunt four foot beam is called a good elk, five foot a big elk.