Anyone know how far north they go? Had someone asking today and couldn't give them an answer. Not around lewis pass that o know of but they are at arthurs
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Anyone know how far north they go? Had someone asking today and couldn't give them an answer. Not around lewis pass that o know of but they are at arthurs
I believe that the Rakaia River is the designated northern limit. They are supposed to stay on the south side (true right) of the river. There are definitely a few that roam further north though.
In general they stay south of the Rakaia, I have heard of a few quite a bit further north than that though....
They go quite a way north and quite a way south on the coast.
Well outside the designated areas set by doc.
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any ideas why they haven't spread further, faster? is it geological obstacles? mobbing habits (compared to the lone habits of a Cham for example)? hard to imagine an effective culling barrier has been in place for a long time to stop the spread
North branch of the Mathias river is where killer Cross used to run the judas tahr. I have seen them further north though coz they don't where the imaginary line is.
They weren't showing themselves 'right in the heart' of tahr country in the weekend. I think they'd gone on a weekend break away to the north.:(
Or they'd heard what sounded like a herd of elephants lumbering up the hill and just hunkered down
They can hunker down alright. Nowhere in sight, then at about 4.30 - 5pm.....shit where the f*#k did they come from :DQuote:
Originally Posted by oraki
The were almost decimated by WARO in the 80's. Would have been wiped out if it wasn't for the moratorium on them. Unlike deer which choppers could never wipe out
for meat or plain old cull?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
Meat. Waro is shooting for meatQuote:
Originally Posted by LOC
I saw one bull in the hills behind the lighthouse out at Cape Campbell in 1978 if that helps.
To be honest we arrived to late, and left to early. The odds were with themQuote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
A mate of myn hunted them through the late 70,s -80,s often he would see nothing there were so few around then 1 day he spotted one it was small in body size he didn't think much of it at first but eventually realised how big its head was one side was 16" the other just under, it was the best tahr head in the country for many years I think it may have been beaten now but the bull was so old it had survived all the years of waro he thinks it probably wouldn't have lasted another winter...I wouldn't be surprised if theres more tahr running around now than there ever has been ...a good time to go hunt them !
Many day these are the golden years in a lot of ways...Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
No one knows where they are going and no one can ever say where they are going
They released Tahr in the Argentine Patagonian Andes in 2006, it's very hard finding much information on them other than "the introduction has been a success" (give them thirty or so years and they will be wreaking havoc) but I'm adding it to my bucket list.
I don't know about north, but I came across this fella way east at below 300m ASL, close to the coastline on the east coast on public land just before Christmas 2015. Walked up to within about 30m of him, snapped a couple photos & watched him slowly wander off. Clearly knew my fly rod wasn't loaded :thumbsup:
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Bases nothing super special but that length is incredible... surely must be pushing 14+, even 15?!
That is a special animal alright.. especially given a few more years
I never saw it to verify, but 7-8 yr ago there was reported to be one seen and taken in the river bed next to home. Probably only 30km from their natural habitat, but 5km from the coast, and 25m ASL. A lot of people in a small area hunting him. Was a good place to stay away from. @Dreamer may have heard or know more about that one
I know of a few shot in Jackson's Bay south of Haast😆
The pic of the one just above is not that clear on my phone but looks to be a young animal with decent length. Tips are hard to make out but I would be looking for him If I knew where he was this year. Small bases but could have grown into them by now.
Has real potential if still alive.
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Yep, I'd guess he was still a young one, he wasn't particularly big in the body yet either, although possibly deceptive with that ragged summer coat, as I've only really seen em with full winter coats before. Definitely had a lot of potential. Whether he's still alive or not I don't know, haven't been back to that area since, but he was safe from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Was really just seeing one so close to the coast & at low elevation that surprised me. Was the last thing I was expecting to see while spending a day on the river.
I don't think complete eradication would have been possible, they would have survived in small numbers in the West Coast scrub country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
We're they over in the coast very extensively then? They got the population down to less than 2000 by some accounts.
Yeah but you know as well as I do that absolute abundance numbers are nonsense..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
They were definitely well established on the coast into the scrub country by the time WARO got started on them.
Let's call it an estimate then. Probably better than the word of your old mate Dave spinning shit over a beer...Quote:
Originally Posted by gimp
I'll take your word for it, and it raises an interesting question - is a tahr in the bush really a tahr or just another smelly goat?
Himalayas :P
Dave doesn't drink beers though. I heard it was an estimate of 1000 tahr anyway...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
There are animals north of the Lewis Pass. They flew not walked though
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