A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

We’re rapidly approaching winter for real now, with the longest day not far away. I would suggest anyone wanting to experience a tahr rut hunt without any helicopter disturbances would do well to get into the Southern Alps this year, as with borders opening up the helicopter operators tell me they have a lot of bookings for trophy bull tahr heli-hunts/AATH next year. With the significant (and much needed in some areas) lowering of tahr numbers, there are going to be a lot less bulls to go round in the future, and the competition for those bulls is definitely going to become more intense.

This roar has been a real