perhaps the toughest mountain hunt in the world- walk in/walk out tahr. more pics

Steve H. · December 04, 2011, 12:03:00 PM

We are having a heat wave in my part of Alaska right now with driving rains/winds. I've been up for a couple hours and its still dark outside. Day dreaming is all there is to do in Alaska for half the year or more. Maybe I should go THIS year?!

BowHuntingFool · December 04, 2011, 12:16:00 PM

Great Pics!!!!!! UNREAL!

Friend · December 04, 2011, 12:21:00 PM

Once around is an experience for a lifetime, yet you may be planning to give a go once more in 2012.

Looking forward to your generous sharing of the next wonderful excursion.

Pat B. · December 04, 2011, 02:13:00 PM

I bet those scenes are burned into your memory forever more.. Amazing country!

mmgrode · February 09, 2012, 07:07:00 AM

Simply awesome!

LONGSTYKES · February 09, 2012, 07:47:00 AM

Great pics of some awesome country. Ozy an outstanding tread. Thanks

bohuntr · February 09, 2012, 11:10:00 AM

That is so incredibly cool Clint!!! Thanks for sharing the story and pictures with us! So many awesome adventures out there and only so much time and money to go around, it sure is a fun dilema to try and figure out.

Gen273 · February 09, 2012, 02:24:00 PM

WOW, JUST WOW!!!!!! That is a dream hunt

Hummer3T · February 09, 2012, 02:55:00 PM

Thanks For Sharing (AWESOME)!

lpcjon2 · February 09, 2012, 03:00:00 PM

Could you get any closer to heaven,just amazing all of it.Thank you for sharing it with us.

Igor · February 09, 2012, 03:19:00 PM

stunningly beautiful country!

thanks for sharing....

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Glenn

snakebit40 · February 09, 2012, 05:57:00 PM

:eek: That looks like an intense hunt! I would love to do that someday. I wonder how much a plane ticket is....

Thanks for sharing!

Paul R · February 09, 2012, 11:33:00 PM

The time is getting closer and I've been looking over what we did last year getting all excited about this years planned trip back to the land of the long white cloud. Once you hunt in mountains like these it's impossible to shake the hold they get on you.

Here's some photos to add to Clint's thread.

Man there was water everywhere! It was falling on us, splashing up at us, floating around us and pouring out of the rocks towards us. down in the scrub choked valleys the constant rain and fog really made taking photos very difficult at times.

Nice looking chamois country.

This waterfall looked like it sprang from straight out of the rock.

It was exciting to finally emerge above the tree line and see this.

This was the sight of my first tahr for the trip only a few hundred yards above us, late in the afternoon as we were heading for the bench just below where it's standing to set up our camp for the next few days.

We saw Tahr around us on the bluffs and cliffs every day from here on in, but getting to where they were was out of the question for this non Tahr footed human. Saw bulls on this face regularly.

Amazing animals! These tahr decided to play follow the leader down a sheer cliff face. Then proceeded to turn around and go back up again. Just unreal!

Paul R · February 09, 2012, 11:48:00 PM

The boys spot some below us.

I'm sure Clint was half Tahr the way he moved around the edges of bluffs.

Nothing like a sheer 200m cliff beneath you to bring a smile to your face.

Some missed opportunities.

Mark relates the missed shot to Clint. Hanging over a cliff to release would have put my shooting off too.

Big bull and his girls.

Looking back down some of the valley we'd spent three days trekking up.

February 09, 2012, 11:57:00 PM

WOW!!!! That is one awesome place. I really want to hunt there one day.

Bisch

Paul R · February 09, 2012, 11:57:00 PM

I smell Bull Tahr.

This Bloke snuck in below us in the low cloud. A shot was had but it wasn't to be.

Couldn't think of a much better resting place.

The only opportunity we had on a Chamois was on the walk out. Unfortunately our bows were packed and she took off before we could get them back together. I couldn't get the auto focus to work very well in the fog so it's a lousy photo.

Can't wait for the next round in a couple of months.

mmgrode · February 10, 2012, 02:24:00 AM

Man, that's the coolest! Some awesome pictures. I'm sure the pictures don't do it justice. Time to get in shape for the next go 'round, eh?

Plumber · February 10, 2012, 05:18:00 AM

thanks for the pics that was very enjoyable.

Jerry Jeffer · February 10, 2012, 04:27:00 PM

It couldn't have looked better in my dreams. Lucky fellas. AWESOME!

adamgti · February 10, 2012, 04:54:00 PM

Th whole time I was waiting to see something on the ground, but as I followed the pictures the hunt started to excite me and I forgot about the tangible ideals of success. It very clear you three amigos had a great and extremely successful hunt. Thanks for the information regarding the ease of hunting newzealand.

Thanks you thank you thank you,
Adam