Thread: Feb/March tahr

Originally Posted by Tentman

They'll be high, really high. Tactics are key, get outa bed early and spot mobs from the valley floor - theyll be climbing (and are surprisingly fast). They'll move downhill again right on dark, if you are prepared to be well up the hill at sunset and descend (make sure you have identified a suitable spur) after dark you can intercept a mob.

Do you find that the mobs will take a roughly similar path up and down the hill each day ? I'm hunting around Pukaki next weekend for 4-5 days

Cheers

It depends on the wind, they come downhill out of cover (usually they use the same camping spot for quite a while) working into the wind - totally logical