One of your best vids boys, extended format is a winner. That country was the real star, the Elk were a bonus, didn't even know you Kiwis had imported them. Pity the meat appeared to go to waste. Maybe youse should also import some Grizz as well, they'd thrive there and give youse something else to hunt and hunt you back Ha ha.
This fact you very rarely do long videos makes them a treat. Great trip guys, awesome footage and impressive heads no matter the mistake. Looking forward to seeing more.
looked like an epic trip. Nice ethical hunting. Looked like really hard work to produce an awesome video in such a beautiful country. Thanks for the effort to bring this scenery back to us all
Thanks for such a great comment. We enjoy making our videos and shrink our adventures but this was a big one and took a lot of editing so I appreciate your comment a lot. Cheers🤙
Excellent video, I'm an English hunter, but have hunted Elk in Montana 4 times, public land self guided, managed 2 bulls on my visits, tough country, just like yours!
Epic hunt guys and some nice bulls seen & got even though the last one may have been a little too young. My question is what did you do with all that meat? Happy New Year to you all and your families. How many types of deer are there in N.Z?.
Happy new year! We carry what we can but sometimes on these bigger hunts we do have to leave some behind. In NZ we have wapiti, reds, sika, fallow, rusa, samba and white tail that I can think of off the top of my head. I may have missed one though
Congrats guys on two nice bulls. Awesome video, I really enjoyed watching and it was definitely the best I've seen from you guys so far. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your next video.
Firstly thanks for sharing - great video! Loved every minute 👌that looked like a solid trek!! I reckon fly fishing has to be attempted if you want to catch yourself a fish - happy to give you more tips on that if needed 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it, yea I agree fly fishing would be the way to go. We didn’t take the fly rod on this trip because we were mainly just after wapiti. Wouldn’t go back without a fly rod
Totally enjoy all your posts, hunting, fishing and diving awesome, i understand the remoteness of the area, but such a shame all hunting in the Fiordlands the meat of a remarkable animal is being wasted, showing no respect to their magnificence.
I don't know how you guys handle those almost vertical slopes. I get dizzy just watching your videos. How do you get the meat back home, or do you leave it. A chopper and sling would be nice. Great video. Pax.
OK when did elk get put into New Zealand???? i only thought reds where in the high country. then again i am only an Australian so know nothing about sheep breeding. hehe
Yea we originally did it in two seperate vids but wanted to put it all together and also share our message about the second bull now that we have talked to a few people about it’s age
Venison seems to keep reasonably well for a few days especially if the nights are cooler and you can keep them in the shade during the day. Flies are a bigger problem. We usually cool it down overnight then put it in a bag for the rest of the trip unless there is a meat safe we can hang it
You left some fair animals behind and you should not feel guilty about taking a reasonable trophy. A year or two is not a big issue. Good video and fair hunting.
Thanks James, yes we did leave a lot of animals but we still are disappointed we didn’t get it right with the second bull. It is what it is now though and it was still an amazing trip. Thanks for watching once again.
Do you not take the meat? I understand youtube has anti blood policies in place so it could just be not shown? Elk meat is delicious so I would hope its not wasted.
We stopped showing any butchering of meat because all of our videos were getting age restricted or taken down. It’s so stupid. We don’t take all the meat on these remote hunts but try and take what we can
