Stags to go under hammer

While Craigberg, a 27-point spiker, or 1-year-old stag, will not be on sale until next year's...
While Craigberg, a 27-point spiker, or 1-year-old stag, will not be on sale until next year's Remarkables Park stud auction, 2, 3 and 4-year-old deer of the same bloodline will be auctioned on January 12. Photo by Joe Dodgshun.
Stags from the same bloodlines that last year produced a "rarely seen" 27-point spiker, or 1-year-old deer, will go under the hammer next week at the Remarkables Park stud auction.

Yearling stags are called spikers because of the single horns they usually have, but Remarkables Park director Alastair Porter said the red deer in question, Craigberg, was exceptional.

"Occasionally, as we breed up, we are getting up to the point where we breed 12, 13 or 14-point spikers, but we very rarely get to see any with 27 points."

Craigberg would probably not go on sale until next year's auction, but 46 2, 3 and 4-year-old stags from the same bloodline would be up for auction on Thursday, Mr Porter said.

The product of artificially inseminated hinds and sired by trophy stag Craigie, they "have been exceptionally good and getting better every year" over the past three years, Mr Porter said.

"Not only have our stud sires been producing a lot of points, but the eastern and German influence in our breeding means that they have heavy antlers that form an attractive set."

The stags going up for auction were 38 2-year-olds, seven 3-year-olds and one 4-year-old.

They will be available for viewing from 11am, and the auction will start at 12.30pm.

Last year's stud auction proved a success, achieving a reported 50% increase in total revenue on the previous year's red deer sale.

Mr Porter said that the internet bidding system trialled last year had been abandoned because of a lack of interest. Many people seemed wary of not bidding in person.

 

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