Flour and some sort of scent is standard. Among the possuming experts secret recipes exist, a scientific trial revealed the only one that made a significant difference was orange essence. DoC doesn't allow some flavours attractive to birds, it's specified on their permits. Dickheads doubtless ignore this, and increasing the risk of bird capture increases the risk of trap bans, Icing sugar mixed in 5:1 ratio was used as a plain standard lure when monitoring (population assessing) to remove the risk of lure flavour aversion.. It attracted ok. Cinnamon is both attractant and bird repellent, it is standard 1080 pellet flavour. The lack of "mass bird deaths" (apart from embedded in the minds of the reliable mates who've seen them along with chemtrails, hidden vaccination problems etc) endorses its value.
I didn't catch many possums but I sold my first possum pelt for $26 NZ in 1974 and the inflation calculator for general CPI says that $26 would now be worth $347 Unreal!
Get into it mate, I remember reading a few years ago some young fella did it for a year around Gisborne(?) and made 50 grand. That's a good chuck of change for doung something you enjoy and helping the environment
Hey mate, can you do a vid on your hammer work? I'd imagine that you'd get pretty good at quick kills. I often don't get the right place and there's eyeballs and blood and gore for Africa and they are still crawling around the place. Hardy little critters, but I'd like to get better so a vid on your technique would be handy. Cheers.
brilliant stuff mate I've been there I'm a bit old now to do this but thinking there is a lot of young people out their that should be doing it and your video will get out and about hopefully
Great vid. What do you do with the fur? That seems easy enough to just pull off. Your countryside is gorgeous. That clear, clean water was beautiful to see! And you are a handsome lil bugger too!
How much is possum fur per kg at the moment and how much do you get per kg/possum carcass for meat? Fantastic conservation work getting rid of these horrid yet profitable animals!
Greetings fantastic posting from you never think of leaving skin on ta cook nice an learn few new bits of them Just wondering what pet food as mates Bucher shop sells possum ones an would lol if they are from some of ya'all hard work
Bro this brought me back to my teenage years…we skinned and pinned them back then though…plucking looks heaps better. Great vid mate thanks🤙🏻 just love the bush.
I have ringtail possums in my backyard here in Australia. Absolutely protected here. I remember seeing a lot about them on my last trip to South Island. They pulled one out at a show and I nearly fell over at the size of the bastard. Those Brushtails are much bigger than the possum I have in my yard. As far as I know we get the Brushtail here in the Blue Mountains, just not at my joint.
The Tasmanian black possum was introduced to NZ and became a pest. Some years ago, this possum was exported to Hong Kong as kiwi bear for human consumption.
Here in NZ the possums get a much more varied, and higher in protein, diet so they grow larger (on average). There is no 'natural selection' for size as too few natural predators.
Been a crazy traveling summer, time to catchup on your vids young fella. Hunting grouse / rabbit season is here always enjoy your lifestyle 👍 74+🍁hunter Yorkshire expat whitetail season almost here too.
Is that custard powder you use as an attractant? Been a while since I've been backcountry in NZ but i do remember a mate suggesting custard powder when we went shooting for them. We'd just disperse it in the air and let it settle in the foliage
Loving the content! Seems to keep improving in editing and videography. Don't know if you've shared it before but could you talk about your choice of shoes/boots and your thoughts on keeping feet dry/managing wet feet.
4 years possum trapping, here’s some boot advice. Grisport from farmlands, good price, excellent boot, but it really is personal choice regarding what you want in a boot. Use the leather conditioner regularly, keeps them waterproof and they’ll last longer. Take your boots off when crossing rivers 😊
Thanks buddy, I’m a fan of minimalist footwear and bear feet. Explained reasons in this vid Filling our Freezer with only Wild Meat 3 ua-cam.com/video/J0EdSVRW1aw/v-deo.html Each to there own though 😊
Just curious mate. Has the population of fresh water koura dropped , or is it my imagination? Haven't seen any for a while. Compared to the 60's. I'm in the South. Just noticed a few likely spots in your video. Normally just see them at night. But what do you reckon?? Cheers for the upload. Quality stuff. Atb.
love your videos. couple of things. whats the powder? some sort of attractant. what price per kilo? fur price? how much for the ute full? I cover the snap traps for rabbits in Oz with paper and dirt. possums dont see the traps? by far the most unique hunter on youtube. cheers
I don't know the legal side of things, but being treated it should be ok to sell the possum fur pelt skins to us in Australia, they sell for $85 each here, much better income than fur and meat. Sad how far they have spread into NZ, but upside is you are allowed to trap them there, here being native we can't and the fur skins are somewhat rare
Yo you should try out bark tanning one day, I've been bark tanning possum skins for a while now. I've tanned about 60 or something now? I made a poncho out of em and it's niiice and warm aye, i've got some south island trappers sending me 30-40 skins that i'll go halves with them, i'll be tanning the lot and making a jumper out of em.
