Long Range Tahr

[petenz]

Went for a short meat hunt the other afternoon and ended up shooting a nanny tahr at 480m, here's a film:

[ame]http://youtu.be/uLXDDa9wg0k[/ame]

 

[cowboy]

You have a very beautiful country - don't ever take it for granted.

 

[FEENIX]

Awesome shot, excellent video, and absolutely beautiful country ... thanks for sharing.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Awesome shot, excellent video, and absolutely beautiful country ... thanks for sharing.

+1 Fantastic

 

[Jerry M]

Awesome! Please give us the specifications on the rifle, scope and suppressor. Where and when was the hunt? How does Tahr taste? I assume it has to do with what they are eating like the US pronghorn. I really want to to to NZ.

Good luck

Jerry

 

[petenz]

Awesome! Please give us the specifications on the rifle, scope and suppressor. Where and when was the hunt? How does Tahr taste? I assume it has to do with what they are eating like the US pronghorn. I really want to to to NZ.

Good luck

Jerry

It's a Sako Finnlight .260 with a 19.4 inch barrel, Schmidt and Bender 3-12x50 PMII, DPT suppressor (overbarrel "reflex" type unit that weighs 260grams and only extends 100mm past the muzzle). Shooting 140r amax at 2700fps flat using H4350.

Tahr is a great eating meat, it's very lean, similar to venison. Their diet doesn't greatly vary through the year so it's consistent in taste.

 

[WildRose]

Excellent. That's definitely on my "someday if I'm really lucky" list.

The Bull Tahr is one of the prettiest sheep/goat species on the planet with that huge flowing mane.

 

[WildRose]

Awesome shot, excellent video, and absolutely beautiful country ... thanks for sharing.

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[Jerry M]

Thanks