Thread: Tahr ballot. Period 7, Able Lake.

Great report. Definitely inspiring of a future Thar hunt trip!

Originally Posted by Shearer

That looks like a different camp site from ours? We were up stream of the "lake" on the true left opposite the moraine wall.

I did think your campsite looked like a different spot. Maybe dropped there because of the snow? We were the same place as pictured.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

I did think your campsite looked like a different spot. Maybe dropped there because of the snow? We were the same place as pictured.

Is that the lake moraine wall in the left of the picture? Were you on the true right?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Is that the lake moraine wall in the left of the picture? Were you on the true right?

On the true right. About here:

We were pretty much across the river and slightly upstream.

I love Tahr hunting but would find it difficult in that frozen environment. Unrelenting cold tends to make me feel miserable eventually.
I think you did well, considering the hurdles. Congrats and thanks for the hunt report.

Great report, thanks for posting.

Thought you might be interest in these to help with the cold water crossings https://www.wiggys.com/clothing-oute...weight-waders/

Great report.goid effort on retrievals,photos of finished skins n skulls will be good to see. Go the humble 243.

Awesome trip report, thanks for sharing. There have been many Tahr "left" where yours fell to at the red dot, well done for retrieving it but no-one looking at that picture should underestimate the level of exposure and risk you faced. It always pays to bear in mind the old adage "all the pheasants ever bred won't repay one man dead" . . . .

Enjoyed that. Thanks for a great write up Shearer.

Originally Posted by cb14

Great report, thanks for posting.

Thought you might be interest in these to help with the cold water crossings https://www.wiggys.com/clothing-oute...weight-waders/

Haha. Thanks for that. Generally I try to avoid crossing rivers that cold but they would definitely help.

Originally Posted by Tentman

Awesome trip report, thanks for sharing. There have been many Tahr "left" where yours fell to at the red dot, well done for retrieving it but no-one looking at that picture should underestimate the level of exposure and risk you faced. It always pays to bear in mind the old adage "all the pheasants ever bred won't repay one man dead" . . . .

Thanks. I thought it was a trip worth reporting on. The photo of the retrieve was taken from where I shot from and it does look worse than it was when I got up there. I am, I think, fairly risk adverse and the older I get the more thoughtful I become when it comes to taking risks. Especially risk with nasty outcomes. I admit I was on the edge of my comfort zone but I enjoy life too much to throw it away on a smelly old bull tahr.

As I try to explain to my American mates…the “average kiwi hunt” is like the toughest hunt you could ever dream of. Amazing experience you had…or maybe just an average kiwi hunt? Cheers for the write up.

Originally Posted by Shearer

1:8 243win T3x. I have been very happy with it so far. I have taken tahr, chamois, reds and pigs out to 430 yards and can't complain. I am going to try some 85gn Maker TRex projectiles on game soon. 3200fps MV so keen to see how they go.

heck yeah the 1/8 6mmiller!

@Shearer -Enjoyed that write up. Nice work on that tricky retrieval, not easy by any stretch!