“She wasn’t a paid actor after all”. Gold. Another great vid. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing your skills with us all. Keep up the good work protecting the NZ bush.

16:50 I can't believe nobody picked up on that in the comments 😂 shout out to that sly little smirk bro

I'm an old NZFS culler long retired in Queensland and I loved this video young fella.Took me back to my young days at the opposite end of the South Island. Appreciate your efforts......

love that you dont seemed at all concerned being deep in the bush. got lost a few times out hunting alone and it put the wind up me. ( pre cell phones etc ) thanks for taking us to work with you, i can really enjoy the bush + sounds...without the worry.

That was awesome man. Thoroughly enjoyed that. It must be a long & hard enough day without doing the video work too. So I appreciate your effort as I know the video work is time consuming in itself. You have got yourself a new subscriber. Keep it wild bro. :)

hard mahi bro. Respect for what your doing for our land brother.

That's a lot of possums! The birds and the bush will love it.

Really nice vid bro. First one of yours I've seen. Possumed with my Oldman 30 years ago. Just about exactly the same, but with bait stations. He would use clove oil or cinnamon oil for the smell to drag them in. Nice work bro. Good for the bush!!!!!

Your a legend bro thanks for helping keep our native bush alive if only our government would see this as more beneficial than using 1080 in areas where trapping is able to be done .post more videos 👍👌

i have learned so much from this guy.

@user-su7so9oy5m

9 ай бұрын

also i am the newest comment the other comment was 3 years ago dam

I love your content! Genuine and factual approach whilst entertaining. Pefect example of a true Kiwi bushman making a difference for the better. Respect!

Great vid Mate, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Old man advice here but a wide stance when river crossing helps but so too does taking your pack belt off and loosening your shoulder straps. If you trip over with the 180 traps you’ve got on your back you’re not going to get up in a hurry. Love your work.

@kieranh2005

3 жыл бұрын

He's only got a max of 60 at a time in the pack. He's pre laid bundles of them through the block to pick up on the way.

out the gate master class in possum trapping !!! fantastic demonstration of so many diverse skills being brought together in this great story - with a wonderfully lethal result :)

Awesome, thanks for taking us along for the ride.

Love watching your work mate,what an office!

love your channel and how real you two are !!!

Cheers for taking us along

New favourite channel. I can't stop watching. Informative and relaxing. You're the man bro!

Awesome. Good to see you back

Thoroughly enjoyable to watch

Thanks for the video, good tips on possum trapping, and area selection. Thank you uncle goggle. Love the rock formation tip too, heaps of little hidden holes too sleep in.👍👍👍

Great footage mate. Thanks for your tips and advice You are a great bushman and know your sign and surroundings. Always a good watch. Thanks for the video . Take it easy. it easy

Awesome Shay. A long way from the TeUruwera. It's a pleasure being able to travel with you doing your massive lines. Thank you

Important work and great filming thank you mate

Nice to see yous back at it, groovy Tunes there at the end to Shay..

Awesome bro great to see what you get up to thanks for sharing and keep up the great work

Thats hard yards right there, smashing the numbers though by the looks. 👍

I watched this when it come out, but had to come back and watch again,...

Excellent video, thanks for sharing your expertise, bloody interesting.

Really enjoyed that - seeing a day in the life of a trapper. Cheers mate.

Good to see how others put food on their table. Interesting, but must be hard work there. cheers for sharing.

another top video look forward to more of your work cheers

Excellent keep on keeping on, thank you

Awesome as always

Keep up the great work mate...love your vids👍

Great video...as always, cheers!

Awesome video with lots of knowledge thank you.

Bloody awesome mate love your work 👍👍👍

Been having a go at the possums latley always good to get any knowledge

love your content mate, great stuff!

Hard work paying off bro

Just subscribed, thoroughly enjoying

Kool. Your possums are sooo much prettier than ours👍👍

Awesome video brother keep up the good wk getting rid of pests .

U the man bro don't you forget 💯

Awesome vid mate keep it real🤙🤙

very interesting! thank you for sharing the vid!

great stuff .....

Another awesome video mate love the scenery

Nice work bro your the man

Mean video bro.. liked the last coments on screen about when to move traps

nice video helped heaps with some more tips hope u can keep posting videos

Been years since I trapped & kind of miss the challenges. You certainly achieve a lot of setting during your day. Amazing how the deer weren’t spooked by your clanging & banging on the Line. Loved watching your vid as you were very informative so would be real helpful to new trappers.

