Thread: NZ Hunter

Originally Posted by jpurdon

Anyone else not enjoy the waterfowl episodes quite as much at the back country expeditions? It's good to show off the range of hunting in NZ and showcase incredible cooking but just doesn't hit the same compared to a Fiordland/South Westland tops mission. Guess they can't do 10x of those trips a year though

Yep I toss a coin, the Kardashians, or duck shooting…

yup agree duck shooting give that a miss once you have seen one duck shot well enough said - be good to see them mix thngs up a bit more - what about some more North Island stuff rusa sambar or a Wanganui fallow hunt ???

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yup agree duck shooting give that a miss once you have seen one duck shot well enough said - be good to see them mix thngs up a bit more - what about some more North Island stuff rusa sambar or a Wanganui fallow hunt ???

Perhaps Rusa, Sambar, and Fallow aren't their thing.
Their passion shows in what they produce now. Let them decide what they do. If you don't like it don't watch it.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yup agree duck shooting give that a miss once you have seen one duck shot well enough said - be good to see them mix thngs up a bit more - what about some more North Island stuff rusa sambar or a Wanganui fallow hunt ???

I image you'd be the first to complain if they went to "your spot" and shot some fallow.

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A great show. The last one was great, good duck hunting action and awesome extended cooking section with one of NZs top wild game chefs. Excellent stuff.

loved the cooking section, nice to see somthing different from the usual

Originally Posted by BRADS

I image you'd be the first to complain if they went to "your spot" and shot some fallow.

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no they could shoot 10 fallow from some of the spots I hunt and not even dent the population - but trophy potential is simply not there - I still think though it would be good to see some more of what the North Island has to offer showcased - and I do like the show

I think with duck shooting its fun to participate but boring to watch for me.

I think it's got to be easier for them to get good footage in the South Island and bucket list trophy species

Yes there is lots of good NI hunting and smaller herds of less well distributed trophy species.

Maybe the SI offerings are more saleable offshore also ?

I personally would like to see more NI hunting and diverse species
But mostly would like to see real hunting without long range Tupperware rifles

It's great they are showing a range of hunting styles. I enjoy watching Luke charge around after piggies. Don't tune in for the duck episode, just not that interesting for mine, but will be for others, and they need to cater for the wider hunting market.

I remember they did do a Kaimai episode, but didn't see stuff all for 4-5 days in there - good luck getting a trophy stag there with a limited time frame. I wonder if there is a bit of pressure to find representative animals, and that's pretty tough particularly around the time it might take for Sambar and Rusa (access an issue?). Love that they get into the Caples and target Fallow, that's pretty cool

yes agree rusa and sambar would be a challenge to make a show from but in saying that some of the sambar country up Turakina way is spot and stalk and is not overly hard to see sambar- trophys are rare though - the few trips I have done one sees mainly young stags and hinds - they are more common than one is lead to believe but access is damn hard - jealous of the fallow down south - they are moose compared to what we have - agree duck shooting from a maimai is not my cup of tea but the oppourtunitys I have had to get out on pheasants with a good dog now that is the sport of kings

I could be wrong but bloody sure they HAVE done a rusa episode...got to lookout point and sat and watched for 2 days type deal...real sit n snipe type set up.....awesome if thats your cuppa tea and it gets the targeted animal....
duckshooting is a LOT more than sit in maimai over decoys and gangbang birds that come in...pretty hard to showcase that though... the episode they did as tribute to Ziggy brought tear to my eye....and a lot of other folks who watched it said they too were reaching for tissue box. that and the episode where they did the old tech Vs new tech are two of the best ones ever...and to give credit where its due they have done at least two deer stalking episodes along similar lines...Willie shot yearlings with a sako 222 and fixed 4x on one and got yearling with SMLE and open sights on another....they tried for sika stag this time last year with SMLE too so they do at times mix it up,Fe really gets in the rough stuff up close n personal with sika..definately capable up close as well as out long.

Originally Posted by Sika 8

I think with duck shooting its fun to participate but boring to watch for me.

Exactly. It's not really a spectator sport.
But they did pretty well to liven it up with some banter.

Its a great show. They cant be "all things to all people" but do a far better job of trying to accomodate than some other shows.
I would like to see a pheasants over pointers segment but it would be execptionally difficult to do well without it coming across like watching paint dry in the winter!!

I just hope they keep doing it as its way better than all the other "reality tv" like MAFS crap

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I could be wrong but bloody sure they HAVE done a rusa episode...got to lookout point and sat and watched for 2 days type deal...real sit n snipe type set up.....awesome if thats your cuppa tea and it gets the targeted animal....
duckshooting is a LOT more than sit in maimai over decoys and gangbang birds that come in...pretty hard to showcase that though... the episode they did as tribute to Ziggy brought tear to my eye....and a lot of other folks who watched it said they too were reaching for tissue box. that and the episode where they did the old tech Vs new tech are two of the best ones ever...and to give credit where its due they have done at least two deer stalking episodes along similar lines...Willie shot yearlings with a sako 222 and fixed 4x on one and got yearling with SMLE and open sights on another....they tried for sika stag this time last year with SMLE too so they do at times mix it up,Fe really gets in the rough stuff up close n personal with sika..definately capable up close as well as out long.

I dont recall a rusa one but the .222 vixen in the Ruahines pricked my ears - he had borrowed it from a mate of mine - I had sold same chap a vixen several years before as I had ended up with two - did not get a good look at it to see if it was my old one - would like to think so - but yeah good show certainly better watch than hunting Aotearoa