Well done team, this will end up as one of the all time classic Fiordland videos. The time and effort to film as much as you did needs to be celebrated. Thank you for sharing your adventure
Wow! That means a lot. So many hours went into this film and it might not be the most seamless showcase ever, but it’s a fitting one we think. The work to cement the memories is well worth it. Thanks heaps for your comment, and glad you enjoyed it!
Well presented. No camera can ever show how huge or dynamic the region is, you have to be there to believe it. Glad to see some nice looking animals back in the area.
I totally agree, the country is huge, certainly makes you feel small. That was something I struggled with the most when filming was trying to capture the size and vastness of the land. All the more reason for people to try it themselves!
I have to say that the way you knit everything together, videography, music and narration is top notch, look forward to seeing the channel grow and sharing many more experiences from the office chair.
when i was in there in the late eighties the numbers were very low nothing around the flats of lake sutherland with few roars, just fantastic to see the numbers of promising animals for the future thanks so much for putting up the video it brought back many memories of our trip
Thanks for watching, its so cool that it brings back memories for you too, it was something I had the pleasure of when editing this, remembering all the small parts that slip your mind.
Top effort guys. I've spent a lot of time in that valley, and it was great to see the stunning scenery and animals again. Thanks so much for capturing and sharing a piece of the ultimate hunting experience in NZ - Fiordlands Wapiti Country!!
Awesome James, I think that’s one of the coolest parts of putting films on UA-cam of our hunts, a bit of a memory bank not only for us, but for those who have hunted the same areas too. Appreciate the watch mate. Cheers!
Great video guys. A pleasure to watch. Love how you used best judgment on the animals and came home empty handed rather than with an animal that had opportunity to mature. Great job
Incredible video. Loved watching this and going on the adventure with you. Your videos surpass the quality of others doing the same. I hope this explodes for you guys! Your epic to watch ❤
Cheers for posting. Nice angles in the filming, beaut sequences and really liked your attention to detail wth how you've timed your music to the footage Kieran... Great edit. And you were lucky having those two pack-haulers to lug gear around the hills with... It's good to see them getting older and slower 😆
Cheers mate! Glad you’ve enjoyed! Appreciate the kind words. They’re absolute workhorses mate… a slow Buschl still has more ticker than most folk. Built different 😂
@@chasingpeaks true that . . . loved that response . . . "a slow Buschl still has more ticker than most." Having taken Si for his first trip into Fiordland and the Wap blocks I quickly learnt that lesson!
Hi Sudz Stalk, Thanks for the Sub. We wish you all the best in the Wild Natives! You will have a blast and an unforgettable experience regardless of weather!
Ive given up Lugging around DSLR's in the bush. You can get images that are just as good with an APS-C Sony IMO, Good on you for holding fire on those promising stags. Unfortunately you could get another group of Ballot winners another year that would clean up half of those young stags and think they have had an awesome hunt...
Hi Severlan, The weight of DSLR gear takes its toll for sure. Always thinking about and considering other options. You’re not wrong. Some parties will shoot these bulls but they certainly get an extra chance at surviving if we don’t shoot them. Consider the possibility we will bump into one of them again in the future. Better way of thinking than taking home one of these younger bulls. 8+ yr olds 👍
Cheers Julian, Trout is great. Especially from such clean clear waters. Be good to see if Alby becomes something in the future himself. Certainly a recognizable coat on him.
Bro his great grn pap wasent a moose. But yer they were there. My great greastest grandpap was a fish ive been told. Haha we all like a drink no dought. Cheers
Top notch video guys , extremely well put together. Well done. And hopefully educational for those people who say they only want to shoot a trophy but end up shooting a good stag or bull (that would have been a trophy in a year or two). Sounds like a worn record but we have to keep trying. I've got a canvas print on the wall of a good 14 point red stag roaring and that's my trophy from this year. It's far better to shoot a good stag with a camera rather than a rifle !
Cheers mate! Appreciate it! It wasn’t too bad, only about a 15 min walk. It was a well cut track too. Certainly worth a look if you don’t want to fork out for a heli ride.
I know both American wapiti(Elk) and European wapiti(Red Stag) have been introduced to New Zealand do you know/ think these animals are hybrids or are typically mostly the Red Stag variety?
