Alpine Chamois Hunting

Chamois hunting combines New Zealand’s natural back country beauty with our most beautiful game animal, the Alpine Chamois.

Chamois Buck

Chamois Hunting in New Zealand

At Lake Hawea Hunting Safaris chamois hunting is our third most popular hunt behind red stag and tahr. Chamois were released at Mt Cook in 1907 as a gift from the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph. Chamois hunting is more difficult than red stag and tahr hunting, to secure a good trophy buck really is to secure a true prize. Generally chamois exist in low to moderate numbers, they are a graceful, nimble animal being a member of the antelope family, chamois also have incredible eyesight. The chamois is capable of electric speed and has an unpredictable nature, especially during the rut, making a chamois hunt a truly exciting challenge.

Chamois Trophies

We consider horns of 9 inches to be trophy size and we consistently take trophy chamois bucks up to and over 10 inches each season.

Best Chamois Dates

Winter chamois hunting starts when the bucks start to join the nannies in late April. Chamois rut through May and into late June, at this time the bucks are in their jet black winter cape with a predominantly white face and a black stripe extending from the eye to the tip of the nose making for a striking appearance. Chamois are best hunted during this rutting period; bucks are very active at this time and in some cases inquisitive and curious.

Summer Chamois Capes

Chamois also have a very nice summer cape which is a light brown to orange colour, still with the black face stripe and also a black dorsal stripe extending from the head to tail. In some cases hunters have taken winter chamois trophies and come back at a later date for a summer chamois hunt or vice versa.

Chamois have a third colour phase known as the ‘salt and pepper cape’ March is the best time to a hunt a chamois buck for this cape.

Being horned animals like tahr, chamois can be hunted all year round. Consider a chamois hunt or a chamois and tahr combo with Lake Hawea Hunting Safaris, your alpine hunting specialists.

View our pricelist here for private land and wilderness chamois options

Other Species Available

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Free Range Red Stag

Take a step back in time for a 300 class, wild, Otago Red Stag.

Private Estate Red Stag

Hunt our private game estate for Red Stags ranging from 330-600 class.

Trophy bull tahr, tahr hunting New Zealand with Lake Hawea Hunting Safaris

Tahr

The King of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, the Bull Tahr.

Fallow Deer

Fallow deer are an exciting, aggressive animal & unique trophy with palmated antlers.

South Pacific Whitetail

In NZ Whitetail deer are very elusive – free range trophies are hard to obtain.

South Pacific Elk

Hunting Elk cannot be described until you are up close to a rutting bugling Bull.

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Sika

Sika are only found on the North Island, we can arrange a hunt for you there.

Group of trophy Arapawa ram Pitt Island rams

Arapawa Ram

Unique to NZ, Arapawa rams horns exceed a full curl and can curl twice.

Boar Hunt - New Zealand Hunting

Boar

Wild pigs and trophy Boars inhabit our Red Stag properties.

South Pacific Goat Hunt - New Zealand trophy goat

South Pacific Goat

Trophy Goats can reach over 40 inches in spread from horn tip to horn tip

Fun & Non hunting

Fun and further activities in Wanaka and surrounding areas

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