Thread: A bit of Light reading for Tahr

Just got back from a trip down south shooting waimate wallabys for a week .
I was lucky enough to get the call as the usual team member tahr is off the road for a while. Was a great trip , i can see why they chase the wallaby so often , very addictive.
We cracked the weather , arrived just as the snow and rain cleared and had blue skys until we were on the way home , started pouring in kaikoura .
Managed to have an upset with the transport just at the end of the trip with a ball joint failing resulting in the cv coming out and one corner of the quad collapsing . thank god it wasnt at the far corner of the block in the middle of the night. While we went for the trailer , Dad managed to get the wheel off , tie the bits up , counter balance the far opposite corner of the bike with some weight , and drive to the trailer with 3 wheels
A great trip with plenty of animals seen and shot , and great company.
Heres a few photos and a vid.













https://youtu.be/qYMvcLCXkA0

Thanks for the vid. Some great shooting there. What was your average shooting distance ?

Mostly from around 60m out to 250 , i was having a bit of trouble with the sytong ballistics set up i think , and missed a fair few. one of the others shot one at over 400m. closest was 5m i think.

Thanks for doing that Case. That was a blast.

Go the mighty Weatherby.

Originally Posted by 30.06king

Thanks for the vid. Some great shooting there. What was your average shooting distance ?

If you look at the bottom of the screen on the video you can see the rangefinder distances showing.

@ANOTHERHUNTER is that an aimpoint red dot on top of a thermal scope? Very cool if so.

Neat video,your ammunition is definitely up to the task,looks like lots of expansion,energy transfer going on for quick,clean kills. Was great to catch up with you chaps on your way through. You will be keen to do it all again lol

Originally Posted by Snoppernator

@ANOTHERHUNTER is that an aimpoint red dot on top of a thermal scope? Very cool if so.

That is the rangefinder for the 'scopes ballistic calculator.
The scope is day and night vision. Not thermal. It uses a built in infrared torch for night time.

And still they keep coming.
"Zulus Sir, bloody thousands of them"

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

And still they keep coming.
"Zulus Sir, bloody thousands of them"

Not as many as the last trip.

How many? Any Deer or Tahr taken?

Choice photos sounds like another great trip, and this time in cracker weather.

Good shooting guys and nice photos,thanks.

The rifle is extremely quiet.