Thread: Chamois

So I am heading back down from a successful hunt, with a pack full of venison. Coming up the path towards me is a young chamois buck. He's walking slowly, and hasn't yet seen me. I drop the pack shoulder my rifle, take aim.....and miss. I was still blowing hard from the previous hill. I sat and watched the wee guy who walked forward about 5m then sat down in the grass. By the time I got there he was dead. I thought I must have hit him after all, but no wound, he is completely whole.
What do I do? Could it have been poisoned? I don't want good meat to go to waste, but also don't want to eat poison haha. I'll stick around for 20 mins or so before I carry on my merry way.

Must of died from heart attack
Did you bleed it - open him up and inspect gut

No I just left it, eyes were already white by the time I got there, which would have been 20 seconds max, so im thinking it wasn't a healthy animal. Also prob why it didn't see me. I was upwind too

Very odd

That’s a tahr

Originally Posted by jknavara

That’s a tahr

Haha shows what I know!

Has blood coming from its mouth or nose so it's been hit, pretty hard to find the bullet hole in their fluffy coats especially if it's only an entry hole and no exit.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Has blood coming from its mouth or nose so it's been hit, pretty hard to find the bullet hole in their fluffy coats especially if it's only an entry hole and no exit.

How you see that - I just blew pic up and see 0
He right about the eye but !!

Yep, definitely looks like fresh blood there, so would say you hit it just fine. (or is it just red leaves?)
Slice it open and you'll find out quick enough..

I see the visible eye is clearly blind, which would explain why it didn't notice you. (not uncommon for the young ones to get pink eye and go blind from grass seeds etc)

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Yep, definitely looks like fresh blood there, so would say you hit it just fine. (or is it just red leaves?)
Slice it open and you'll find out quick enough..

I see the visible eye is clearly blind, which would explain why it didn't notice you. (not uncommon for the young ones to get pink eye and go blind from grass seeds etc)

Is that blood on ground - thought it foliage colour
He would have seen the blood if there was blood running out like that ???

Anyway - its definitely DEAD - and it turned into a Tahr :-)

Na zero blood, I checked very carefully. I ended up leaving it where it was. I was going to cut it open for a look, but couldn't find my knife. Hoping I haven't left it with the deer haha. Hoping its just at the bottom of my pack

Originally Posted by CamFlatt

Na zero blood, I checked very carefully. I ended up leaving it where it was. I was going to cut it open for a look, but couldn't find my knife. Hoping I haven't left it with the deer haha. Hoping its just at the bottom of my pack

You stay out of this discussion - we onto it and will have it all sorted by time you get that pack off your back
Wearing my boots I hope ??

Originally Posted by Sarvo

You stay out of this discussion - we onto it and will have it all sorted by time you get that pack off your back
Wearing my boots I hope ??

Haha good job Of course, second trip with them. Must say I am very impressed!

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Originally Posted by Sarvo

How you see that - I just blew pic up and see 0
He right about the eye but !!

I see no blood. The opaque eye suggests MCF or Malignant Catarrhal Fever. Don't know if Tahr are susceptible but sure looks like it.

If you were using a 270 then a heart attack from being shot at with one in combination with MCF is very likely indeed

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I see no blood. The opaque eye suggests MCF or Malignant Catarrhal Fever. Don't know if Tahr are susceptible but sure looks like it.

If you were using a 270 then a heart attack from being shot at with one in combination with MCF is very likely indeed

A supressed 7mm08

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