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With the debate on the other thread over helicopter use in tahr and chamois hunting, who would our valued members from NZ recommend as a guide/outiftter for a foot/climbing hunt for these fantastic mountain dwellers? | ||
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Peter Chamberland can offer good Alpine hunts. | |||
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Chris Mc Carthy from Lake Hawea safaris http://www.hawea-hunting.co.nz "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Sir Winston Churchill | |||
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I have heard that Richard Nunnick is pretty good ... Richard.Nunnick@nzpolice.com Sorry - thats me being facetious... Most of the NZ hunting guides will do foot hunts if you specifically ask - they want your money so they will do whats requested ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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"Highlander" who posts here from time to time is respected by those who know him. | |||
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yes Chris would be your man keep your barrell clean and your powder dry | |||
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THanks for the responses. | |||
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These are some of the better catchments for hunting, all contain tahr and most have chamois all are public land. Some like the Dobson, Twin Stream and Jollie boarder on private land however permission to hunt this land is often given. This map is centered just to the west of the light turquiose lake (also in this sat map) in the center of the South Island satelite photo.  This is the usual snow coverage in winter  Peter, Wazza's hunting area in his report is the south west area in fiordland If you hunt the west coast in winter expect at least one of these in a week. Average precipitation on the west coast is 18-19 meters a year about 30% falls as snow, The permanent snowline on the west is 1600-1800 meters on the east 2000-2300 meters. Tahr altitudinal range runs around 800 to 2800 meters depending on the time of year. chamois are more evenly distributed and I have seen them standing on sand dunes on the west coast ! they tend to inhabit lower sections of the valley than tahr.  You do not need to be young just determined and prepared if you want success, the bulls are there you just need to get to them  . | |||
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Spring, Sept to Nov can be very productive as the tahr and chamois are feeding intensely. Tahr rumens shrink to 1/3 of their normal size in winter the predominant activity apart from random feeding and chasing nannies is standing around in bluffs looking hairy and majestic. Avalanches can be a pain in spring I took 2 chamois from a group of 11 in the valley floor directly under the point release avalanche just starting in the center of the photo  In spring try to avoid hunting in Nor wester weather patterns as it brings rain snow avalanches and loose rock,like europes fohn wind other wise in good weather hunting can be excellent with animals moving everywhere and coming lower down the hill to feed. You may not get great skins but I have seen batchelor mobs of up to 50 bulls in catchments with 15-20 being normal. Spring is also the time you will get least conflict with heli-tourists . | |||
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dogcat, Drop Chris Bilkey of Track and Trail Safaris a line. I took a free range, on foot Tahr with him this past April. He does Chamois on foot as well. Took the whole family and had a great time.  | |||
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I book for Chris McCarthy from Lake Hawea safaris. Chris offers fair chase, on foot hunts for moderate to physically challenging hunting for Tahr and Chamois. Contact me if I can be of any assistance. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Dogcat May as well but a good word in for myself. Tahr on foot are our bread and butter. I'm your in shape and like mountain hunting all you need to do is ask. Chris McCarthy is a good friend and just 10minutes down the road from me, also a top tahr hunter. Gerald | |||
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