Cool, I've brain tanned a few that turned out OK, and one time I plucked the fur off some and the next day around the trap line i skinned a bunch, brained tanned it and stitched them skins together and made a hoody😂😂😂, never wore it in public coz it would attract to much attention 😂
@@portroyal6886 Should make an entire jumper with possum skins man, it'd be a lot of work but definitely worth it! And I wore a possum clothing I made in public in a super busy market, you get a few comments but nothing major aye.
My old man used to set lines down the deep south 40+ years ago had to give it up as the constant dead animal's were starting to affect his dreams, keep up the good fight mate✌️🇳🇿🤘
A bit different to my day. We used gin traps and had to skin the possums and dry the skins . It would take 3 guys to check 100 traps a day and skin them. How do you kill them these days ? Great video mate
LOL I did possum trapping to get through university and I'd just like to say - they look cute but don't be fooled - these are nasty little buggers who eat native plants, bird's eggs and even other small critters like the native Weta and so on. We need to get rid of them - so good work mate - keep it up... and then go onto feral cats...
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Bluddy Ripper Video Mate!
In your next video, could you explain your lure/bait, meat market, and fur market? Curious to see how they process them both.
Flour and some sort of scent is standard. Among the possuming experts secret recipes exist, a scientific trial revealed the only one that made a significant difference was orange essence. DoC doesn't allow some flavours attractive to birds, it's specified on their permits. Dickheads doubtless ignore this, and increasing the risk of bird capture increases the risk of trap bans, Icing sugar mixed in 5:1 ratio was used as a plain standard lure when monitoring (population assessing) to remove the risk of lure flavour aversion.. It attracted ok. Cinnamon is both attractant and bird repellent, it is standard 1080 pellet flavour. The lack of "mass bird deaths" (apart from embedded in the minds of the reliable mates who've seen them along with chemtrails, hidden vaccination problems etc) endorses its value.
I didn't catch many possums but I sold my first possum pelt for $26 NZ in 1974 and the inflation calculator for general CPI says that $26 would now be worth $347 Unreal!
Living the dream bro, props on your editing and shots too, great vid!
Thanks heaps for making the videos mate, and for the work you do to keep possum numbers down.
Your videos are always so entertaining, to live in New Zealand would be so nice and a change from Australia
Listened to a real interesting talk with Cam Speedy on the radio a while back about the seabirds that used to nest in the Kaimanawa ranges.
Cool vid!
awesome content bro, from a homesick kiwi living in sweden
That brings back a lot of memories Shay
Another great video
What a cool video. I caught 8 in my backyard in central city Auckland this year. They're everywhere, especially near water ways.
Thanks once again for taking us with you on your bit of the world. Amazing skills and bushman know how. Take it easy cobber.
Keeping it wild, excellent work and video and country.
love your videos! i'm 14 and am going possum trapping in the summer so its great to watch your tips.
Get into it mate,
I remember reading a few years ago some young fella did it for a year around Gisborne(?) and made 50 grand. That's a good chuck of change for doung something you enjoy and helping the environment
Dont do it
@@stephenpaul4258 shut up, your probably a city slicker.
@@stephenpaul4258 why? i'm helping the environment and being out in the bush which i love.
Do it😊
Always enjoy your show , especially the food prep and cooking .
No one wants to think about inflation, but, everyone should......... :) Nice one S :)
Excellent video,very inlightening for the townie folks,you do a fantastic job,keep it up.
Hey mate, can you do a vid on your hammer work? I'd imagine that you'd get pretty good at quick kills. I often don't get the right place and there's eyeballs and blood and gore for Africa and they are still crawling around the place. Hardy little critters, but I'd like to get better so a vid on your technique would be handy. Cheers.
you the man , keep it coming, big up from PIHA
Can see the effort in putting your vids together, far ken awesome!
Great video thanks. Respect for the hard work you do trapping possums.
brilliant stuff mate I've been there I'm a bit old now to do this but thinking there is a lot of young people out their that should be doing it and your video will get out and about hopefully
Wicked spot mate . Love what you do. Sad that the prices aren't high as post covid. But at lest you are your own boss.
Your footage of our bush is unmatched on UA-cam bro keep up the awesome content, tu meke
Great vid. What do you do with the fur? That seems easy enough to just pull off. Your countryside is gorgeous. That clear, clean water was beautiful to see! And you are a handsome lil bugger too!
