Thread: Throwing this out there... Tahr and Aussies

Hey gents lets be real for a moment..... the Red stags golden eras are that far behind NZ it isnt funny, many Aussies still going for Ballots and the ever so elusive 'trophy red stag' but often settle for a beauty representive head , if targetting wild free range herds....

This tahr boolsheet....... Whats ya thoughts on the future effort and cost V reward for international Hunters coming to persue 'Trophy Tahr" initially and secondly just Tahr in general...


i understand that hunting is more than killing and the journey is often overlooked by a pair of antlers, with the antlers aside , hunting is great to get out an explore..
im doing this now in Victoria, bushfires have smashed my herd and the illegal thermal poaching and Head hunting has taken its toll after 20 years of killing the Stock, seldom see a Trophy Sambar stag over 28 inches, 30 is a dream and those 26 inchers are getting swolled up by torches quicker than a chopper hovering over the Ahuriri....

What i wanted to do some years ago was invite international hunters to experience the sambar an take a stag home, this is now well back in the pile of, what ifs, im struggling to find a Representive head as it is, an i hunt alot, every 3 days id have been out or going out , i hunt around an know my deer well enough..unfortunatly i see enough llegal stuff to know what is going on.... 2+2 = Not any or many trophy animals for me to continue to persue 3 days a week say over Winter.... its just not worth the Effort, cost ,time for any Reward.....
im already rethinking the guiding outfit, it may very well be City based Aussies chasing free range meat.... as even a Sambar hind is a tough an terrific hunt....
antlers should not be seen as the ultimate trophy in Aus, rather the Meat harvest, these stags need alot of time....

its sad that it is a crisis bought on only by Hunters themselves. an not Helicopters... or a poisonous governement body...

With the Tahr............. or back to the tahr i should say....

What yas rekon...... the Dream still alive or is that TBC in coming months/years ?

Cheers an hopefully opens up some discussion