Thread: First bull tahr opportunity?

To get this back on topic for those of us that are actually interested in Tahr hunting as opposed to their social media feeds

My observation from the last 3 trips up the Rangitata, Havelock and Lawrence suggest that animal numbers are much the same as pre control levels. The beauty of the Rangitata is there is a lot more cover available than the likes of the Mackenzie country and they wise up to the machine pretty quickly an put their heads down.

The Tahr are quite low right now – most tend to be living in the scrubby bush fringes near the valley floor. The big bulls are out by themselves and can be fairly elusive to track down. Walk almost any river in that catchment early in the morning before the sun is up using your binos and you should find them.

If you’re stuck, then give me a PM before your next trip.