epic clip bro.I grew up in Fiordland. No mention of the bluddy sand flies down at the lake...Those possum skins on the shoulders of your vest are a good idea for extra padding for carrying a heavy pack. You are one of the few other youtubers I watch. Thanks for taking us with you. LIKED.

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feed back mate ! Yep the sand flys are bastards at times alright lol, and likewise with your videos mate, cheers

@Toyota20016

6 жыл бұрын

Clay Tall Stories when are you uploading next can't wait haven't seen a vid in ages

@bushwacker8521

6 жыл бұрын

Clay Tall Stories took a break to go back to work or something like that.

@Toyota20016

6 жыл бұрын

Bush Wacker I know that

American here! I completely support your campaign against invasive possums

Mate! I saw someone share a link to this video in an nz hunting group, I don't normally click on people's channels but I'm so glad I did, this video was so cool and I'm so happy I've finally found a good nz hunting/trapping channel, go hard mate, great videos.

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the feed back mate, glad you enjoyed the video !

Good to see someone else rocking the Vivobarefoot shoes. I do all my bush missions in them too.

Thanks for your video. Bring back memories of my youth hood back in the early 70's....look forward to your posts :)

You found your happy place quite early in life bro ... I admire and respect your balanced character.. both in and out of the bush.. cheers bro your awesome..

Love your work brother/sister. You have a beautiful office to work and play in. Looks like you guys are doing pretty well. Good stuff guys. Keep it up.

Great scenery alright, and talk about being at home in your surroundings, you're casual with it, which only comes with living it so often it's just natural. Another wicked vid Shay... keep em coming

Aa a young girl my dad trapped and had a pack of hounds he would hunt with. We trapped raccoons, possums, fox, and with the hounds bobcats and cougars (mountain lions). I can remember being told to wait here on a stump in the dark, hearing the hounds and the cats hiss, was a little scary for a 10 year old. May be why I am scared of the dark as an adult 😂 From one outdoor lover to another this is a great video, subscribed

Absolutely stunning scenery and love this vid

Great channel mate ! Just come across it now ! You are right at home where the majority would struggle.

Man I love your videos keep up the great work from Melbourne

Shady/Abby. Kiwi Real good vids thanks for sharing your experience. Learning heaps.1080 sucks. You're right more trapping Less poison. People have just lost the skill to hunt. Our land is valuable. We all need to look after it. Teach the young to hunt. Through our school system. A part of learning. To be a kiwi Regards will Reardon

damn bro you should join the NZSAS your as hard as nails, much respect

@wjun0131

3 жыл бұрын

Even just the thought of killing another human being is mentally taxing.

Awesome video mate, you guys do a top job trying to keep on top of those little buggers, all while earning some cash. Great few days in the life of a trapper. I do miss that place though.....

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate

Great camera work made this video even better

Thats such a dreamy line, good as vid camera works top notch 👍

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

Awesome clip man,keep up the good work

I hadn’t viewed this vid, so I did. You are a mountain man for sure. You take care when you out there doing it. Cheers from Brizzy Aust. 🇦🇺🐨

GREAT VIDEO pure and natural,happy hunting.

Awesome vid, primo scenery

As always great vid.

cool video, really enjoyed watching it !!!

Your vids are bloody epic mate. Good stuff keep it up.

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

nice one bro awesome country looks great nice vest too bro with the possum skins

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro!

Great video! What was the white powder bait? Your possums are different than ours here in the USA. Do you use the furs, or is there a bounty on them?

My first job was small scale possum trapping and in Gisborne we tend to have more black possums then grey. In my year of trapping I got 2 grey ones.

Stunning views, another awesome vlog. Churr Bro

Just discovered your channel Great 👍 work

Hey, just watched the first video. What do you do with the possums after you have trapped them?

Awesome buddy keep em coming

Hey man awesome content ! Just found your channel a couple of days ago. Interested to know your preference of footwear , socks, keeping your feet dry. Seems you wear shoes over boots ?

Awesome dude, you are living the dream, where is that? Somewhere in fiordland I'm guessing?

Wow totaley awesome vid guys

That's a nice office to work in, cheers

do you use a sleeping pad or underquilt in your hammock? awesome videos by the way, hell of a lifestyle!!

Awsome clip bro love the views

Awsome bro mean as. Beautiful part of the country

Awesome one mate, enjoy your videos and look forward to more

Hi Shay, are you able to do a vid on skinning, noticed your technique in 'bushmens tucker' was pretty on to it, but would like to see proper skinning for tanning etc. Also how do you know where the hell you've put traps when your lines are so long and varied? Awesome vids so far tho, keep it up. ps - why don't you eat the nice young deer livers?

My uncle worked at Knobbs flat when they had ministry of works there, ask about him Alan Metcalf a legend around that area. he also found a Moa Skelton up up creek bed near there when he was Deer stalking.

I'd like to know more about sleeping in a hammock maybe in a video. I'm a subscriber and love your work

Awesome bro keep the vids coming

Hey bro good videos and educational I just have 1 question because I'm setting myself up to start trapping around Hawkes bay area. How long can you hold fur before taking it in to the fur buyer? Cheers

@eugenemcroy8304

4 жыл бұрын

I mean like does it start to smell

Awesome vid mate!!!I'm surprised possums were that high up. Did you find them up high in the beech in te urewera

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, yea generally beech holds a few less than the podocarp, bit different around tussock country though with all that summer time grazing for the possums

Slay those pests bro. Do the mahi get the treats

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Chur bro

I got to say that is some Beautiful territory I hope it stays that way.

