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I had been wanting to hunt the Himalayan Tahr for some time but wanted to do it in Nepal. Unfortunately Nepal closed and there was no certainty when it would open again, so I booked a hunt for free range Tahr with James Gray to hunt the Tahr the old fashioned way by walking and climbing after free ranging animals. Outfitter: James Gray Hunting and Fishing New Zealand Web address: jamesgrayhunting.com Hunt dates: May 19 through May 27 I flew Air New Zealand, the service was excellent. I did inform the airlines about my rifle a week before my flight. Everything was painless during the check in. You check your luggage to Christchurch but will need to clear customs at Auckland and then re check the luggage to Christchurch. The service was excellent. The gun entry process is very simple. No semi autos are allowed. You collect your gun and bags and proceed to the Police office on your way through customs. You have to fill a simple form, make sure you have your outfitters address and $25 in New Zealand currency in hand (exact change). The hunt consisted of climbing from about 1000 to 1500 feet and glassing every day. I walked about 4-10 miles every day. Day five I was able to shoot a representative trophy. The overall experience was very good James provides an honest no frills hunt for free ranging animals and it was a delight to hunt with him.   Camp by the river  There was a lot of rain  It was well worth the effort  Regards Aziz  | ||
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Aziz, Thanks for the post, very nice scenery. I wouldn't know a large one from a small one, but it looks like a nice Tahr. | |||
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Aziz Love reading your posts. You defintely do things your own way and off the beaten path of others. Luck. Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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Great pictures and story, thanks for sharing them. Congrats !! L | |||
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Hi Aziz, Congradulations on another great hunt. Your Tahr looks exceptional, how long is it? Hawkeye47 | |||
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Aziz, What can I say ??? the story, the pictures, the way you understand hunting in these days of bungalows and hot meals... Nothing is better than a mountain hunt to feel what fair chase hunting is all about. My most sincere congratulations on a fantastic hunt! If you decide to come down to hunt in Patagonia's mountains, I'll be honored to share camp with you. regards, Gus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ColdBore 1.0 - the ballistics/reloading software solution http://www.patagoniaballistics.com | |||
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Hawkeye47 he measured a little over 12 inches. Gus thank you for your kind comments, I hope to make it to your neck of the woods one of these days. Regards, Aziz | |||
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What a truly wonderful hunt, and a real hunting experience. Makes me want to return. Unfortunately I cannot walk like that any longer, but I would love to try. I have looked at your photos several times. Such beautiful and unspoiled country.  "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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AZIZ:  IT DOESNT CARE THE SIZE, YOU PAID FOR THAT TROPHY WITH YOU PHISICAL EFFORT AND SHOOTING SKILLS !!! , MY FIRST REDSTAG WAS A FOUR DAY CHASING HUNT IN THE PATAGONIAN MOUNTAINS, IT HAS ONLY 12 POINTS, BUT WAS MY FIRST REDSTAG AND WAS TOOK IN THE RIGTH WAY, "NOT A CANNED 24 POINTS GOLD MEDALL!!!" CONGRATULATIONS, NICE HUNTING , NICE TROPHY AND WONDERFULL PLACE, THANK FOR SHARE IT WITH US.  "Every ignored reallity prepares its revenge!" | |||
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Just let me know and I'll be there ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ColdBore 1.0 - the ballistics/reloading software solution http://www.patagoniaballistics.com | |||
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Aziz, great report and photos. Congrats an a nice tahr. | |||
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congartulation aziz yet another feather in ur hat,regards ur 3 greatest hunts r ur first ur last and ur next | |||
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wow fantastic hunt, good to see people enjoying hunting AND camping, could have been any size and it still is a big prize. as above congrats. what were you shooting? obvously it worked ok. greg | |||
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Thornell, woodjack, markhor and greghud thank you. I use a 7 mm STW built by Rifles Inc. with 160 grain NP bullet. It is a light rifle that I use for my mountain hunts. Regards Aziz | |||
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Congradulations with this great hunt. This is my kind of hunting. Once saw a Tahr up close in the Kumbhu valley in Nepal. Great looking animal. Sauer and Zeiss, perfect match. Sherpi | |||
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Great hunt Aziz, and congrat's on another well-deserved trophy. You are an inspiration! | |||
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good stuff aziz 12inch tahr is trophy class and its cool that you shot it free range the way you did, too many tourists just get a helicopter up the mountain everyday and land beside the tahr and shoot it. | |||
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Echo of what others have said, but thanks for posting, Aziz. You're a class act, and I enjoy your posts a great deal. Cheers, KG ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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well done Aziz a big to you  its great to see someone from overseas hunting the way its meant to be done and not trying to look like a hero by shooting some big farm breed animal behind the wire or from the chopper at the end of the day your only cheating yourself if you take short cuts and take the easy option | |||
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Dear Aziz, Congratulations on another great hunt. Great pictures and story,thanks for sharing them with us. Sabutay Nasirli Musado Hunting Azerbaijan Sabutay | |||
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Aziz, I too enjoy your posts very much, thanks for posting this one and taking us along. I hope you post pictures of your trophy room someday. "I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim." Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, March 15, 1910 | |||
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Great Hunt, Nice Report, Cool Pics Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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Looks like a great hunt...I would like to do the same thing one day. Can you tell me his rates for a back-pack hunt. I will assume they are less than a chopper hunt. I could not find a price list on his web page. ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Congrats Aziz for hunting your way, and successfully I might add. DavidGray 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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Congratulation Aziz Sahib, Excellent hunt and photos. I missed this post earlier. Ahmed Sultan | |||
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That is the way to do it. Fair chase after free ranging quarry. Congratulations and thanks for posting this report. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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