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Tahr Ballot - Abel Lake

Posted by Cameron McKay on

Located at the Southern end of the Adams wilderness area and at the very head of the Perth valley is Able Lake which drains the Able Glacier after it quite literally tumbles off the side of the Garden of Eden ice plateau. It’s inspiring country, even if these days the...

TAHR BALLOT - ZORA CANYON

Posted by PointsSouth on

Zora creek has its headwaters sandwiched between the heads of the Mahitahi and the Jacobs, and flows South draining into the mighty Landsborough just above Hinds Flat. Quite simply its awe inspiring terrain in all directions, with some enormous rock slabs forming much of the upper true left, and the...

Tahr Ballot - The Jacobs

Posted by PointsSouth on

Squeezed under the rugged and dramatic Bannock Brae range, the Makawhio or Jacobs as it’s known is home to some of South Westlands finest scrub. And is one of the more Northern ballot blocks in the Hooker/Adams wilderness area. River travel can be painfully slow with the bush being strewn...

How Big is That Bull You're Looking At

Posted by Tim Butcher on
With a bull tahr age is the most important thing, but here's how to work out the size of that bull you're looking at

TAHR RUT STAGES

Posted by PointsSouth on
We all would have heard someone say that “you’ll learn more from just sitting back and watching”, which is true for just about any hunting, but with bull tahr it’s especially relevant as their behaviour changes significantly through the different stages of the rut

SPRING OPPORTUNITIES

Posted by PointsSouth on
Sure, the stags have dropped their antlers but there’s a bunch of other hunting opportunities that open up as the days get longer, and besides not all of us are interested only in trophies.

The Art of the Fly-in

Posted by PointsSouth on
If time is your biggest limitation, then a few quality days of hunting hard is achievable and actually cost effective if you can fill the seats in the helicopter. So increasing your hunting time as opposed to your hike-in time can really make a lot of sense, here's our tricks and tips to - The Art of the Fly In

Waitangi Stag

Posted by Tim Butcher on

Every now and then you get lucky with the weather. Coming up to Waitangi weekend 2020, almost unbelievably, the forecast for the coast looked ok! This hunt is almost a tradition for me now and over the years I have been reasonably successful. Even when the hunting doesn’t quite go...

Assessing Animals on the Hoof

Posted by Tim Butcher on

Tim Butcher talks trophy assessment.  A must read for anyone wanting to get better at on the hoof assesment.