Thread: Tahr ballot application

Can anyone give me a link to the application form for the tahr ballot, I cannot for the life of me find it, maybe I'm just having a man look but I'm sure it was just linked from the tahr information page on the doc website in the past.

Hooker-Landsborough and Adams tahr ballot: Hunting seasons

Thats the one Gibo, cheers!

so is this just a ballot to get droped off? can you still hunt the area without a helicopter drop

Yeap but good luck walking into most of the blocks, allow yourself three or more days either side to get in and out...

Application done, went for Barlow, Lord , and Lambert as I know the blocks well, also applied for Zora as a bit of a wildcard. Fingers and toes crossed...

What number were you? I was 1500 I think, crazy how it's taken off, I'd say will be full of guides and overseas hunters


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Originally Posted by Smiddy

What number were you? I was 1500 I think, crazy how it's taken off, I'd say will be full of guides and overseas hunters


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I was 1558 Smiddy, If I don't get a block I have a wee possie that usually holds good bulls and is outside the wilderness area that I will probably hit up anyhow

Cheers for the heads up, I didn't realise the close off date was so early this time round.

The application fee has friggen jumped up in price a bit, 200%

all the youtube videos showing just how do-able it is to the world are not helping.

Originally Posted by ANOTHERHUNTER

all the youtube videos showing just how do-able it is to the world are not helping.

Don't think so, more the way it is being run by DOC


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Could someone clarify this up for me as I've never applied for this specific ballot. Is this for a paid flight in and out of the area? or is it for access to the area and you have to pay separately for your flights?

Originally Posted by Shahin

Could someone clarify this up for me as I've never applied for this specific ballot. Is this for a paid flight in and out of the area? or is it for access to the area and you have to pay separately for your flights?

It's for the 'right' to fly in to the restricted landing zones. All costs, including chopper time (and including maybe a ballot success fee if they're still doing that) are borne by you.

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

It's for the 'right' to fly in to the restricted landing zones. All costs, including chopper time (and including maybe a ballot success fee if they're still doing that) are borne by you.

Appreciate the quick response time mate but shit...$60 for just the right to fly I fly my self on a daily basis for gods sake and find that to be a very money hungry type of ballot

Originally Posted by Shahin

Appreciate the quick response time mate but shit...$60 for just the right to fly I fly my self on a daily basis for gods sake and find that to be a very money hungry type of ballot

$60 doesn't get you a steak dinner these days mate and the money is put towards managing the resource. DOC could always just go in there in march and bomb them all up but they are giving recreational hunters an opportunity to bag a decent bull and some meat in an area that they aggressively manage with aerial culling anyhow.