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Tahr hunting in the Whataroa River 2007
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Report from May 2007
Four of us preparing for our 4day hunt in the headwaters of the Whataroa, May 25th - 29th. After a few months of planning, some family friends from Australia got together and came across the ditch to have a crack at some tahr.
Ian, Bruce, Kevin and myself prepare for pick up b... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: bull tahr, southern alps, westland
Above the 1500m contour
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Report from May 2007
Francyboy invited me to join him this weekend in one of his spots, so I was more than happy to climb around some open country to see what was about. We headed off on saturday morning, and walked into where we would set up camp. On the way in we came across this nanny chamois a... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: southern alps, chamois, stags
Evening pig stalk
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Report from December 2006
Popped out with Zulu for a nosie during an evening in December 2006. Took the rifle incase we found some pork, and trialled out the new spotting scope which had recently arrived! Unfortunately it was clapped out with low cloud and wofting fog, so spotting scope wasn't to... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: pigs, southern alps, dogs
Chamois hunting, Whataroa
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Report from February 2007
Heres a few photos from the long weekend chasing chamois on the westcoast. We were away for 4days chasing chamois in and around that Whataroa Country. We had some brilliant weather, but the mist and cloud hugged the tops of the hill where we were camping, so we were forced... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: chamois, southern alps, westland
Red Stags in Velvet
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Report from December 2006.
I popped out for a day hunt on Christmas Eve and saw 3 good stags. One was going to grow into an 11pointer, and the other two were going to grow into VERY big 8pointers
Here is the 11pointer, he was a healthy looking stag - we are 229m from them at this point.
The fro... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: stags, southern alps, red deer
Stags in the Southern Alps
Monday 25th February 2008
February was just about to end and the stags would be well into stripping their velvet. IT was time to get back into the hills in search of some hard antler! I hunted on my own while my mate Kevin hunted up an entirely different creek. Unfortunately he didnt see anything for the entire 3days, but th... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: southern alps, red deer, stags
Trophy Summary 2006
Sunday 10th February 2008
In summary of what 2006 brought in terms of great trips and fine tophies, this post is to reminisce a most enjoyable year and share it with those of you who are interested..
2006 got off to a great start with Zulu coming on 12 months old at the time, and showing good form on the hill.... View full article
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Added By: Jamie Tags: red deer, chamois, bull tahr, pigs, southern alps, roar