Enjoying watching your videos. Got a couple of helpful tips from them.just done a month possuming. Use a shearing counter to keep track of how many I've got for the day. Shame the fur price isn't that good at the moment

I cut a lot of new tracks for DOC on Stewart Island and have cut tracks in Fiordkand too,

love the vids man!!

Awesome video as always brotha! Appreciate the shout out! Hope all is well mate!

Awesome video bro, love your videos :)

last one that was trying to climb the tree was still alive,,,, moved the head 1 sec before u took the camera away. nice work. keep it up

Chur brother. Keep up the good work

Good on ya mate

Thanks sure enjoy you sharing your life and the interesting way you check out new ground. And shearing your private life cheers 🍻.

Giving wildlife a chance deserve a medal

Just subscribed to your channel, Wicked vids man awesome stuff.

Great vid,good looking skins. 33000 odd hectares of Nelson Lakes getting bombed with 1080 this week.

Bloody awesome vid man really enjoyed that one ! Im about to move south soo ill be looking at trapping in my spare time down there . Keep it up man !! Good stuff

i walk these hills with possum on my mind i walk these hills and it feels just fine i pluck their fur for a profit im told i better get plucking before im to old for the damage they cause to our beautiful bush thats why im here thats my push so the next time you see me walking up them hills each day think of the profit or so they say

@kennykoalaz5922

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful bush poem

@kennykoalaz5922

3 жыл бұрын

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Mean bro thats interesting tips about the feed bush . I used to only look 4 runs when trapped in my young days

would be sick to see a satellite image of the ridges you set your traps on, to give us a fair idea on what areas ur trapping, great vid cheers

Ah, the good old days

Solid bro

Good on you

Bloody good videos, love watching them, i have learnt a lot cheers. Kids love watching to.

I enjoy watching your videos. What sort of camera's do you use??

excellent

Great viewing 👍

Good mahi bro 👍 keep the Ngahere pure 🏞️🌈

Good to see keep it up #ban1080

U the man

Sweet

I use to trap years ago back in my early days like about. 1962 thru 1965 for Muskrats and Mink when the pelts were worth Good Money not like today.

How do u set the traps with one hand? Mine r stiff as they r new. But sure love watching your videos, makes me want to set my traps up, not much bush here on the dairy farm but there is a few possums around

Thanks so much for sharing. I am just looking at getting started on this so videos like this are invaluable. Can you please advise me what your bait mix is and the name of the axe/hammer like tool you are using?

love watching someone who noes what they are doing

Awesome vid Shay!!! Are possums attracted to salt? Can you use that to bait traps?

Good to see not everyone uses 1080

@johnmead8437

3 жыл бұрын

1080 for control except easy areas sometimes, commercial hunting for fur/skins. Control levels are way below commercial, running the lines until follow up assessments get the equivalent of

WOW...harder you work, the luckier you get...your showing the answer to the 1080 question..we are missing a massive resource , Kiwi Tree bear is delish..2nd grade can go as pet food..the meat is Omega 3 rich..

Do you ever come across other trappers in the middle of nowhere?

Im from the philippines i need traps like ur's ..

Keep up the good work, NZ is not a place for possums 👍

@howgoodisit

3 жыл бұрын

Well im sure he wants possums, that how he makes his money and why they were introduced in the first place.

Hey I was wondering where my NZ possum down gloves came from. Lol

I always enjoy watching your videos. 180 traps! that a hell of a line to be working, nice to see it paying off with steady numbers. Whats your opinion on TB? Do you think the TB status should be lifted and a possum meat export market be opened up? Would be very appealing to target them nation wide if the whole animal was profitable.

@johnmead8437

3 жыл бұрын

TB is localised. And TB areas are often 1080ed so uneconomic. There is always a potential problem with someone trying it on, either diseased possum or possibly poisoned ones getting processed. It stopped the hare export market in the 1960s when hunters tried selling poisoned hares, and the deer market around 2000 with a helicopter knowingly removing deer from a 1080ed area. Hunters and trust and integrity can be suspect

Holy shit thats a lot of critters !

Hi What was the website that you mentioned for the bag that u have for your flour and staples.

Might this be a good place to grow mushrooms?

Great vid ....wet and fukn cold lol , all part of the fun

Hey mate Awesome video . much respect! I was just wondering what is the pack you are using? Im in the market for a new one and yours looks good .. keep up the good work.

@kieranh2005

3 жыл бұрын

Might be a Tatonka Lastenkraxe load carrier pack frame with the optional rucksack that fits on it. Fully modern, great harness, alloy frame. Edit definitely a Lastenkraxe.

We need more trappers

Do you gps your line? I didn’t see any flagging tape? Or just off a map ?