NZ backpack hunt for tahr and chamois. take 2

[elkken]

  Mighty fine hunting !! Congrats

[Cyclic-Rivers]

WOW!  Great Pics and great Hunt. what an accomplishment!      

[Paul R]

Taking a chamois with a trad bow in the Southern Alps of New Zealand is a fantastic achievement mate!
I feel privileged to have been there to share in it with you.
And a big thank you for providing us with some fresh meat Clint, as you know it went down a treat and was a welcome change from freeze dried meals.

After looking at this thread, the fact that I'll have to wait at least another year to hunt those mountains again is really starting to sink in now.
I'm already longing to return again.

I'll help out by posting a few pics for you mate.

Sharing in the success.

   

 

Caping out back at camp.

   

Sharing in the spoils that night. We had a cheery little cook-in while it snowed outside. The memory of the aroma of freshly fried chamois steaks still makes my mouth water.

   

Happy hunter.

   

All that white stuff was a real novelty for this ignorant Queensland boy. I just had to make a snowman. Meet Archy the bowhunting snowman.

   

After a few days of frozen toes and fingers and the 100th time I'd slipped on the ice and landed on my butt, I came to the conclusion that living in a tent and trying to hunt steep mountains in the snow was somewhat challenging and the novelty started to wear off.            

   

[Ben Maher]

thanks for sharing Paul ... sounds like a ripper trip !

[Paul R]

I was hunting with a Stalker 'Tracker Lobo' with a Marksman modular quiver attached.

 
 

Frozen bow durability test.

 

Pass!
South makes a great bow.

The Marksman Modular quiver and it's anorak rain shield worked a treat too, keeping the rain and snow off and holding up to the many punishments inflicted by the mountains.

[Paul R]

As Clint said we saw plenty of Chamois, closing the gap for a shot was the challenge.

Speaking of challenges, I watched these two Chamois bucks challenge each other for dominance. Over about 20 minutes they positioned and repositioned themselves trying to force the other to retreat. With hackles up they would crab in sideways to each other and without ever actually touching each other dominance was established. It was really cool to watch.

   

   

   

   

Eventually the one that was originally on the rock capitulated and with the dominant buck standing over him, he squatted, peed and ran away.

   

Winner!

   

I almost got a chance at the loser as he crossed the gully in my direction. I had to guess where he would emerge and unfortunately I guessed wrong. If I'd stayed put he would have climbed out right beneath me for a 15m shot. But that was a common occurrence for me in those mountains; I was just never in the right place at the right time. The more time spent there the more chance it will happen and I can't wait to get back over there to hunt those mountains again.

[Caughtandhobble]

Wow!!! It sounds like that was a hunting trip of a lifetime. Congrats on the trophies, one on the grill and the others etched in your minds forever! Thanks very much for sharing your stories with us.

[ozy clint]

great pics there paul.
it would be great to see what you saw with the two bucks jostling for dominance. animal behaviour like that is a pleasure to just sit back and watch.
love that last pic of machu picchu.

[Izzy]

Simply epic!  

[paul87250]

Amazing adventure....wow, I need to go!!  

[cacciatore]

Congrats guys for this great adventure,this is the kind of hunts I love the most:hard work in the wildernees away from all.Great story and pics.I can't wait to hunt chamois in the Alps.

[KentuckyTJ]

:eek:

[gringol]

you guys are killing me!  I have no desire to work anymore, I just want to pack up my bow and head for the mountains!  It wouldn't even have to be NZ, just any mountains, where the air is fresh and crisp and not 95F with 100% humidity.  Florida blows...

[mmgrode]

Awesome hunt, Clint!  Thanks for taking us along again and congratulations on taking a chamois!  Nothing like hunting in the mountains!  Can't wait to get over there myself.  Way to go, Clint!

[DeCurry]

Thanks for sharing, and congrats on a fine hunt.

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

Congrats on a tremendous achievement and thank you for taking us  along. What scenery!!!

[Butchie]

Awesome hunt, story & pics!  I can only dream of such an adveture someday...WOW!

[JV Rooster]

Awesome story and pics.

[skilonbw]

Awesome story and seeing the pics has got me wanting to go back for another visit.

[JohnnyWayne]

Man this is great stuff - congrats