Hi Blake, We have a very different herd of Wapiti. It is safe to say none are of Pure wapiti strain, anymore. They are hybrids. Thankfully with a very selective management programme the FWF (Fiordland wapiti foundation) have successfully got some Bulls testing in the 70%+ wapiti vs Red deer genetics. Only in the last 10 years has it become very evident the wapiti genetics are still strong with a lot of wapiti characteristics in body and antler.
Come on you guy's stop bullshiting every one. These are all red stags. Go to a Wapiti farm and see what a Wapiti looks like, certainly not like these.Where's the throw backs on the top of the antlers and the bugles. The only thing you here are roars.
Hey Mark! We certainly didn’t set out to bullshit anyone - it’s a shame you feel that way. We just wanted to show people our experience of Fiordland and try to capture the animals we saw the best we could. Unfortunately that is the nature of the Wapiti herd in Fiordland these days, a lot of cross breading with reds, and hopefully with the management of the area, over time we will see better quality of animals with the limited Wapiti genes we have left in the country. Hopefully we see a shooter next time! Cheers.
Sorry Mark, but your ignorance is showing, regarding Fiordland Wapiti… They are Wapiti with varying degrees of Red genes aswell. Stick to your farm hunts 👍
You simply don't get it Mark...... The rugged terrain, the animals, the history, the weather and the challenge of the whole experience is what draws gutsy hunters like the chasing peaks NZ team to this majestic hunting location. You keep your Wapiti on the farm Mark - leave the Bulls of Fiordland to the real hunters!! Top effort Chasing Peaks NZ !!
Well done team, this will end up as one of the all time classic Fiordland videos. The time and effort to film as much as you did needs to be celebrated. Thank you for sharing your adventure
Wow! That means a lot. So many hours went into this film and it might not be the most seamless showcase ever, but it’s a fitting one we think. The work to cement the memories is well worth it. Thanks heaps for your comment, and glad you enjoyed it!
Well presented. No camera can ever show how huge or dynamic the region is, you have to be there to believe it. Glad to see some nice looking animals back in the area.
I totally agree, the country is huge, certainly makes you feel small. That was something I struggled with the most when filming was trying to capture the size and vastness of the land. All the more reason for people to try it themselves!
I have to say that the way you knit everything together, videography, music and narration is top notch, look forward to seeing the channel grow and sharing many more experiences from the office chair.
Thanks mate! Cheers for watching. Will be more to come, just gotta get out there!!!
Great story guys you can see you have a passion and eye for it well done keep up the great work!
Thanks heaps mate. Enjoy every aspect of it. Cheers for watching.
when i was in there in the late eighties the numbers were very low nothing around the flats of lake sutherland with few roars, just fantastic to see the numbers of promising animals for the future thanks so much for putting up the video it brought back many memories of our trip
Thanks for watching, its so cool that it brings back memories for you too, it was something I had the pleasure of when editing this, remembering all the small parts that slip your mind.
One of the best Fiordland videos I've seen 👍. I've hunted wapiti River before so awesome to see alot of familiar country again.
Wow! Cheers Nick! Glad we could give you an insight into it again. You get to know those hills pretty well after spending 10 days in them eh! Ha.
Good to see someone else putting effort into making great videos with great stories behind them. Well done, really enjoyed it.
Thanks mate!! Cheers for watching.
Oh man what an absolutely fantastic edit!! Well done mate and really appreciate the efforts putting that together 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks man, had a blast throwing it together. Fingers crossed for another block eh!
Very nice video my friend..there are many mountain goat there...good job bro👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice work guys, I appreciate the efforts you put into making this video.
Top effort guys.
I've spent a lot of time in that valley, and it was great to see the stunning scenery and animals again.
Thanks so much for capturing and sharing a piece of the ultimate hunting experience in NZ - Fiordlands Wapiti Country!!
Awesome James, I think that’s one of the coolest parts of putting films on UA-cam of our hunts, a bit of a memory bank not only for us, but for those who have hunted the same areas too. Appreciate the watch mate. Cheers!
Unreal bois, somehow only just watched this, cheers lads.
Thanks bro! Better late than never hay! Cheers for watching mate.
Fantastic viewing,,,, Epic trip. Thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure!
Great video. What an awesome experience. Really enjoyed that
Thanks Rob! Cheers for watching!
