HUNTING WITH LLAMAS

I have back issues already from falling off a horse in my younger days so I am a bit conscious about making it worse. On this occasion, I was loaded up with boned out venison and there was no turning back.

A few months later, inspired by some serious time racked up watching YouTube videos I decided to embark on a journey to find someone in NZ who might be able show me how to hunt with pack animals. After just three phone calls I managed to find some people who hunted with llamas, and this is the story of the trip that followed.

I was heading into the St James conservation area with a new buddy Brad, who I’d met on a meat hunt last spring. Brad had seen one of my friends and I put the stalk on a hind up the hill from where he was hunting and he could also see that we were completely oblivious to a stunning 12 point stag sitting on the next knob above us. He met up with us the next day on the walk out and once we got the introductions done, we received a fair bit of ribbing from him about the night before. Over