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Tahr Ballot - Abel Lake
Posted by Cameron McKay onLocated 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 onZora 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 onSqueezed 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 onTAHR RUT STAGES
Posted by PointsSouth onThe Art of the Fly-in
Posted by PointsSouth onHillsticks and Helicopters
Posted by PointsSouth onThree farmers and a builder chasing bull tahr on the coast.
Post Covid Tahr Rut
Posted by Alex Davies on2019 Tahr Ballot Update
Posted by Cameron McKay onA quick round up of what’s been happening with tahr and the Westland ballot. What are the numbers, and what are your chances.