Thread: First bull tahr opportunity?

Originally Posted by Conmad Jackvann

Hamish,

I can relate to your “zero interest in them“ attitude. That was until myself and my children got an opportunity to go South and hunt them. And to be honest even travelling South I still wasn’t excited for hunting these “goat” like animals. I mean nothing could of ever come close to single calling sika stags for this North Island hunter.
My attitude completely changed after that first trip in that epic country with my kids that tests the mental and physical aspects that any true hunter strives for on every hunt.
The environment those wonderful animals survive in and how truly majestic they are up close. I was completely wrong categorising Tahr as goats.
I’m not saying you would feel the same way or your strong negative opinion on them would change at all as I can only give my own personal experience but potentially “don’t knock it till you try it”.
What sickens me personally is the utter complete waste. Leaving one animal to rot on the hill let alone gunning down thousands of them only to be left wasting away on the hillside absolutely disgraceful and does not sit with me whatsoever. No different in my opinion to a hunter that shoots a deer and whips the back steaks out and carry’s on.
I get the management side of game animals, anyone with half a brain understands any species in high area numbers need managing (in my opinion humans even more so as we cause a lot more damage to the environment than Tahr).
Maybe I just value these game animals that give me this insane drug like drive way too much but if it sits well with you that thousands of Tahr are shot and left to rot than maybe your time spent worrying about your social media page feeds is time well spent.
Good on ya man.

Matt

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Don't get me wrong....it doesn't sit well with me either that they are left but unfortunately thats where we are at.

Hamish

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