Great vid guys! Brought back some memories of the area👍
Thanks, Jason! An unreal piece of the world we have down there eh. Cheers for watching!
This is epic! Love those time lapses 🤩
Cheers Harriet! Thanks for the sub ;)
Stunning video lads, beautiful footage and great narration! Thoroughly enjoyed watching your expedition.
Cheers Scott!
Great video guys. A pleasure to watch. Love how you used best judgment on the animals and came home empty handed rather than with an animal that had opportunity to mature. Great job
Thanks Grant! An amazing experience regardless of whether an animal hits the deck or not! Thanks for watching!
That was awesome mate! Really enjoyed it, such a great edit... Looking forward to more! Cheers 👍
More to come for sure! Keep your eyes peeled! Thanks for watching.
such a rad video Simon. loved it
Cheers Jody!
World class mate! Great work!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Incredible video. Loved watching this and going on the adventure with you. Your videos surpass the quality of others doing the same. I hope this explodes for you guys! Your epic to watch ❤
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Superbly put together 👍👍
Thanks for watching mate.
The video was real good watching, well put together! Really really enjoyed it!
Cheers Joe! Thanks for watching mate.
Excellent quality vid, very professional. Great effort. Thanks
Thanks Kel! Glad you enjoyed!
Outstanding video mate a pleasure to watch and enjoy your experience. So many promising animals the place truly is paradise 🍻
Thank you!! A real special place eh. Thanks for watching
Premium viewing lads, cheers for sharing!
Thanks for watching mate.
This was a great vid & I enjoyed going on the trip with you.
Cheers Craig!!
Epic adventure, thanks for showing it to us. Pretty lucky with the pack fall, could have been worse than it was.
Very lucky mate... Never will I make that mistake again.. lol - Kieran
Wicked video lads! Enjoyed the narration aswell
Cheers Lance!
Very well put together video. Good to see people who appreciate nature and aren't just out there to shoot anything that moves. Keep it up guys. 👍
Sometimes shooting it with a camera is just as rewarding! Thanks for watching Dave.
Absolutely awesomely put together boyz
Cheers Richard!! Thanks for watching mate.
Beeeaaaaauuttiiiffuuull!
Thanks, mate.
Great stuff thanks for the vid
Pleasure mate! Thanks for watching.
Wicked video! Really well done and great story telling
Glad you enjoyed it!
Unreal stuff kez boi this is sick!
Thanks mate!!! Cheers for watching bro ❤️
Fantastic video- brilliant music, clear editing... well done guys
Thanks Lance! Cheers for watching.
Cheers for posting. Nice angles in the filming, beaut sequences and really liked your attention to detail wth how you've timed your music to the footage Kieran... Great edit.
And you were lucky having those two pack-haulers to lug gear around the hills with... It's good to see them getting older and slower 😆
Cheers mate! Glad you’ve enjoyed! Appreciate the kind words. They’re absolute workhorses mate… a slow Buschl still has more ticker than most folk. Built different 😂
@@chasingpeaks true that . . . loved that response . . . "a slow Buschl still has more ticker than most." Having taken Si for his first trip into Fiordland and the Wap blocks I quickly learnt that lesson!
Mate how good , outstanding edit bud great watch
Cheers big fella!!!
Awesome video, some nice bulls left to grow too 👍
Some of those animals will end up being an amazing trophy for somebody one day! Cheers for watching.
Great Adventure guys :), just subscribed
Awesome video lads how good
bloody awesome video
Thanks for watching mate!
congratulations lads
Awesome Guys!! Nice Edit!!
Cheers mate!
Nice guys; some time went into that edit, new subscriber here! Hopefully heading into Wild Natives this ballot, hope we get weather like you did!
Hi Sudz Stalk,
Thanks for the Sub. We wish you all the best in the Wild Natives! You will have a blast and an unforgettable experience regardless of weather!
I would say that wapiti that fell down the hill would have lost its ear during the fall ,looks like its antlers got bashed as well.
Seems to be the only explanation eh, pretty brutal out there. Those hills don't discriminate! Antlers were basically floating, skull badly damaged.
First time to your channel bloody good 👍 video il subscribe 👌 👍
Cheers mate!! Appreciate it!