The fur gets spun up with wool for lovely warm winter clothes
Thanks for having us along.
Another awesome video, out there and doing it!
Excellent video mate. Great camera, narration & editing. Cheers!!
Love the video bro. I’ve subscribed for the pure enjoyment of watching you live the old ways.
How much is possum fur per kg at the moment and how much do you get per kg/possum carcass for meat?
Fantastic conservation work getting rid of these horrid yet profitable animals!
110 per kg so still pretty shit considering my area 20-25 possums is a kg
$110/kg for fur, $2.75/kg for bodies
Greetings fantastic posting from you never think of leaving skin on ta cook nice an learn few new bits of them
Just wondering what pet food as mates Bucher shop sells possum ones an would lol if they are from some of ya'all hard work
wonderful vid. love your vids, work and life. How do you dispatch the 49 possoms? with the hammer?
Good stuff mate.
Some of my older relations would say that you are "living the dream" .
They remember their Possum trapping days as fond memories. 👍
bloody good watch, hope you making some ok coin out of your efforts, best office ive seen , love your work as always
greettings from germany. best job i could imagine. thanks for sharing brother
Nice bro, there is definitely a good amount of possums in that block, I see heaps of them.
If i wanted to start a possum trap line myself, can i legally do it in any national park of NZ or do i need special permission. Awesome video bro.
Love to you and the fam bruddah. Hope all is.well
Ever tried possum and venison snags or maybe possum and mutton. ? Would be interesting for sure. Chur bro.
Great to see you trapping and using the resource much better than the government using 1080 poison and wasting resources 👍👍keep it up mate 👍
Great video, nice weather, how many times have you caught yourself? 😂
Thank you bro, don't forget to plug your courses if they're still running
If I were a possum I'd be having nightmares of that motorcycle idling coming towards me
Bro this brought me back to my teenage years…we skinned and pinned them back then though…plucking looks heaps better. Great vid mate thanks🤙🏻 just love the bush.
love your work dude
I have ringtail possums in my backyard here in Australia. Absolutely protected here. I remember seeing a lot about them on my last trip to South Island. They pulled one out at a show and I nearly fell over at the size of the bastard. Those Brushtails are much bigger than the possum I have in my yard. As far as I know we get the Brushtail here in the Blue Mountains, just not at my joint.
The Tasmanian black possum was introduced to NZ and became a pest. Some years ago, this possum was exported to Hong Kong as kiwi bear for human consumption.
@AquaMarine1000 are u serious. Kiwi bear meat 😂
@eman4013 Yes, I am. It was an export industry about thirty or forty years ago to reduce the possum numbers. Look into it.
Here in NZ the possums get a much more varied, and higher in protein, diet so they grow larger (on average). There is no 'natural selection' for size as too few natural predators.
Been a crazy traveling summer, time to catchup on your vids young fella. Hunting grouse / rabbit season is here always enjoy your lifestyle 👍 74+🍁hunter Yorkshire expat whitetail season almost here too.
Always enjoy your video's,makes me miss NZ.
Possums are top shelf tucker,they eat the tenderest shoots and nectar from flowers ,makes them delicious
How many possums could a possum plucker pluck! If possum plucker could pluck some!
Is that custard powder you use as an attractant? Been a while since I've been backcountry in NZ but i do remember a mate suggesting custard powder when we went shooting for them. We'd just disperse it in the air and let it settle in the foliage
Loving the content! Seems to keep improving in editing and videography.
Don't know if you've shared it before but could you talk about your choice of shoes/boots and your thoughts on keeping feet dry/managing wet feet.
4 years possum trapping, here’s some boot advice. Grisport from farmlands, good price, excellent boot, but it really is personal choice regarding what you want in a boot. Use the leather conditioner regularly, keeps them waterproof and they’ll last longer. Take your boots off when crossing rivers 😊
@@Skylark123 Thanks!👍
Thanks buddy, I’m a fan of minimalist footwear and bear feet. Explained reasons in this vid Filling our Freezer with only Wild Meat 3
ua-cam.com/video/J0EdSVRW1aw/v-deo.html
Each to there own though 😊
Plucking Possums lol
Awesome vid.
great vid--appreciate the work it takes
Kia ora bro... what area of Te Urewera do you mainly trap and hunt?
Are you from Te Urewera?
What's the white powder you put on the tree? Great video mate
Just curious mate. Has the population of fresh water koura dropped , or is it my imagination? Haven't seen any for a while. Compared to the 60's. I'm in the South. Just noticed a few likely spots in your video. Normally just see them at night. But what do you reckon??
Cheers for the upload. Quality stuff. Atb.
