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One epic summer alpine backcountry adventure. Four trophies. A dose of good luck. A fine 12 day weather window. One reliable and accurate rifle setup! Many, many unsuccessful trips under my belt in years past. Tonnes of memories either way. Can't wait for the roar and rut this year!

Kea, the alpine hunter's companion.

Bull tahr from my solo backpack hunt. I gave the horns a measure up with the tape after a boil out and it goes 43 1/4 DS. Bull is 9-10 years old and survived the past 5 years of heli culling - a smart and wily beast. Bases of only 8 1/4" make him look big in pics but let down the DS. Hooks go 13 3/8". Overall a great trophy head and great memories. Also, I rocked the newly released @swaziapparel merino top. Love tahr hunting and the alpine - can't beat it.

7mm Rem Mag is my go to magnum calibre for alpine hunting. 12 clicks up on the Zeiss to hit the target at 320m. Pretty flat shooting with 150gr loads. Rifle is zeroed at 175m.

Buck chamois trophy in a nice summer coat.

Found the big ol' buck chamois of the bluffs. That's two old buck's taken from Nelson Lakes in 6 months. This buck came up just short of 10" but it has lovely shape. This ended my cracking summer alpine trip. Taken at 199m in the very steep up hill shot. I'll admit I got a kiss on my eyebrow from the scope on the rifle's recoil.

Screams big buck chamois bluff country to me!

Decided to take a stroll up a creek for red deer and next minute you're on the tops glassing for chamois. Tops are magnetic!

Reds on the bush edge. Where's the chamois bucks?

Mountain daisies.

Bit of perspective - the body size of this bull tahr is huge. It makes my big, heavy, but reliable, Blaser R8 look compact. Unreal how they can move in the tight scrub and vertical cliffs with ease.

Bull tahr. 13 inch class. 10 years old. South Westland scrub bull. Pretty epic hunt. Spotted at 900m, stalked in to 319m. Took a long time to recover and then haul out to the road end, along with my two buck chamois heads. Amazing backcountry solo trip. I've been on many missions and come up empty handed and so feel very blessed to see some great trophies and take them successfully.

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