YouTube star "Rogee" the great New Zealand hunting 'n' shooting ambassador.

Disclaimer - I don't know or have ever meet Rogee ( or have any interest / association with "BOB" ) he might be a real CG to sit down have a beer with & I admire his passion, but here are my observations


So I don't watch a lot of YouTube hunting vids, it's never really been my thing, Occasionally a little American - overseas stuff from time to time.

I do watch the Duleys - Red Stag boys when on network TV, these are exceptionally well made, filmed & ethically correct programmes showing Hunting in NZ at it's best.



Then last night at a mates place I was introduced to the world of old mate "Rogee", Crickey dick where do I start ?

Please note - I'm not passing judgement, you can decide that on ya own, these are just some observations I made ( of the 8- 10 vids we watched ) & remember this guy is happy to post for the world to see, he has over 200 vids & seems to love the camera




* It seems to all be LR shooting with his philosophy of "aim for the big bit"

* Many of the shots taken with his 300wsm magic hammer were taken at 500, 600 - 700 plus yards & in terrible shooting conditions, windy as fuk & swirling all over the place

* Gut shooting seems to be "par for the course" funny aye after reading the above

* For some fucked up reason they all do a count down & everyone shoots at once or at a selected animal, probably also relates to the above ( seems the rule of if there's "lead in the air" there's hope applies )

* The SI Tahr hunting vid is well worth a watch, even if ya no into that sort of thing

* Watching these vid's it's a roller coaster of emotions - laughter, cringing & embarrassment

* One of the two founding members of "Brother's of Bobo" ( yes has been mentioned on here before ) apparently a select group of FB hunters n gathers ( limited to 100 ) the best of the best re internet - social media, go you fullas, there's rules n everything about continuing putting up content etc, they even have one young chick in the group called a "She Bob" like wtf as the dad of young adult girls that's just super duper creepy.

* Gotta love the NZDA "rifle safety" check, seems algood while having a rifle strapped to ya pack ( seems no one actually carries one in hand "safe" & easily ready to use ) funny that safety seems to go out the window when shooting, waving em around willy nilly.

* Chur chur to all the sponsors - good to see they know the go aye.

sounds like fit n proper..non animal cruelty.....so move along nothing to see here..except thats opposite of what the ywant..with luck sooner or later SOMEONE in some sort of authority will string up one of these utube warriors for all the world to see..its quite extrodinary it hasnt happened more often yet... they after all provide the evidence...oh no thats right that ISNT GOOD ENOUGH...remember a certain piece of pondscum murdered innocent folks and provided video evidence of doing so and still had to go to trial..... dumbfuckery at its finest..shouldve been,guilty as charged with no reasonable doubt ...

I meet him and his friends on that Tahr hunt, we were in the same Valley. He is more down to earth in person than on YouTube.

As for counting down on shots, ex Military?

Apparently if you carry an ice axe when doing your training walks, fully loaded pack and in ya tacticool clothing makes you fitter, stronger better. Not too much ice up Gisborne way or Mt Kaukau though.

I cringed when I saw that young bull shot… that yearling looked like it was shot in the guts and had its throat cut later when they caught up to it

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Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

As for counting down on shots, ex Military?

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Ahhh, that's a big no. There's all sorts of protocols followed when requesting permission to fire, if that's in your ROEs, but counting down aint one of them!

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Originally Posted by gilly

Apparently if you carry an ice axe when doing your training walks, fully loaded pack and in ya tacticool clothing makes you fitter, stronger better. Not too much ice up Gisborne way or Mt Kaukau though.

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Especially if you are doing it around the streets.


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Originally Posted by Seventenths

I cringed when I saw that young bull shot… that yearling looked like it was shot in the guts and had its throat cut later when they caught up to it

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I cringe when people send me links to the vids-cant watch. Much like in this forum, and every other club- there's some a holes, and there's some good people, there's some stupid people and some geniuses. There's a lot of once a year hunters- just like in here I imagine. Some some walk the walk, and some talk the talk.

Geeze Philipo, ya behind the times mate:)

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Originally Posted by XR500

Ahhh, that's a big no. There's all sorts of protocols followed when requesting permission to fire, if that's in your ROEs, but counting down aint one of them!

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if you watch carefully, they dont even shoot on one or zero, usually its 2.2 :)

Oh jeez, trying to hold my tongue on this one. Nice to see someone seeing things for what they are for once. Lived in that world for a bit (the brothers of bubu). Time I will never get back but these experiences teach young men like me great life lessons.

I watch a lot of YouTube videos when I don't have time to get out myself and have found rogees videos okay, saying that I've never analyzed them too much. Normally just kicking back in the evening with nothing better to do. Sure he uses the platform for advertising and an income but that's the goal of video makers isn't it.

I like his videos. He is showing some good shot and good on him showing the not so good one. Happen to any good hunter once on a while.

I ran into this a while ago, one of his "brothers of bubu" that often hunts with him. Not surprising that some of the long shots end up in the guts.

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I guess no one’s perfect. He’s out there doing it in front of the world and showing his mistakes which a lot don’t (maybe he shouldn’t).
He puts a heap of effort in to get the meat out and his animal welfare is a hell of a lot better than 1080. Is every shot a culler takes ethical???

Not so good for the anti hunting community to see wounded animals. But at the end of the day it’s not like he’s “having a crack”. Apart from the odd wind call that goes a muck, his dope is pretty on point. I’m pretty sure they shoot on the count of 3 so he can back up his mates who are less experienced shooters than he, a lot of the time his mates miss and he doesn’t. The only thing I don’t like is the 30 cal at those distances in the wind. A 7mm would have less deflection, less holding way off the animal in windy situations…

I watched a few of his YouTube videos last night after seeing this post. They aren't really my style personally, but I can't see what the problem is.

