Thread: Few firsts

The brother and 2 good mates were fizzing to get a tahr to their name so after a couple weeks of finalizing plans we were on our way to franz, all 18hrs of it.
I've been hounded by the top dogs to take some annual leave so worked out well.
Flew in with Ken from whataroa carpark to glacier country to try find a woolly goat before they're wiped out.
Stayed in a cozy hut for a few days with a good fire and all the bits and pieces.
Got 1.5 days of hunting in and then 2 days of shit weather drinking rum and all that stuff but relaxing all the same , always good for a laugh with the boys.
Anyway brother got his 1st with a blown out nose after scoping himself badly, a mate got his after cutting his foot on rocks and limping around for a few days. The other mate got his after sliding down a glacier and battling knarly creeks for 4 hours and scaring the shit out of himself, always good for a laugh at end of the day.
I ended up with one at the end which was a bonus, boys smacked a couple of nannys also. Ther was a fair bit of climbing involved as most animals still up around the 1500 to 1700m mark, Seen approximately 50 tahr for the 2 days so not all bad, was pleasantly surprised. Seen a couple chams also.
Called in a and picked up couple cham skins from a trip in May and boys dropped heads and skins off to be sorted so they were bloody rapt. My job as guide worked out spot on.
Bloody great to get back into the Westcoast hills chasing the goats around, one of the best places to be!

Good to hear the animals are still there if you go look for them. Nice looking heads and cracker photos.

Yea plenty about still if you wanna walk. Cheers

Good shit pongo
How can one not like that.
Up in the hills, one of the best places to be.
Glad to see the witch didn't get them all

Great photos too by the way !!!

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Bit of a slog at the end of the day up to the hut aye haha. Did you see my 375 HnH I left for the cartridge collection?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Bit of a slog at the end of the day up to the hut aye haha. Did you see my 375 HnH I left for the cartridge collection?

Yea bit of a killer that niggly hill up haha but atleast there's a track aye and Bloody good hut to end up in. Yea I did see a few shells on the shelf there, I think boys left one or two also.
Good easy spot to nail an animal and good country to get around in, another one crossed off the list anyway

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Good shit pongo
How can one not like that.
Up in the hills, one of the best places to be.
Glad to see the witch didn't get them all

Great photos too by the way !!!

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Yea we were a little worried with whats been happening, wanted to get in before they start up again this month.
Cheers

Great spot that....nice to see a few escaped the gunships.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Great spot that....nice to see a few escaped the gunships.

Thats it, they were starting to do counts as we were heading out apparently

Originally Posted by Pongo12

Thats it, they were starting to do counts as we were heading out apparently

I hope you scared all the survivors into what little monkey scrub there is.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I hope you scared all the survivors into what little monkey scrub there is.

Yea tryed our best. Most were very close to cover the whole time. Next to nothing right out in the open

great spot and really nice photos.

Excellent pics. Well done!

Cheers

Incredible photography. Well done.