Keep up the good work.

What traps ya running mate. Also I'm tasked with the job of creating a healthy and safety policy for trappers. Any help would be awesome

Nice one! How many possums from the 120 traps?

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

40 odd that day from memory

Another mean clip bro! What happened to your fibram shoes?

Sat here in Aus watching this and wishing I was back in NZ !...... no sand flies ?

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Oh cool mate, yea heaps of bloody sand flys around the lake lol

Y'all animal are different from ours ! Pretty place!

Just wondering do you rate Victor traps . And would you worrie about Desenting them. Regards will Reardon

Love it bro - mean Mahi

Awesome vid bro! How do you normally get into your locations?

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, bit of a mixture of walking, boating, or helicopter

awesome video bro keep it real churr

How do you dispatch the possums?

Great vid mate, just wondering what bait you use for the possums

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, lures roughly 7 parts flour 2 parts icing sugar and one part brown sugar, with a Scented oil added for smell like eucalyptus, aniseed, clove, etc

@imaginewhirledpeas6696

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeepingItWild oh cool...was wondering myself and for some reason my first thought was just powdered sugar.

Bloody awesome bro. Are you still down South?

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Yea bro

Hey Shay, have just sold my second few kg of fur bro, running 30 traps to get me going, was just curious since you said you trap full time, whats the rules with tax and gst and what not, we get a cash check from the fur trader up here, was just trying to figure out whats the rules with such here in nz is there a or certain amount of money you can make before you have to worry about tax etc? not really my forte was curious too know if you had any insight on such, i couldn't find anything online that made any sense. cheers bro :)

if you pluck the fur how is it used?

What make of traps do you use.

Kia ora bro! great vid

Bit more white stuff around than up home aye bro! Keep up the good work and some nice looking fluff getting taken out of the bush. Good on you man

Wicked breatha i havnt been trappin in ages mate

That view tho!

What a mean video mate can't wait for the next one

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro

How often u supposed to check traps over there?

@KeepingItWild

5 жыл бұрын

Lyons 94 every day

Also how do you make money from them? Is there a bounty or sell the fur?

@KeepingItWild

5 жыл бұрын

Sell the fur which is made into clothing, bedding etc

And dude. You rule. 🤘

Hi mate, best fuckin channel ive come accross in a long time,, good work , Rob from over the ditch in TAS

whats your editing software

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Adobe premire pro

10:03 when a pakeha try’s popping a manu for the first time

did you make that possum jacket. looks mean

Hennesy Hammock?

do u live down south.

YEEEYEEEEE

Hey bro just a quick question. I'm looking to get into possum hunting. When you skin possums that are intended for sale to a tanner/fur man, do you have to do anything to the skin or do you just roll it up? Like do you have to salt/treat the fat side with anything ? And if you just roll it up is there a way to roll them? Cheers bro!

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, if your selling them green (not dried) just fold them length ways skin on skin, roll em up and put them in freezer to keep them from going off. Just need to de frost them before you take them in to sell so buyer can grade them.

Where u from brother I like to visit u and hunt with u sir.? It look so beautiful up there

10:07 when you drive through Christchurch...

How do u kill them

Can't beat smoked tuna

My NIGGA KEEPIN it 💯

good video man but can you please take the logo out of the bottom right corner, it distracted me the whole video thanks :)

What a bad ass! Looks like hard work butt very satisfying l would think.

U da man bro thats all i got 2 say

@Harry-ei7os

5 жыл бұрын

Na kuz. U da man

0:47 - 1:30 "GREEN SCREEN:" In the background. WHAT, that's REAL..................Well F*** me, AWESOME.

The things us kiwis do for a few possums

Cougars? What kind of cougars are there in NZ?

@KeepingItWild

5 жыл бұрын

Not Cougars in NZ mate, well not in the bush anyway

@clintperkinson2681

5 жыл бұрын

Keeping It Wild I didn’t think so, but I thought u said u were concerned that cougars might have destroyed your camp? I was confused. What were u saying?

@KeepingItWild

5 жыл бұрын

Oh right, It was the Keas I was worried about

Fxxk. you are the real deal bro! Legend.

Im here again sir present 👋 God bless always hunt safe im still hoping to your gun sir as a gift for me 😁 im her in philippines and i love hunting to and adventure that's why im admire you very much i hope you will read my comment sir

How can I work it to get to do what you do ? No shit.

whats that soundtrack

@KeepingItWild

6 жыл бұрын

First ones off go pro app, second ones Abby made on a music making program

@ryanconner2912

6 жыл бұрын

thanks

Envious 😯

good on ya I know its not easy carrying that many traps up a mountain. You should be getting paid out of the 100 million dollar government pest control budget $10 for each set of ears on top of your fur.

mean vid

What kind of trap is that? Is it a gin trap?

use a cut down baseball bat for possums. save the hammer for the traps

hello noticed that on your instagram had a pic of lake horoko presume its that same lake in this video? anyway we are going down there soon know of a good place realatively near the road (don't mind walking but don't want to walk a lot)