Thread: Chatham Islands Ram Hunt

Originally Posted by Seventenths

Great hunting on the sheep... they seem to absorb the impacts pretty good... what calibres were you shooting them with?

I hear February is a good time to be over in the Chathams with more settled weather.

Yeah the wool seems to soak up the impact a bit. These were all shot with a 7mm08 using a Berger 140 grain projectile. Last time I used my .308 with 130 grain TTSXs.

All bar one ram only required one shot this time. The one that was on the edge of the cliff required two and just about fell off the cliff, it wasn’t fun to watch!

We were there in February for the whole month in 2018, wasn’t much wind but there was some rain. Like anywhere you just have to go and take a coat.

You should contact Chris and give him a visit. I’m sure he’d like the professional support and I’m sure he’d be a great tour guide! :-)