Thread: I got a 16 inch tahr today.

Originally Posted by Brian

That one Thar's holding was a bull.We talked about bringing it home and feeding it up till it was a trophy but decided it would be cheating

Easy to carry out that size......

Smuggle a Nannie up as well and get them breading.... a few spots up here may almost suit them

I read somewhere that they were originally released near Rotorua as well as Mt Cook

Those documents are great reading Brian, there were a lot of animals released in Hawkes Bay, cant remember where to find/read about the releases now.

I think we had some light thin skinned plains game released here.

There were Mule Deer released in the desert

Axis deer - Hunting - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

if it dosent die of shock, and it starts to eat you will be away laughing.

technically its a hymalayan beardless mountain goat. shortening that down to goat isnt lieing

I read into it quite seriously a few years back, chamois are quite soft and die from shock/fear tahr are alot more resilient
find a deer fenced area with a rock pile and it should be happy enough, just remember it is a heard animal so it will be happyer with other heard animals than it will be by its self

envy explains how I feel more than anything, good luck

High deer fence with electric around the top - they jump high and scale stuff that you will believe if youve been tahr shooting!

Lillybank station have a whole heap of tahr in a paddock by the homestead. Theyre pretty cool 2 watch