Thread: First Thar

With work starting to wind up a closer-to-home day hunt won the toss over an overnighter for my weekend jaunt. Leaving home at a leisurely 6am had me crunching up through the crisp pre-dawn air and into conservation land on first light.

With nothing seen in the immediate vicinity I began glassing my way up towards the main ridge, with the forecast westerly making itself known. Gaining a promising vantage point I had a good look around, satisfied the coast was clear I began sidling around to the next gut.

As is the way, once fully exposed movement below caught my eye. A quick look through the binos confirmed the target species. Finding a good rest I was all lined up, a long shot no doubt but doable. A final check showed the mob moving off into the creek out of sight, the wind had been swirly all morning so it seemed it was game over. In hindsight this was for the best, the shot was too far and outside of my abilities.

I had a good vantage point and hadn't seen them go far, only out of sight so decided to quickly drop the 200 odd vertical to their last known location. Cresting a small knob revealed they were indeed still there, exactly where I had first seen them!

Not mucking around this time I lined up on a bull and the 7mm08 spoke. The victim took off with a floppy shoulder, with a follow-up shot dropping him on the spot.


Tahr down

Just a young bull but an absolute trophy for me, been wanting to get onto one of these for a long time and really pleased it all came together.



A later autopsy revealed the first shot left him with one lung and half a heart, tough buggers those Tahr.

With back wheels and steaks on board it was a bit of a slog back to the car, no thanks to the "stairway from hell"



Hill stick, bang stick, Tahr

Congrats, well done.

Bloody well done

“ stairway from hell” made me laugh , Theres a few of them around but the SI ones must be 10x worse than the NI ones

Well done. Pm inbound re photos. I know that stairway well.try it after dark with full pack and snow on the ground while going up to retrieve hunters who have underestimated area lol.

Well done Jaro.

Well done

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Bloody well done

“ stairway from hell” made me laugh , Theres a few of them around but the SI ones must be 10x worse than the NI ones

Always look worse than they are, or maybe it's the other way around?

Nice good on you. First of many

Well done. Always good to get your first of any species.
I haven’t shit too many Tahr, but have always been amazed how tough they are. I’ve kept my 300 RUM especially for another trip down south to find a decent bull.

Well done, good decision to get closer!

Awesome, well done!
Lucky that you have them close to home!

Awesome read!!

Well done Jaro, some steep hills in there alright. Can be a bit hit and miss with the animal numbers, sometimes ok other days there's none there.

Well done mate
Remember a trophy is always in the eye of the beholder

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Well done Jaro, some steep hills in there alright. Can be a bit hit and miss with the animal numbers, sometimes ok other days there's none there.

Plenty of safety nearby would be my guess. Have been in there a few times and usually spot something, just down to whether the legs can get you there!