The last Sika i got was around te Haroto forest when doing possum trapping.95 96 thank you for the videos.

Awesome video and footage, thanks for a great trip and best regards,, Tony.

Cheers Glenn,Ya had a good look and that is all you can do. Thanks for posting.👍

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Still kicking myself for not charging down the hill when Annie barked the first time...

@nakisteelo4761

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher You could try that if it happens again, might work might not. I was a goat culler once and some dogs would take you to where they had something bailed and some wouldn't. If ya didn't have the dog you couldn't bail it. And by the way it went up hill after being hit it will probably live anyway. Don't sweat it mate dogs going well.👍

Not finding a deer sux, it’s one of those things that you never forget, if you care. you remember it clearly no mater how much time passes, excellent effort to recover it, well done.

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Your so right Peter, I remember the deer I have missed over the years more than the deer harvested

Damm good vid , made me home sick.

thanks for posting ,enjoyed

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure

Awesome video man enjoyed that iv been to that kaweka flats biv about 4years just after the big snow storm that buggered that bush the track looks alot better nick than it was then,thermals it's one of those conversations u'll either love them or hate them I'll say no more ✌️👍 always sucks when you can't find the deer that was a good shot mate

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ruahine! Thermals are the elephant in the room right now, I believe about 75% of my clients use them now but not many want to talk about it 🧐 Cheer's for watching 👍👍

Hard luck losing that hind but that’s how hunting goes sometime! You’re a tough bugger…I enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work! 👍👍👍

Nice Work mate, i really wanna get up there

Thanks for keeping it real BRB. At times hunting is amazing, at others it is damn good resilience training!

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

We have to keep it real as there's to much fluffy stuff on social media, hunting is all about learning lessons

Hi I have a thermal spotter a complete game changer, yes you might pick them up in your binos but the thermal is so much quicker once you have learned how to use them and got used to them. I was always against having them but after trying I won't leave home without them

Was trying to explain this to a young fella just the other day. No matter how many years experience you have you will lose won or miss a few now and then. Got to take the good with the bad. It's all part of the formula

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

100% Rob

You can't use a Thermal spotter on DOC land but it's ok for them to drop 1080 everwhere. The logic of a Govt Dept.

Chairs BB, thanks for ya time and effort, solo film hunting ain't easy!

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

No it's bloody hard work but rewarding when it all comes together

Loosing them is the worst feeling alright. Man it sucks! That shot looked good to me, almost wonder if Annie tracked straight in on it but the yearling who likely hung around then ran off and Annie then chased it which is what the first bail up would have been? Never know I guess aye and that’s the most frustrating part.

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Id say it played out something like that mate

Yup been lost off the Spur trying to find that "track". It's a jungle in there. I'd be glad to have gotten out let alone find that deer. Nasty

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

How long ago were you up Dicks spur Don?

@snoop2477

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher 2016

Great vid my bro, some of those doc policies need amending eh. Chur my bro

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Its a discussion that needs to happen, I get tired of hearing about too many deer here and there, so why shouldn't we be able to use a great tool like this?? I don't believe those making the rules understand the technology and might be afraid of it

@EastcoastHunters

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher Could be they are comfy in their jobs and tools like this might make their job redundant after a while

Awesome stuff team not the nicest to hunt in that sort of weather. Trust me we all know how use feel when ya shoot an hit an animal an can’t find it not a good feeling but awesome hunt

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike

Called in to KF Biv last summer ( Not too far for old farts as well as the young 'uns) Never have I heard so many kiwi calls late evening and early morning and kaka went all day. Well done trapping crew you are doing a great job. Please learn to reset the 200's so if they have been tripped you have another chance of capture before the crew goes through. Each trap is numbered and I am sure a quick E-mail to NZ hunter quoting number , date and catch species will be appreciated.

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

How are the boxes sealed? I didn't realise we were allowed to reset them Timmo??

@timmonapier8832

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher The lid is held on by screws, normally only a couple. A leatherman will do the trick. If I manage to knock over a veni and the heart is badly shot up (Or liver) putting some of that in the trap will pull in the ferrets and rats for the next few days. Don't forget to drag the heart/liver across the ground and right up to the entrance to the trap. Leaving small off cuts along the drag trail all helps too. Should be a vid out there somewhere showing how to do this

@timmonapier8832

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher If you come across a rat head down and arse up in the trap, pushing it to the back of the trap and then resetting can work too especially if it's a female.

Brother. The permit wording is ambiguous. It says.Hunting with any night vision equipment, thermal imaging, infrared or heat detecting devices..it doesnt mean you cant use a thermal to find deer, just you cant use one to hunt them on a rifle

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply Aston...Hunting with any night vision equipment, thermal imaging, infrared or heat detecting devices...is strictly prohibited on the standard conditions set out by DOC

@astondriver

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackridgeButcher do you have an email address. I can forward you the email I have from local DOC office.

@BackridgeButcher

2 жыл бұрын

@@astondriver backridgebiv@yahoo.co.nz

A little disappointed with the no deer tally 😉