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He was a master stag with a thick, shaggy mane and a large set of antlers with eight polished white points. It was a very proud moment for me, and the mounted head that hangs on the wall in my house continues to rekindle fond memories all these years later.
Having left the stag hanging overnight, I returned to the carcass the following morning, took out my old Instamatic camera and posed alongside my trophy while my mate took a few photos.
The bolt is open, but that is little consolation. The head of the master stag, which I had cut off the night before, was put back on the body to make it look like it was still attached. The stag has rigor mortis and lies as a stiff carcass. It looks grotesque. The photos are terrible, and they continue to cause me much embarrassment today. My eight-point stag won New Zealand's prestigious Sika Show in 1995. It is terribly unfortunate that I did not have any decent photos to publish alongside the article I wrote for
