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    Tahr virgin

    Advice needed, want to get my first

    When am i best to chase them, with it being winter will they be down lower out of the snow or is serious snow equip like ice axe and crampoons needed?

    I do want one with a winter skin but dont have that much experience in the alpine

    Where would you send a tahr nooob to get his first bull? dont have a 4wd

    I really want to get after them this year

    Cheers for any help

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    Late in the year is the best time.

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    They will be down low in spring and if you catch them early enough, will still have their winter coat.

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    Bout now, around tekapo, heaps about

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    Often in the snow they go a bit higher. They tend to live on the really steep ground because it looses the snow first. As said above Labour weekend is a good time. Bulls are down low in the scrub. Be careful going much earlier in spring because of avalanche danger.

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    cheers guys, might start building a trip around labour weekend ish

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    "Tahr virgin"

    Me too, I haven't fucked one yet either.

    Drive in to Tasman glacier and go from there? Heard quite a few get nabbed from around that area.

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    if you think your going to fly into a spot book early. We went in last labour weekend (only walked), but we were limited by where we could go as a lot of huts were filled up with hunters.
    We did ok anyway. Got my firsty
    Rule 5: Check your firing zone

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    If anyone needs a mate to split fuel bills/chopper rides and are leaving from christchurch hit me up! I will be on a plane in a heartbeat (good ol' jetstar are nice and cheap)!!

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    There seems to be a lot of virgin threads floating around lately
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