Chris,Joey and myself have just returned from a trip over the ditch. West coast first then bad weather and moved to the East coast.Mixed success with two good bulls shot up real high and lost to the edge. Bad weather set in and no visibility for two days. Called the heli in for a pick up as soon as the weather broke.Another two days waiting for a lift out.

East coast weather was unusualy hot and we had good hunting.No bulls seen but high numbers of nannies, seen around 40.

Herse a pictorial run thru of our trip.Cheers Mick

drop-off West coast

valley

small water fall before it rained

first 200m all straight up and monkey scrub

hut above my right shoulder

1500m

1700 near the top

1800m

over the edge was scary steep

tahr we spotted were near the snow/ ice sheet above my head

800m away, safe spot for spike camp, glassing

spike camp, minaret

Chris lining up a bull,264wM M70

We both got shots at bulls in the boulder out crop. Chris had first go and hit a nice bull at around 230m .He dived into the boulder outcrop. Another bull appeared and I got a solid chest shot on him, he reappeared and I got another into him. Then out of sight.
Worked our way through the boulders and unseen ravines. Found plenty of blood leading to and over the edge, into unrecoverable country. We were shattered.
Another bull appeared after shots, between the two points

tired exhausted and shattered, coming down the ice sheet

demoralised and no water dinner , just before dark

Bad weather sets in over night. Back for a look in the morning very dangerous conditions.

sheltering out of the wind and rain

Made the move back to the hut and hut bound for two days. eventually got a lift out and travelled back to the East coast