24hourcampfire.com
24hourcampfire.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Hop To
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 37
A
Campfire Greenhorn
OP Offline
Campfire Greenhorn
A
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 37
Hunted New Zealand in 2018. Took a tahr and a chamois. Incredible hunt is some amazing country.

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

BP-B2

Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 829
Campfire Regular
Offline
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 829
Beautiful animals Dave. NZ is definitely a magical place.

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,640
jpb Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,640
I've heard that tahr can be rather good at hiding...

Just wait for it... grin

[Linked Image]

John

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,991
G
Campfire Outfitter
Online Content
Campfire Outfitter
G
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,991
Great photos of the Tahr and Chamois!

Have you posted details here?

Would luv to read/see photos.

Best,

GWB

Last edited by geedubya; 06/08/19.

A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 150,097
Campfire Savant
Online Content
Campfire Savant
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 150,097
I bet that is fun hunting!

IC B2

Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 317
C
Campfire Member
Offline
Campfire Member
C
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 317
Great pictures!

+1 on I would like to hear more about the hunt. I did the same about ten years ago for Chamois and Tahr and had a great experience. The South Island is stunning, and the people are exceptional.

Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 37
A
Campfire Greenhorn
OP Offline
Campfire Greenhorn
A
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 37
Originally Posted by Caleveras
Great pictures!

+1 on I would like to hear more about the hunt. I did the same about ten years ago for Chamois and Tahr and had a great experience. The South Island is stunning, and the people are exceptional.

In New Zealand it's pretty much anything goes as far as hunting rules and regulations. You can literally shoot your animals right out the door of a helicopter, if that's what you want. However, when I booked the hunt I was very specific with the outfitter that I wanted a true hunting experience. I definitely got it. Both the tarh and the chamois hunts were drop camps, ie the guide and I were flown into an area and dropped with backpack gear. Both animals were hunted from the valley floors, spot then stalk/climb. The mountains there are very big, and very steep, covered in vegetation that is constantly trying to poke, grab, or take a chunk out of you lol. I've done a lot of sheep hunting, and can assure that both the tarh and the chamois were as challenging as any sheep hunt I've done. As mentioned above, those tahr can really disappear on those mountain sides, making spotting them difficult. Definitely not a slam dunk, as I finally shot the tahr on the afternoon of the last day of the hunt. There were many good bulls spotted earlier in the hunt that I could have killed, but they were in spots that would have most likely been very dangerous, or even impossible, to recover them, so elected to pass on those. The weather was a total mixed bag, from blazing hot to rain and howling wind, typical for any mountain hunt.

Last edited by albertadave; 06/14/19.
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 317
Campfire Member
Online Content
Campfire Member
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 317
Nice looking critters! Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 4,147
Owl Offline
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 4,147
Very nice.


James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 18,895
S
SLM Offline
Campfire Ranger
Offline
Campfire Ranger
S
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 18,895
Very cool.

Congrats.

Tahr is definitely on the bucket list.

IC B3

Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,791
Campfire Regular
Offline
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,791
Great pictures! I hunted them there in 2014 and had a wonderful trip.


SAVE 200 ELK, KILL A WOLF

NRA Endowment Life Member

Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,354
M
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
M
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,354
Awesome congratulations


Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 33,532
E
EdM Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
E
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 33,532
Well done. I am thinking 2021 though tahr and stag and, likely some fishing.


Conduct is the best proof of character.

Moderated by  RickBin 

Link Copied to Clipboard
YB23

Who's Online Now
756 members (10ring1, 10gaugeman, 007FJ, 10gaugemag, 06hunter59, 01Foreman400, 76 invisible), 2,960 guests, and 1,269 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums81
Topics1,187,716
Posts18,400,390
Members73,820
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023


 







Fish & Game Departments | Solunar Tables | Mission Statement | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | DMCA
Hunting | Fishing | Camping | Backpacking | Reloading | Campfire Forums | Gear Shop
Copyright © 2000-2024 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.122s Queries: 14 (0.005s) Memory: 0.8472 MB (Peak: 0.9453 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-03-29 02:32:31 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS