Thread: A right balls up

Decided to explore a new area today as my free time close to an end. Nice sleep in,arrived at road end as sun starting to take chill off. Couple of KMs of easement went without hassle,things were looking ok. I had no intention of doing marathon walkies,just wanted to poke my nose in and see what block was like....got to the boundary gate,looked up with binos and buggamesideways there was brown animal waaay up de hill ( as Tasman would say lol). I got a bit steadier and yes it's a nanny tahr or young male....hmmmm I didn't really want to climb all the way up that mountainside...but...but..but oh fook it why not have a go??? My indian mate would take any meat....nothing for it but to start climbing one foot after the other. Gained desired altitude then started to sidle....by hoki it's steep up here thinks brain,do not for Fooks sake slip.... Got around couple hundy yards and nope still can't see into gut animal last seen in. Have to climb a bit more and get through matagouri.....warning bells must have been on blink.... Got around closer and as crested spur a brown object jumped up onto ridge couple hundy yards ahead. Lean into hill.cant sit it's too steep.crank scope up and load.yip definitely a tahr.if it falls forwards should land in lighter tussocks all good. Squeezed off shot.animal does big lurch then goes SIDEWAYs and starts bowling down to my ridge before cartwheeling off the end...ummmm that wasn't the plan!! Oh well should be able to locate it...then two unseen nanny's pop out slightly further up ridge,under neath rocky bit.sweet,thinks me. No worries drop one there,easy retrieve. Fire and one nanny lurches back towards me out of sight,the other,young one bolts uphill. The second nanny pops back into view lower down very crook.but on open spot..quick anchor her there. Boom goes rifle off she cartwheels down hill WTF is going on??? Doesn't look that steep... The third animal has made its way up higher on a tussocky finger off side of bluffy bit of ridge.surely I can get that one. So I drop another round into it. Two good solid hits on young nanny.she lays down I think.didnt move off,didn't see her cartwheel down. Right.three dead animals couple hund apart couple hundy ahead....that's when the fun started.