Great vid. Haven't seen Kiwi for a while. Still around?
Yep kiwi still kicking, might edit a vid with her soon 😊
love your videos. couple of things. whats the powder? some sort of attractant. what price per kilo? fur price? how much for the ute full? I cover the snap traps for rabbits in Oz with paper and dirt. possums dont see the traps? by far the most unique hunter on youtube. cheers
Flour and icing sugar. The colour white is an attractant.
Bro, by far bear grylls and less stroud on steroids.
I've been watching for hours now. Our kids should watch your videos in NZ schools.
Do possums have any fat on them?
Thanks for your videos bro I just finished level 3 pest control keep up the videos love them learn alot from them
Where do you fellas come from do you guys do many hunts in the kaimais
I wonder if he ever gets bit. People who handle possums seem brave cuz im always afraid in its fear it will bite me.
How do you dispatch them?
Love the lifestyle. Thanks for sharing.
The hammer.
Sleepy stick! 😂
I don't know the legal side of things, but being treated it should be ok to sell the possum fur pelt skins to us in Australia, they sell for $85 each here, much better income than fur and meat. Sad how far they have spread into NZ, but upside is you are allowed to trap them there, here being native we can't and the fur skins are somewhat rare
Hello from Melbourne 🐍🦘. Mean bro. I enjoy your shows.😁
I really like your videos
Good on you bro. Looking after our bush 🇳🇿
gday mate any chance i can buy 1 or2 traps off you just to hang on the shed wall ? regards wayne.
Yo you should try out bark tanning one day, I've been bark tanning possum skins for a while now. I've tanned about 60 or something now? I made a poncho out of em and it's niiice and warm aye, i've got some south island trappers sending me 30-40 skins that i'll go halves with them, i'll be tanning the lot and making a jumper out of em.
Cool, I've brain tanned a few that turned out OK, and one time I plucked the fur off some and the next day around the trap line i skinned a bunch, brained tanned it and stitched them skins together and made a hoody😂😂😂, never wore it in public coz it would attract to much attention 😂
@@portroyal6886 Should make an entire jumper with possum skins man, it'd be a lot of work but definitely worth it! And I wore a possum clothing I made in public in a super busy market, you get a few comments but nothing major aye.
Can you eat the possum meat your self? Seems an easy way to stock the freezer
Fucking awesome dude.. 👌
Awesome bro. 👍🏿
Da man and keep it up, it's a time consuming but someone's got to do it! Mean bro mean 👊🏽
Do you find ticks and fleas on the animals
Awesome bro! lots of love always!
My old man used to set lines down the deep south 40+ years ago had to give it up as the constant dead animal's were starting to affect his dreams, keep up the good fight mate✌️🇳🇿🤘
That's a choice insight into your day etc thanks Bro!
Great video bro, keep up the good mahi
What is the powder used as bait? cool video
We use flour, icing sugar and cinnamon. Been told they're attracted to white, they've got bloody good eye sight
Wow can't get any safer than that @@kericraike6790
I hope u don’t dispatch them with the hammer beside that great vid and how do u dispatch them ?
You trap like I do. I'm kicking myself for letting cyanide license slip
Way back when, my brother was a rabbiter ,with a pack of dogs.. Its a shame the position seems to have gone the way of the Moa.
Your the man bro wouldn’t mind giving opossum meat a try
Another choice video to show my students.
❤natural born preditor❤, lol. Awsome video, i never stopped due to the low money per kg, cant stop what i love❤❤❤
Like John Wick with a hammer :D
And a pencil 😂
Keep up the good mahi dude.
Great Vid. I Trap the ones that come into my garden.
A bit different to my day. We used gin traps and had to skin the possums and dry the skins . It would take 3 guys to check 100 traps a day and skin them. How do you kill them these days ? Great video mate
Did you see the hammer he was carrying Richard? I'd put my money on that, sleepy go bye bye
@@mac65utube Yeah mate that’s how I did it too dong and slit jugular. Good old days
The long metal pole he's carrying around - "Thwack"!
Awesome video mate 👍
LOL I did possum trapping to get through university and I'd just like to say - they look cute but don't be fooled - these are nasty little buggers who eat native plants, bird's eggs and even other small critters like the native Weta and so on. We need to get rid of them - so good work mate - keep it up... and then go onto feral cats...
Love your work bro , trapping was the 1st thing I did to earn money , takes me back
I hate possums so much... they live in our roof and I would happily seal club them.
What do you put in your flour?
Aye wos the hammer for bro? Maybe you could show us a video how you use it? lol
U make it look easy m’bro 😂
what's that white flour stuff?
Hey Shay, are you still doing Patreon?
Great videos.