Interesting and looks like a well thought out packing system. Ol' Randy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FRwXJhuDQ
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Interesting and looks like a well thought out packing system. Ol' Randy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FRwXJhuDQ
Don't mind Randy's stuff actually.
Yeah he's good. Just watched one of his son on a bull moose, man he shows very little emotion even after nailing a cracker :D
Oh sorry that must have been last night......I'm working flat out atm ;)
llamas or pack goats would be great to use in NZ, really help my ageing legs get those luxuries into camp.
Pack Tahr ;) to get you closer to the BBQ Tahr :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
Smell better than a Tauntaun no doubt.
The way the title was written made me think the Llama had gotten pissed off, grown fangs,
Attachment 94526 and was hunting you.
When it said Llama hunting I was picturing something entirely different......My wife was very happy to find out they were using them as pack animals and not a food source....
I've often wondered why we don't use them here. People use horses all the time for packing gear in and out of the bush but I've often thought llama's would be better - they have a smaller footprint, eat less, carry a solid load and don't mind the steep stuff. I know some locals who have a pet llama thats a real character -
a bit like a large dog in many ways and they seem to be heaps easier to look after than a horse.
I expect DOC would have kittens if I rolled up to my happy hunting grounds with a llama. Love to try it out though.
I guess at least if the hunt doesn't go well you still got a feed I'm sure llama meat would be similar to goat meat :drool:
As Monty Python sang "beware of the Llamas"
There's a guy local to us who has llamas, they are very quiet and a lot less bother to keep than horses. Bit pointless unless you're going to eat them or carry shit with them. I think he just likes looking at them.
The conversation about pack animals has been had several times because one of the other neighbours is Chilean and has used them extensively. He recently got his first two animals and it will be interesting to see if he follows through on training them. There's not many of them in New Zealand apparently and they are very dear for good breeding stock from what I've heard. I don't think they're too keen on mud.
Good try. Thats an alpacaQuote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
My dads got a couple of Llamas, Bink and Rolf .... hmmmmmm
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Train em up for November mate, can one carry me up the hills?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
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Originally Posted by Gibo
A guy had some as pack animals in Glenorchy I think they where a touristy thing as well .
I had a chat with the Bill the Chilean this arvo. He told me that 90% of the "llamas" in NZ are crossbred with alpacas and not proper llamas at all. No idea if that 90% is close to real or just a figure of speech. He tells me that to be sure you are getting a real llama, you have to know what a purebred looks like and get it DNA tested if you're prepared to pay proper money for one. He wouldn't tell me what he's paying for his. I got the feeling its quite a lot.
There's an article in NZ hunter about hunting with llamas, whats the legality of hunting with them in national parks?
