New Zealand Tahr Hunt May 2023

[TheGrayRider]

New Zealand tahr, free-range, public land, no aircraft utilized, guided, South Island. Another fun, tough mountain hunt. 5/28/23.


Typical mountain terrain on the South Island. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.

 

[TheGrayRider]

“We aren’t in Kansas anymore, Toto!” Wish I was 20 years younger and 20 lbs. lighter.


These New Zealand guides are tough young men. I can’t keep up with them in the mountains. Slowly but surely…

 

[josebigsky]

What was the vertical? Looks narly! Way to go!!!

 

[Kiwi]

Great photos. Looks like a great spot, nice open country. Did you see chamois or deer?

 

[TheGrayRider]

Great photos. Looks like a great spot, nice open country. Did you see chamois or deer?

We saw both chamois and red deer on the NZ public land hunt but the hunting guides recommended not to shoot. Free-range mountain tahr was our main goal. Windy, rain, some snow and sleet. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.

 

[BoulderBulls]

Wow those mountains look steep

 

[kiwi hunter]

I was out there on Friday nite getting a wet arse in a bivy bag, second worst nite in the mountains in 55 yrs.

 

[josebigsky]

Those mountains are steep steep steep!

 

[CPAjeff]

Congrats on the tahr - looks like a wonderful adventure!

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

Congrats. It’s a fun hunt for sure!

 

[BradA]

Congratulations that’s the way to do it and is probably the most cost effective

 

[buxnbullz]

That's awesome! We just got back from New Zealand & absolutely loved it! I hope to go again & next time I also hope to be chasing tahr. Congratulations!

 

[Don Fischer]

Are the Tahr any good to eat?

 

[TheGrayRider]

Are the Tahr any good to eat?

No legal requirement to save the meat in NZ. We ate some red deer and chamois meat where I stayed after the hunt. The chamois was very good.

The tahr are rutting this time of year and he smelled like a pungent, wet trash bag of leaves that was sitting in a slow moving creek. Ripe!

Plus everything was wet like many hunts in the mountains worldwide - the terrain, the rocks, the weapons, the backpacks, our hunting clothes, boots, etc. and add in the snow, fog, sleet, plus wind. Pretty good little challenge.

Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.

 

[glass eye]

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The tahr are rutting this time of year and he smelled like a pungent, wet trash bag of leaves that was sitting in a slow moving creek.

Tahr taste excellent. I've killed them May/June rut and they stank like a nasty billy goat but the meat was awesome.

 

[winmag]

They taste great. Their entire undercarriage is covered in piss during the rut, so it’s a bit of a challenge to keep it off the meat.

 

[okie archer]

Looks fun, maybe someday..
Congrats