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My pleasure! Especially in these difficult times, you Kiwis are blessed to have some of the most versatile and adventurous hunting in the world.

Can't wait to go back. Maybe West Coast indeed. There's so much awesome country all over NZ - makes it hard to decide where to go first.

O'Rourke in Pleasant Point did them.

Finally got the trophies...:)
A great addition to the invaluable experiences I've had in your beautiful country.
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Yes, thankfully I was able to catch Austria's repatriation flight. Anyhow I am already looking forward to return to NZ one day.:)

Tomorrow is the last day of my home quarantine. Will do some...

I'm 26.

Just do it:thumbsup:

All your kind words are much appreciated, thanks! :)

This trip exceeded my expectations in so many ways.

Day 27

In the afternoon I was at the car park, intending to head into North Opuha. It was raining but the weather forecast predicted the rain to stop soon so I waited.

Studied the intentions...

Day 23

In the morning it was snowing. I packed up camp and hiked out.
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Then I headed into another valley that seemed better for deer. Heaps of canada geese in...

They are intending to get all Europeans back home within the next 2 weeks.

Thanks for your kind words, everybody :)

Yeah, my choice was O'Rourke, too. Went there twice to drop off the skulls.

Day 17

Stayed in Lake Tekapo to relax and clean the gear.

Day 18

Headed towards the Hanmer Springs area to hunt those species I know from home, chamois and red deer.

Started hiking in the...

Been in there just before the shutdown. Will probably be part 5 of the report. :)

Day 8

Moved camp a little further upstream. The wind was picking up a lot. Spotted 3 nice bulls in the evening but no way to get there before.

Day 9

Crazily windy in the night. I could...

Happy to hear that :)

Thanks. In my opinion it's the physical effort that makes thid kind of hunting so rewarding.

Depends on when I get a flight home. A few weeks probably.
I am staying at Mackenzie Motels. Will have a look at that walk if possible, thanks.

It's a Tikka T3x Lite, custum trigger, 7 mm Rem. Mag., Vortex Viper 4-16x50, Vortex bubble, Harris bipod.

Has 0.4 MOA accurancy at 300m.

Thanks, actually I was worried if my writeup was fully understandable.

You might be absolutely right about that.

How could one not enjoy these magnificent mountains... :)

I am glad to be able to return a little bit of what I was given.

Definately a really hard hunt. I was expecting tahr hunting to be sort of similar to chamois hunting back home, only in bigger country. In fact I found it to be way more challenging. The terrain is...

Fairlie is a lovely place indeed.

Thanks, I have already registered for that 2 days ago but haven't heard back yet.