Thread: Thank you NZ Hunter!

I actually detest and avoid hunting mags and hunting shows alike. I dont really know why. I just do.
Especially American ones. I have refused a couple of times to take part on one in Canada while guiding for some apparently popular youtuber. Just not my thing. Rather make my own adventures and can't really enjoy reading or watching about others.

However I watched a show the NZ hunter adventures did in the wapiti area a while ago where they left a bull to mature and some piece of shit shot it after they told him where it was and he/they swore to also leave it. Apparently another party also left it alone but it was shot next ballot.
It only confirmed the make up of some NZ hunters for me.

What I did enjoy was the hard yards, scenery, filming and the messages they try to instill.
By far the best hunting show I have seen and I have even watched a couple since.
Dont always agree with their assessment of animals and gear but that might be just for tv.
They will have to endorse sponsors and I can imagine a lot of work goes into securing them in this social climate of anti everything.
It would be good if their show got traction overseas as it would educate foreign hunters as to what true NZ hunting was about. Imo it is a great advertisement for NZ.
I have met so many overseas hunters that think you can only hunt from a helo or behind wire here. They literally laugh at us like we do at them, hunting out of stands over bait piles.

To be fair it has to be said not all yanks are soft tree stand hunters either. Goats and sheep without horses are bloody hard hunts. I have also hunted with one american fella, I initially thought would only last a single day on the hill. He almost ran me into the ground. He spent 9 days from daylight till dark in all manner of weather and hardship till we finally got a kill on the 9th and final day of his hunt, an hour before dark. I was honestly looking forward to it getting dark just so it would be over either way. I was exhanusted and beyond the disappointment of failing and almost gave up.
I have never to this day worked so hard for an animal and those boys on NZ hunter adventures seem to do it every week









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Originally Posted by R93

I actually detest and avoid hunting mags and hunting shows alike. I dont really know why. I just do.

I like the "Born and Raised Outdoors" and "The Hunting Public" youtube channels, Randy Newberg is good too. But I like the Born and Raised Outdoors the most. They put in the hard yards, mostly bow hunting. Hunting elk at 10,500 feet from fly camps. I like their ethos and the way they'll drop anything to go and help a fellow hunter, help pack out their elk with them etc.