Met Charlie years ago in the late 80’s and he was a top bloke with a awesome sense of humour

@BackridgeButcher

2 ай бұрын

Did you meet him at the Boyd? His sense of humor in his books was amazing

@rangireice1059

2 ай бұрын

Met him at Makahu carpark and he let us stay in the doc rangers hut after we’d come out of Backridge fridge (bivi) in the snow after a Southerly had come through, we’d made the trip up from Motueka and had to wait for our ride from another part of our crew who had gone elsewhere. Top bloke with a great sense of humour alright.

The same airstrip we flew into into in 1987 with Air Charter Taupo all those years ago.This brings back many memories of my first hunt in NZ.What an experience!!

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

I'm guessing things won't have changed much?

Little reds a bloody lovely good sort m8

nice work team BRB looked like an awesome flight in, amazing country and that camera has great zoom

That got my blood pumpin. So long since I flew so often with Air Charter Taupo with Graham, Arthur and Christine. The back country down there is one of my favourite places to be. One time I had shot so many deer that we took quite a bit of tea tree back to Taupo from the end of one of the airstrips, probably a teeny bit overloaded.

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you had some awesome trips mate, planes certainly make you feel alive!!

Nice vid mate, had a bit of a chuckle from the peach reference. Not a bad head shot over 400 yards too, well done

What an awesome trip together. Love the Pup's glassing technique 😂

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha she's slowly learning her craft

Yep great thanks guys , RIP , Air charter , and Chris X ,now way to much to fly in

BRB time to hunt,great places to explore and learn more about thank you.

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

It's certainly a neat part of the backcountry

Awesome hunting trip and great video and footage Gllen, excellent head shot on a nice young stag and great venison for the table too.Thanks team and greetings to you all,, Tony.

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony, hit the stag about 6 inches down the neck! It looked like a head shot on the video, but I'm not that good a shot lol

@waikarimoana

3 ай бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher Was a great shot mate, 👍

Nice vid , yea miss Taupo Air Charters also Chris X , those fish are hard work in gin clear water ,worms or live bait if allowed would trick em lol

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Don't think I was ever going to win this fish battle Ken! Cheers for watching

Great vid . Good to see some great flying by the Ice Man Brian

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

He's super cool under pressure mate, cheers for watching

@serverlan763

3 ай бұрын

Try a green Mepps Veltic next time or a tiny Rapala. I thought that river was fly fishing only but?

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

💯 sure you can use spinners mate, we & friends have triple checked the rules that we can find, appreciate your concern though, I don't want to go to jail

@serverlan763

3 ай бұрын

No dramas, last time i fished there was back in around 2002, I used to fly in with Christine and then hike down the river and fly camp, similar to what you guys were doing. Green Mepps Veltics work very well in those crystal clear back country rivers. @@BackridgeButcher

great trip ,love that place

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Special part of the backcountry, thanks for watching

Awesome mate, cool little adventure!

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Greg, when are you after Sika next??

@greghughson7450

3 ай бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher I’d like to do another mission or two soon on foot, then it’s 🚁 into Otutu for our annual roar trip

How many dogs you run i see you have at least a couple, can i ask the breeding, done alot pighunting around nelson but in western Australia now. Love watching your adventures and you give good info really good

@BackridgeButcher

2 ай бұрын

Lab,GWP, wirehaired vizsla...kind of all crossed together mate

Hi from Australia, i really enjoy your videos, thanks for all your effort, fishing wise, try throwing your lure with the current, not really natural coming upstream?, might help, thanks again !

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate for the kind words and advice, where abouts in aussie are you and what do you get to hunt??

@ningaloo67

3 ай бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher Hi I’m in Victoria Far East Gippsland, Sambar deer here but still recovering from the Bush fires. Trout will sit in the water head facing upstream, waiting for there food source to come with the current, less effort , look for the white/pale rocks, they will sit on which makes there food stand out as it travels over it, thanks again BRB.

excellent- bahahahaha "peach of a day" lol

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Millions of peaches, peaches for me

To hell with that, there didnt look to be a lot of clear sky between those clouds and those nasty hills when you flew in...

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Definitely wasn't good in the Ruahine, hence the reason we took the long way round north of the Kaweka’s, was really cool seeing some new area from the birds eye view

What does it cost you for a cost sharing flight? Can you fit 5 people in there??

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

You pay 1/2 the fuel mate

Shot my first sika stag on Charlie’s old air strip

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

What year was that?

@jadejaslarz8019

3 ай бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher it was 2020 didn’t know it was a airstrip till I watched your video haha

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

@@jadejaslarz8019 Awesome

Bread for trout m8 👍

@BackridgeButcher

3 ай бұрын

Seriously? Why do trout like bread? Small pieces of venison I could understand, but bread?

@Matt-ze2xc

3 ай бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher they just love it little balls rolled up size of marble