@ecointerpreter/ Finn Ross comes across a red stag stuck in a bush. This stag proceeds to break free and run away. However whilst running it trips over and ends it’s life. A very u fortunate yet incredible encounter. All of the meat from this animal was harvested and taken home. Finn Ross has also filmed another similar video whereby an elk falls of a water fall to her death. To have both these encounters is immeasurably lucky. Finn says … Another crazy wilderness encounter. My girlfriend, dog and I had just broken the flats after being in the hills for 3 days when we saw a stag caught, of all places in the rainforest of Southwestland, in the middle of a flat! It was thrashing around for the 5 minutes it took for us to get up to it. Who knows how long it had been caught, but it was mid afternoon so we think it would have got caught early morning. Once it broke free it took a few stumbles but we thought it was away. When it fell I went and tried to free it thinking it had exhaustion. However it must have broken its neck on the fall and we were unable to save him. Luckily we were able to utilise the meat and pack him out. What are the chances this is the second deer I have seen die in front of me of natural causes in the NZ backcountry!