Tahr hunting in the mighty Landsborough New Zealand

Ballot trip hunt into the landsborough river. One of the most spectacular rivers in NZ

[@johnbladen4931]

Again, another great video. Thanks for sharing. Regards JB

[@BJHoldsworth]

Love the landsborough ...incredible country had a great hunt there many years ago..Thanks for the Vid.

[@bushbash37]

BJHoldsworth cool mate! Awesome valley aye

[@adamjones4301]

Awesome mate. That bull Tahr on the flats was reward for putting in the hard yards climbing too the top👍🏻

[@bushbash37]

Adam Jones yeah mate! The easy ones are deserved when you put in the hard yards

[@irouschekm]

Love this landscape and the hunt in the mountains TOP M8 :-)

[@jonathandavies2931]

lover your work mate!

[@waikarimoana]

Hey guys, Great trip, thanks for it, thumbs up and best regards.

[@BoltActionProductions]

Top job guys. Fantastic location so well represented by your video. Thanks for sharing

[@bushbash37]

thanks mate!

[@leeharri8925]

Awesome effort brothers. Did the mean mahi and got the mean treats. Well done. Stunning looking place.

[@bushbash37]

Lee Harri ha thanks mate

[@matlimited]

Awesome trip Khan!

[@bushbash37]

MJSOutdoors NZ thanks mate

[@hamishgraham6714]

Bloody Awesome Khan, loved it.....makes me want to come down looking for one

[@bushbash37]

Hamish Graham thanks mate! Choice part of the country

[@fusshyyy1234]

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[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

Epic. Take me with you!

[@quentinpeterson7491]

Loved the video bro, geez that walk looked hard.

[@bushbash37]

Quentin Peterson thanks mate.. sure was a good walk!

[@Full_Pack_Adventures]

Nice one bud,keep em coiming

[@jimmyk956]

Hey mate, planning a trip over from Oz on the red deer, do you know if the landsborough valley is a good bet ? Cheers

[@stephenharris8041]

Great videos! That river crossing looked super dangerous to me though :|

[@HillDogTV]

shit yes man this is one helluva video! this is exactly what I wanna do one day! thanks for sharing the trip! good hunting with good company! cant beat that

[@HillDogTV]

btw- you go to the effort , you reap the rewards! unreal to see that big bull down so low! luv it

[@sandcontour]

Epic.

[@TravLC]

Nice Skin.What time of year was it?

[@mysteryman662]

Nice clip khan. Great bird life. Were you aware of the culling and went anyway or was that a surprise? Lucky you got up there the day you did.

[@bushbash37]

Mark Hansen the bird life was the best I’ve seen! So many different species! Could have made the video 40 minutes long with all the bird footage. No idea the culling was happening.. thought it was a bit shit during ballot period! Bloody lucky we were up that ridge I pointed out the day before

[@mysteryman662]

khan adam which ridge? Haha jk. This was ballot time? Oh that's shit. Culling should be after eh. Understand it needs to happen but give the Hunters first crack eh. Avg. Did you put a suggestion in the suggestion box after the trip?

[@johnmead8437]

@@bushbash37 Began possum control in there before the ballot blocks opened about 1993, tried ground hunting but it didn't get them down enough and went to aerials. Interesting to see comments by other experts blaming the lack of birdlife there on the 1080. The yellowheads have spread back towards the coast from a low of about 20, so they don't read the Dead Forest Facts. Tahr were rare where this hunt happened, a little group behind camp & less at the bend the only usuals, but the head was full of mobs as far as the bush went. They're now everywhere in numbers. Provides for easy hunting, but misplaced expertise by many. Any deer sign there? They (& chamois) were rare too from camp up. Beaut old bull too.

[@johnmead8437]

@@mysteryman662 10c is the control has been a stuff up. The ballot sites were for control, not trophy dedicated hunts. They were not expecting to contribute useful tallies as records & a trial showed general hunters incapable of much more than disturbance. The idea being disturbance from the valley bottom hunting would push the tahr up to where the helicopters could shoot and recover them for carcass sale, concurrently, when snow conditions were good. Alternatively alternate the Adams and Landsborough annually. That got scuttled from all sides, the hunter lobby and some Doc PR obsessed pushed to aerial hunt at the wrong time (and wrong machines & pilots with overweight amateurs shooting with shotguns) etc, and DoC refused to exclude bulls from carcass recovery permits (in the park, where we sold carcasses for a couple of seasons) which stuffed the market when an operator targeted bulls deliberately to frustrate others. Subsequently chasing them around the Alps in helicopters was too much taxpayer fun for some DoC staff (probably still is) so hence wary tahr spread everywhere, The fact average joe hunter can be successful is due to there being so many a bit of effort can hardly fail. As to what ridge, it doesn't matter now. Even where DoC are culling there are plenty left.

[@mysteryman662]

Couldn't quite work out which ridge you planned to head up cobber... Can you point it out again?

[@bushbash37]

Mark Hansen you got the message

[@mysteryman662]

khan adam hahaha

[@happydello3315]

What size rifle

[@oscarwhyte3811]

Do you know Aaron whyte

[@bushbash37]

oscar whyte don’t think so mate whys that?

[@makhan04]

you shot 2 one found waisting 50%

[@bushbash37]

Roep Makhan correct! Unfortunately in that kind of terrain that happens sometimes

[@johnmead8437]

@@bushbash37 One less noxious animal though. It didn't limp off gutshot from half a km