He's running a YouTube channel, of course he's going to shout out his sponsors who help fund it.

He and his mates seem to do a much better job than most hunters at visually inspecting each other's rifles to ensure they are safe. Good on them.

They are shooting at long range and for the most part seem to be quite accurate. He did make a shot that looked like it hit the guts, but can all of us say we've never accidentally misplaced a shot? I can't, but my f-ups aren't on YouTube for everyone to judge.

The fact that more than one guy shoots at the animal is probably a good safety net that dramatically decreases the chance of an unethical kill given the long ranges.

What is the actual purpose of this thread - apart from a public mocking?
Its not what I like to see on the forum.

To be honest there are far worse hunting videos posted on youtube than Rogees.

The type of language used on some of them is nothing short of atrocious !!!

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Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

I meet him and his friends on that Tahr hunt, we were in the same Valley. He is more down to earth in person than on YouTube.

As for counting down on shots, ex Military?

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I met him and had a chat last year, seemed like a good sort in person. He is ex NZDF , thats where his long range shooting started.

There's quite a few decent kiwi youtube hunting channels now .

I'm not really a fan of the close circle jerk groups, i.e., BoB.
I watched a few of his YouTube videos in the past and don't really have an issue with them, I've seen better and seen alot worse.
But at least they are honest videos, showing the good shots and the not so good shots, which are normally edited out.

You can’t know someone by watching their youtube. Online content is just a product of whatever the creator wants to portray. Anyone who watches my videos has no idea about what sort of person I am, it’s highly edited and filtered content.

I agree with the above ref online slandering, my apologies for taking the bite. The topic hits a personal spot for me and a few others.

Hahahahahaa

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Originally Posted by Tahr

What is the actual purpose of this thread - apart from a public mocking?
Its not what I like to see on the forum.

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You too could always hide the negative comments in your online portrayal... if you so needed to ��


Was wondering how the Roggee Bob circle jerk was going down with a few on here....

Interesting thread.. interesting ways to play too from most accounts of people who were nearer the uhh, gang in question

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Originally Posted by stagstalker

Oh jeez, trying to hold my tongue on this one. Nice to see someone seeing things for what they are for once. Lived in that world for a bit (the brothers of bubu). Time I will never get back but these experiences teach young men like me great life lessons.

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An give the younger kids a taste of grooming perhaps ... which once older makes ya despise em.. ayy 😎

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Originally Posted by stagstalker

You can’t know someone by watching their youtube. Online content is just a product of whatever the creator wants to portray. Anyone who watches my videos has no idea about what sort of person I am, it’s highly edited and filtered content.

I agree with the above ref online slandering, my apologies for taking the bite. The topic hits a personal spot for me and a few others.

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Whats your youtube channel mate?

I've just watched a couple and found them quite easy watching compared to some of the other local channels.
After watching a recent compilation video where he gives quite a good warning about negative comments and trolling, I can't help wondering if someone got slapped for bagging him.

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Originally Posted by paremata

Whats your youtube channel mate?

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@paremata

https://youtu.be/szCRJeAMw_o

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Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

As for counting down on shots, ex Military?

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Counting down for the shot, will be for building excitement for the Audience.

Someone with a YT channel who should have FAR more subscribers is young Tasman (NZ Wild Adventures). High quality content, great production skills and actual, proper adventures:thumbsup:

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Someone with a YT channel who should have FAR more subscribers is young Tasman (NZ Wild Adventures). High quality content, great production skills and actual, proper adventures:thumbsup:

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Got a link for the lazy?

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Got a link for the lazy?

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https://youtube.com/@nzwildadventures

Rodgees videos don’t spin my wheels a whole lot, but didn’t think there was anything to get ya knickers in a twist about. If ya don’t like his personality then don’t watch him.
He certainly isn’t afraid to put in the hard yards to recover the venison he shoots, and his gun safety yarns can’t be knocked.

#foundout :-)

It’ll happen to everyone of us eventually!

Why wouldn't you just hit the guy up directly with your concerns instead of doing a hit-job on him on here?

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Originally Posted by Tahr

What is the actual purpose of this thread - apart from a public mocking?
Its not what I like to see on the forum.

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Yeah its bullshit. Trial by NZHS forum - again . Dont like it dont watch . Bit like the Maniatis thread ( hope i spelt that correctly ) . Id imagine he's just a joker trying to run a business. The Tall poppy syndrome here is shameful ( in my opinion).

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Yeah its bullshit. Trial by NZHS forum - again . Dont like it dont watch . Bit like the Maniatis thread ( hope i spelt that correctly ) . Id imagine he's just a joker trying to run a business. The Tall poppy syndrome here is shameful ( in my opinion).

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Yup 100% agree

I feel this is terrible. There isn't a lot wrong with his clips. This sort of crap is why the hunting fraternity is due to fail and will never gain any traction with governing bodies. Why bad mouth and trash each other. If it's not your thing then keep it to yourself. I realise being in the public space like YT opens you up to criticism. Doesn't mean you need to act on it. Quite disheartening really.

While I get what some of you are saying, I have to disagree, I think YouTube posters like this do us all more harm than good.
Especially the more impressionable people getting into hunting.
I'm not into watching hunting stuff at all, but the little I've seen of Rogee, I didn't see a single clean kill, infact I thought it was bloody disgusting.
I'm into longrange hunting, but the clear lack of control on when to take shots and when walk away was frightening.
Yes, there are just deer, and they are absolutely everywhere, but they still deserve a decent death.

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