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hi,

ok i will ask,

how far out where the elks and bison
what set up where you using
erm how much mate approx,,,,, change from couple of grand erm maybe not

f.
 
Good video. I'd love to go and visit with a rifle one day. I'd like to go to a big block in the middle of nowhere - reared and trophy is not my thing, neither are the bison based on their reaction although I can see why people love it. There are some great heads there!
 
Great clip, some fantastic animals but that type of hunting is not for me. It must have seemed odd to go to NZ to shoot a Himalayan animal although that one was probably free ranging.
 
Nice video, i have got to get over there one day, but i am torn between fin and fur, probably try a bit of both.
Just need to find something for the wife to do.
Cheers
Richard
 
Patrick A said:
Well done, some good animals. I am surprised you didn't go for Chamois at the same time.
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Patrick A. thanks mate, chamois doesnt apeal to me as a trophy for some wierd reason, dont know why. but have an invitation to hunt one in austria next year, lets see. :-)
 
centralbeltstalker said:
hi,

ok i will ask,

how far out where the elks and bison
what set up where you using
erm how much mate approx,,,,, change from couple of grand erm maybe not

f.
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Hi Mate, the Elk was 218 yards away, and the bison was 116 yrds. i used a blaser r93 7x64 on the elk and kimber 325 WSM on the bison. and this was a swap hunt so it did not cost me anything, the host in NZ is hunting with me in the himalayas and Sindh this year :-)
 
DC .270 said:
Good video. I'd love to go and visit with a rifle one day. I'd like to go to a big block in the middle of nowhere - reared and trophy is not my thing, neither are the bison based on their reaction although I can see why people love it. There are some great heads there!
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hi DC.270, New zealand is very versatile in terms of what kind of hunting you want, you can go in the complete wilderness, camp out and hunt free range animals or you can do it in fenced areas aprox 8000 to 15000 acres. depends if the hunter wants huge trophies or the experience in the wilderness. 'Different strokes for Different folks' :-)
 
thanks AndrewT059

@paulK yes the Tahr was free range in mount cook. New Zealand has no indigenous mammals and everything was introduced. but so were the muntjak, sika and fallow in uk, in my opinion as long as the hunting experience is good thats what counts. but like i said 'different strokes for different folks' everyone has their own opinion :-)

@devon deerstalker. try getting in touch with Tim Buma of New Zealand trophy hunting (www.newzealandtrophyhunting.com)
he has everything ur looking for, vanessa, Tim's better half is a wonderful host and she can show your family around, lots of things to do for non hunting guests. you will love their warm hospitality and profesionalism.
 
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piranpir said:
@paulK yes the Tahr was free range in mount cook. New Zealand has no indigenous mammals and everything was introduced. but so were the muntjak, sika and fallow in uk, in my opinion as long as the hunting experience is good thats what counts. but like i said 'different strokes for different folks' everyone has their own opinion :-)

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I know that everything is introduced in NZ, even the trout, most of the wild reds and fallow are originally from UK stock, my comment was really based on shooting enclosed animals not being for me. You clearly made a couple of fine shots and I have no problem with you or anyone else doing it if, as you say, that's what floats their boat. I'd love a trip to NZ for hunting and fishing but if I go it will be for free ranging animals as I do in the UK. You're quite right about sika, muntjac (and CWD) being introduced to the UK, also fallow but as they've been around for 1,000 years stalking a wild fallow for me is better than shooting an indigenous red in an enclosure.
 
ur right paul i agree with you but to be honest apart from when we enter into the gates of the 10,000 acre estate i never saw the fence but ur right it is still an enclosure. in new zealand there are not any big stags left in the wild anymore, as you know hunting is not regulated and the kiwis take full advantage of this, I have and am doing my share of wild hunts perhaps the toughest hunts in the world (hunting in the himalayas and stalking sind Ibex and Blanford Urial in the rugged mountains of Sindh and baluchistan) I have also hunted wild stags in norfolk but this time i was interested in getting a monster trophy and a luxury hunt so i chose to hunt in the estate :-)
 
piranpir said:
ur right paul i agree with you but to be honest apart from when we enter into the gates of the 10,000 acre estate i never saw the fence but ur right it is still an enclosure. in new zealand there are not any big stags left in the wild anymore, as you know hunting is not regulated and the kiwis take full advantage of this, I have and am doing my share of wild hunts perhaps the toughest hunts in the world (hunting in the himalayas and stalking sind Ibex and Blanford Urial in the rugged mountains of Sindh and baluchistan) I have also hunted wild stags in norfolk but this time i was interested in getting a monster trophy and a luxury hunt so i chose to hunt in the estate :-)
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Fair enough - I've seen some of the clips of your mountain hunting and you certainly do work for those animals.
 
Fabulous video piranpir - great animals and stunning trophies. Paul k, I can understand your comments on enclosures - but they really don't apply to New Zealand. They are as big as some Scottish estates and you never see a fence and indeed the animals are just as wild. Not the same as an english park. I have relatives in New Zealand (Rotarua) and I have hunted and visited three times. Both in the wild and in parks - never saw any difference except the size of the animals and the price tag! Bill.
 
@monarch thanks bill. u are aboslutely right, as you can see from the video although its just clips, the full video wud show how hard i had to stalk the fallow, with new zealand you can tell your outfitter how challenging you want the hunt to be, if you tell them that you want to go on a jeep see the animal and shoot it from 100 yards they can arrange that, and you can choose to stalk them in huge estates on thousands of acres then believe me its quite challenging.
 
I would imagine that the enclosures are even larger than the animals normal range, I doubt you can just drive upto them.
Looks great, would love to do it.
I wouldn't take those monster long shots but that's just me and my confidence.
My wife would have gone mad with the Elk head, we wouldn't have anywhere in the house to hang that!
 
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