The work doesn't stop when the trigger drops.
Walk in carefully. Always assume the animal is alive. A hit bull on a steep face can come back to its feet for a few seconds. Approach from above where possible.
Stabilise and photograph. Position the animal naturally — head slightly up, mane laid out, tongue tucked. Take photographs in good light if you can. The hunt photograph is the trophy you'll see most often for the rest of your life.
Cape. A trophy cape on a tahr runs from just behind the front legs forward, including the full mane and skirt, the head and the horns. A guide will do this for you. If you are doing it yourself, treat it like any other goat-family cape: skin from the chest cut up the centreline, around each leg, around the back of the skull, and remove the head intact. Take care around the eyes, lips and ears — taxidermists hate cape damage on the face. Salt heavily on the flesh side, fold flesh-to-flesh, and flesh again the next day if you can.
Skull. If you want a European mount, leave the lower jaw, boil the skull at base camp or in town, degrease, and dry. If you are taking the horns and skull cap only, sever cleanly behind the orbits with a bone saw.
Meat. Tahr meat is edible, particularly from younger animals. Older bulls in the rut are strong-flavoured. NZ Department of Conservation and most outfitters strongly prefer that hunters carry out as much meat as is practical. If the bull has been shot in country where the meat cannot be safely recovered, that is a different calculation, but the principle is to take what you reasonably can.
Salt and pack. Capes are salted on-site, dried partially, and packed for transport to the taxidermist or freight forwarder. If you are carrying a cape out by foot, double-bag it inside a dry bag and try not to let it sit wet against your back.
Taxidermy decisions. A shoulder mount is the standard. A pedestal mount works well for bulls with a particularly impressive cape. Some hunters choose a full body mount; it costs significantly more, takes longer, and ships at considerable expense.
Export paperwork. Your outfitter typically handles the bulk of the paperwork for international hunters. The non-CITES declaration letter from DOC is the foundation. From there your destination country's import requirements drive the rest. Your freight forwarder will know the details for your home country.
Post-trip. Plan a buffer day at the end of your trip in Christchurch or Queenstown. Showering, eating something that didn't come dehydrated from a bag, and sitting still in a heated room while you wait for your taxidermist or freight forwarder to confirm uplift is the perfect end to a hunt.