WINTER Hunting Tips
Alpine hunting naturally takes you into some pretty serious terrain. It’s one thing to be an experienced hunter, but having an understanding of the objective hazards (hazards that are a natural part of the environment and therefore cannot be eliminated) associated with that terrain is a whole different set of skills. If you’ve never travelled, much less hunted at higher altitudes, you could be in for an eye-opener.
The tahr rut usually coincides with at least one or two substantial cold fronts and every year we hear of guys getting blasted by wind and rain or wading through waist-deep snow. We all know the ultimate in alpine hunting is to take a bull in full winter cape, which is exactly when you’re going to have to deal with short days and bad weather.
If you live handy to tahr country it’s a damn sight easier to play the weather to your advantage, rather than being committed to
