first Cham/s first time on tops over Christmas period.

got into the Alps , spent 7 days over there, seen about 14 chamois, killed a couple.
few breif pics to wet ya whistles.

https://i.imgur.com/bh6LuZn.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ePJXJOY.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/S7RGCz0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1EV64GT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6D9wJII.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ytxYy1w.jpg


was a bit of an adventure but thats part of the territory id assume.

Also at 12:40am one night The Hut Rumbled quite Full on for a few Seconds--- Certainly a earth shudder of Sorts- Anyone else ever Felt the Earth tremour while out in the Alps?
i was expecting to see a big Slip near the hut the following morning once i finally got to sleep--- No other words to describe it but a Shunt of the earth / earth quake thing!!! was almost as if someone rode into the hut on an atv in 1st gear from 5-10m ...... Werid as F and i didnt sleep much that night !

then alot of rain followed and i thought for sure rocks would start landing beside the hut :D


Also note- Definatly seen Dog prints in the Snow on the Tops in the National Park- will get someone to try edit the photo a bit to bring out the prints more clear, fairly hard to capture on white stuff.


Got to bring home a nice little momento in form of skull an horn aswell :D

happy days

Rees.

Yes I had a huge quake 7 years ago way up the hokitika valley.
But nearly fell off its foundations
Didn't sleep much after that because I was worried the christchurch had been pounded again
When I got out and looked at the on line quakes I found that it was a 5.5 and i would have been the closest person to it !!!
Remember that's what's making those mountains

Good hunt

Looks nice looking country. still be of snow up there to

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Originally Posted by akaroa1

Yes I had a huge quake 7 years ago way up the hokitika valley.
But nearly fell off its foundations
Didn't sleep much after that because I was worried the christchurch had been pounded again
When I got out and looked at the on line quakes I found that it was a 5.5 and i would have been the closest person to it !!!
Remember that's what's making those mountains

Good hunt

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thats interesting! i did a quick google an it revealed nothing close to where i was on that day/week.... after shock of one perhaps?

You are dead right, the way some of these Rocks are up there you can only imagine they were indeed pushed from the earth!!!! an how long it has been happening is just mind blowing.

i learned alot in the one trip!

i guess one of those bastard Keas might of flew into the side of the hut ha haaa

good stuff,love the photo with bush as back drop.

Cool trip, nice pics.
Whats rangefinder is that?

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Cool trip, nice pics.
Whats rangefinder is that?

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raider 600 i think they called- redfield

Nice country alright and good to hear there area few animals about. Great to get your first chamois.

Good stuff mate, getting amongst it as you had hoped.

Euro'd out today - pretty stoked with him!
https://i.imgur.com/7Ma5rCY.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/8Udx6KN.jpg

What did you do with the rest of the chamois?

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What did you do with the rest of the chamois?

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Not much Ryan, i'd left it over night before i recovered it an after stalkin in on those other ones for a few hours it was into the morning by then, quite a few blowys on it so wouldnt of been too much chop- quite warm that following day until night when the weather come in.
keen to tke some straps out of some tahr this weekend though

bit of a bone collector you could say ;)

looks great.

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Not much Ryan, i'd left it over night before i recovered it an after stalkin in on those other ones for a few hours it was into the morning by then, quite a few blowys on it so wouldnt of been too much chop- quite warm that following day until night when the weather come in.
keen to tke some straps out of some tahr this weekend though

bit of a bone collector you could say ;)

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Shame about the heat aye. Hear of quite a few "hunters" that consider chamois as a fancy coathook and nothing more, they have meat inside them just like a deer though and the skins are beautiful

yeh someone told me that with tahr and chams, one taste great an one shocking, since then though a few have said the cham eats alright..

Nothing wrong with eating Chamois unless they have been eating solely turpentine scrub

About your dog prints. Possum and hare prints in the snow retain their basic shape as they melt a bit, but get a lot bigger. Maybe that's what you saw.

Unless someone had been up there with a dog hunting, which isn't unusual but I imagine you would have seen the person's tracks too.

Well done on the Chamois. I don't like the meat, but the pelt is a pretty good trophy. I thought Ryan would have been all over you with his charm...that is a 270 you have got isn't it?? :)

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About your dog prints. Possum and hare prints in the snow retain their basic shape as they melt a bit, but get a lot bigger. Maybe that's what you saw.

Unless someone had been up there with a dog hunting, which isn't unusual but I imagine you would have seen the person's tracks too.

Well done on the Chamois. I don't like the meat, but the pelt is a pretty good trophy. I thought Ryan would have been all over you with his charm...that is a 270 you have got isn't it?? :)

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ill post up the photos in time, i put my hand there for size.... definalty not the ol poss or hare, a big triangle pad, with 4 paw pads with toe nails exposed- so rules out the big otago cat.... ha ha

i feel as though dogs inthe NP are rare for Hunters? is it a thing you can take them with permit into conservation land, not sure about the National Parks? certainly no human tracks in any of the same snow, maybe old mate tip toed around though and the dog just took the straight line path...

just gettin someone to shade an contrast the pictures of the prints before i post- will worry about that once back at work, goin out for another trek this week.


Nah look im not fussed on the attempt at public shaming me for the trophy hunting, Like Australia, with the NZ regs I didnt read anything that mentioned it was law to bring out meat from any game shot animal.... i understand the kiwi folklore is that the animals are shot to be eaten and that it is a huge culture to do so-

i'll take an animal from easier extractions if i want to fill the freezer- will use what i can in camp foods when needed an most likely take backstraps when the weather suits and im not up a valley for 4 days or so...

Cheers Tahr, stoked on the first cham! lookin forward to finding some red skins in the mean time now and for sure the ol bull tahr!

Out there doin it, good on ya Aussie

Well done Rees.

Get some peroxide, a BBQ foil tin tray, a small brush and start applying the peroxide all over and inside the skull.... leave for a day and then repeat and the skull will come up stunning.

For the horns... apply a thin coat of Danish oil on then and you'll be amazed

Make sure you keep some meat off the tahr as we found them to be very tasty