Extremely Southern State ******** Ram versus Hemtragus jemlahicus

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The New Zealand Mountains in Spring

At this time of the year, this is what you see up the Poulter.  There is an open season on these birds as of last year so they can be shot by anyone with anything.



We got up here to do some fishing yesterday by 4WD & then by mountain bike.

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This pic is of chamois taken on public land.

It took me all day to get this photo. The animals are extremely wary.

At the moment the does tend to hang around timberline to drop their kids.

[csaaphill]

cool nice stuff.

[shanevg]

Chamois and Ibex are my two dream foreign animals.  I would love to come down there for a DIY chamois hunt sometime!  It looks like a ton of fun!

[fillthefreezer]

thanks for sharing! we camped this year with a kiwi that was showing us some of his stag hunts on his vid cam. crazy how similar the terrain is!

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This time of the year the stags aren't carrying their timber...but you can meat hunt.

The reds come out of the forests at dawn and dusk and you can pick up good meat with a yearling.

Only trouble is because of the hunting pressure  they keep very close to cover, like these two animals I photographed recently on public land.

You have to be quick.

[fillthefreezer]

he was also showing us some helicopter hunts

[nzhuntinginfo]

Yea. We also use choppers to get onto the tops for tahr or chamois if necessary.

This one we used to get into a remote part of Fiordland.

I've walked into these places but it takes days to get there and days to get back.

A chopper is so tempting.

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I went out for a hunt today and this is what I saw.

Red stags loaded with velvet...they were scrapping with each other, kicking and hustling.

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SUMMER Tahr

Tahr in summer look like a different species...the bulls lose their manes and change colour.

The top animal is a mature bull, the others immature bulls meaning that they are not yet the full four years of age.

Hunters tend to go for tahr in winter because the pelt is also a great trophy at that time of year.

[L8NITE]

WOW awesome pics...thanks for sharing and welcome to the site!!!

[Machias]

Awesome photos!  Someday!!!

[Ballance1]

Are those stags behind the wire?

[Widgeondeke]

Saweet pics.  Thx for sharing them and the info. 

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Summer Alpine Chamois

This is wot chamois look like in summer...taken recently on the eastern side of the main mountains of the South Island New Zealand.

Alpine Chamois are now nearly as wide spread as red deer.

The two chamois had been resting through the middle of the day but have just stood up in order to go for their afternoon snack.

They never saw me.