Ive given up Lugging around DSLR's in the bush. You can get images that are just as good with an APS-C Sony IMO, Good on you for holding fire on those promising stags. Unfortunately you could get another group of Ballot winners another year that would clean up half of those young stags and think they have had an awesome hunt...
Hi Severlan,
The weight of DSLR gear takes its toll for sure. Always thinking about and considering other options.
You’re not wrong. Some parties will shoot these bulls but they certainly get an extra chance at surviving if we don’t shoot them. Consider the possibility we will bump into one of them again in the future. Better way of thinking than taking home one of these younger bulls.
8+ yr olds 👍
Wicked video bro!!!!
Appreciate it!!
Trouts great. Like ya didnt shoot. Albys great great grandad. Was big elk. Grazy to think even moose. Cheers
Cheers Julian,
Trout is great. Especially from such clean clear waters.
Be good to see if Alby becomes something in the future himself. Certainly a recognizable coat on him.
Bro his great grn pap wasent a moose. But yer they were there. My great greastest grandpap was a fish ive been told. Haha we all like a drink no dought. Cheers
Insane Guys! dreams!
Cheers!!
Cracking video! I hope to get down to fiordland one day to chase the wapiti. Tu meke! (and subd)
Hey Seshins,
Cheers for the Sub! Hopefully more content to come.
Top notch video guys , extremely well put together. Well done. And hopefully educational for those people who say they only want to shoot a trophy but end up shooting a good stag or bull (that would have been a trophy in a year or two). Sounds like a worn record but we have to keep trying. I've got a canvas print on the wall of a good 14 point red stag roaring and that's my trophy from this year. It's far better to shoot a good stag with a camera rather than a rifle !
Couldn't agree more mate. Quality not quantity!
Woowwweeee amazing stuff lads 👏
❤️
Good shit lads, loved the vid!! What was the track like between Lake TeAnau and Hankinson? Easy enough to portage an inflatable through?
Cheers mate! Appreciate it! It wasn’t too bad, only about a 15 min walk. It was a well cut track too. Certainly worth a look if you don’t want to fork out for a heli ride.
I know both American wapiti(Elk) and European wapiti(Red Stag) have been introduced to New Zealand do you know/ think these animals are hybrids or are typically mostly the Red Stag variety?
Hi Blake,
We have a very different herd of Wapiti. It is safe to say none are of Pure wapiti strain, anymore. They are hybrids. Thankfully with a very selective management programme the FWF (Fiordland wapiti foundation) have successfully got some Bulls testing in the 70%+ wapiti vs Red deer genetics.
Only in the last 10 years has it become very evident the wapiti genetics are still strong with a lot of wapiti characteristics in body and antler.
What was conclusion on the Deers ear? Great Film btw. Thanks.
Hi Stewart, no conclusion. A young bull fallen to his death and possibly picked apart by scavenging birds.
niiiice!
Thanks mate!!
New Zealand has the best pies
Meat pies are the bomb! 🙌
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now thats hunting not shooting well done
Thanks mate! More to it than just an animal on the deck!!
lol to the pack falling
Yeah, no good.... Lesson learnt... lol.
Re abandonded stag mabye other group of hunters shot it and fancey some deer ear stew
😂😂
Come on you guy's stop bullshiting every one. These are all red stags. Go to a Wapiti farm and see what a Wapiti looks like, certainly not like these.Where's the throw backs on the top of the antlers and the bugles. The only thing you here are roars.
Hey Mark! We certainly didn’t set out to bullshit anyone - it’s a shame you feel that way. We just wanted to show people our experience of Fiordland and try to capture the animals we saw the best we could. Unfortunately that is the nature of the Wapiti herd in Fiordland these days, a lot of cross breading with reds, and hopefully with the management of the area, over time we will see better quality of animals with the limited Wapiti genes we have left in the country. Hopefully we see a shooter next time! Cheers.
Sorry Mark, but your ignorance is showing, regarding Fiordland Wapiti…
They are Wapiti with varying degrees of Red genes aswell.
Stick to your farm hunts 👍
You simply don't get it Mark......
The rugged terrain, the animals, the history, the weather and the challenge of the whole experience is what draws gutsy hunters like the chasing peaks NZ team to this majestic hunting location.
You keep your Wapiti on the farm Mark - leave the Bulls of Fiordland to the real hunters!!
Top effort Chasing Peaks NZ !!