I found a historic Maori artifact used for hunting!!! 3 days trapping in New Zealands Backcountry.

Finding a historic Maori tool used for hunting and 3 days trapping in New Zealands Backcountry. #wildmeat #hunting #newzealand #maori #history

[@tonyfluertynaturephotograp5272]

Wow awesome.
My father and I found 3 pigeon troughs in one day in the parahaki stream just down from whites clearing in the 70s. One was by itself and the other 2 were stashed leaned up against and inside a hollow tree trunk We had basically the whole Waiau valley as our possum block in the 70s.
I was only 16 at the time and decided to carry one of them down to the river as we were skinning out a poison line and would not be back up there. 6 hours later I got that blasted thing down to the creek with much swearing and abuse from my dad who was not keen on the idea lol. I found what I thought was a safe place to leave it for when we would be heading into Ruatahuna for supplies. These were the only ones we found in over 30 years of hunting in the Ureweras. When the time came to take it into town I was excited but when we got to my spot the trough had bullet holes through it (no kidding) and was half burned in a campfire. I vowed to myself I would never shift something precious like that from where I found it again but I never did find another one.
I love your videos as I now live in Northern Ireland ( 2 years now) and such a long way from home. I consider Te Urewera as my spiritual home. At 65 I've seen the park changed so much over the years and I can still remember the feeling of looking up the Wairoa toward rogers hut wondering what it was like up there but all those blocks belonged to the Manganui crowd.
In those days meat hunting was a great adventure and possums was a way of life.
Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.

[@jbwild]

Awesome! I enjoyed reading your message as it's the main reason for sharing videos. We are very fortunate to have such an incredible backyard! Hope Ireland is treating you well. Cheers Jacob

[@tonyfluertynaturephotograp5272]

@@jbwild its wet and wild is Ireland.
It's really beautiful and has incredible bird life. Im getting used to it but I do miss the bush.

[@jbwild]

Awesome glad the bird life is good. Keep the camera clicking 😊 my wife Brooke is keen on her photography and mentioned she has seen a few of your bird photos.

[@ClayTallStories]

An incredible find mate. I enjoyed that.

[@jbwild]

Thanks mate. A few years back a good friend Shaun introduced the family and I to your music. Love it! Enjoy the hunting content you create, especially out hunting with young fullas and giving them a good head start. Cheers Jacob

[@johnmead8437]

Witnessed the disappearance of Mistletoe & Yellowheads as possums colonised an area and the interaction happened. Was partially reversed by extensive aerial poisoning. Plenty of other species of plants & animals affected also, some are recovering.
Still have to search for mistletoe where it was a sea of red, like rataa in bloom pre possums.
Later was interesting to see mistletoe in a possum/TB area that had had intensive control for a few years. Possums would have been post peak for decades there, so it's possible seed does persist for a few decades. Or some just get overlooked.

[@thegrundinis4199]

Nice story of mahi in the bush with a great find on top. Well done thanks for sharing!

[@jbwild]

Cheers mate

[@drumsandstix128]

Great to see the NZ bush again mate, thanks for sharing this.

[@jbwild]

All good, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@bomblifenewzealand]

Massive brother they also filled them with seeds and set up noose around the feed bowl out of harakeke so birds would poke their heads through and as they flew away the noose would tighten. Defo let the local iwi know 👌🏽

[@jbwild]

Cheers bro, thats cook and will do

[@mistymorning]

Cool find I found one with a mate still in the tree twenty years ago often wonder if it is still standing.
Def an old bird trap

[@jbwild]

Thanks, pretty awesome thing to find!

[@kobeybrebner]

Found one almost identical to your one while doing an RTC around the Arohaki Lagoon in 2014, the fork it had been sitting in had come down in a storm, was pretty rotten from being full of leaf litter and sitting on the ground. Bloody cool alright bro!

[@tonyfluertynaturephotograp5272]

Hi Kobey whereami here, hope life is treating you well and your getting in heaps of bush therapy.
Never found one off the six foot but I was always looking.I always thought if there was ever a place to find one again it would be that area.

[@jbwild]

Cheers Kobey, yeah I was stoked. This one is about 6km south of lagoon. Probably same hunter/ gatherers 😊

[@dennyperkovitch]

That’s wicked, I think you’d be right about the tōtara cause what else would last that long.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Tanalised pine .

[@jbwild]

Cheers bro

[@kedngatai8816]

Mauri Ora bro.

[@jbwild]

Cheers bro

[@kroadie3936]

Hang on your absolute right, exactly bro bird trough water, beautiful place JB.

[@jbwild]

Thanks 👍

[@ronjeremy6128]

Watch last of the redheads and under the carpet by Gabi Plumm. Some very interesting history on NZs past. Bit of an eye opener

[@jbwild]

Awesome will have a watch. Cheers

[@GoldiefromMahia]

The old doc 200.. cool video bro. Churr

[@godzonerefections]

Have been there over the last 40yrs or so originally family camping and fishing then guiding fishermen from overseas. One fisherman from Sweden wanted to go back to the exact pool that he caught a good rainbow and caught an identical fish to relive his dreams. Those tall trees on the main track are like nothing else I've seen in this country. A truly beautiful place good video.

[@jbwild]

Thanks mate, yes definitely an awesome forest. So.e great fish up there at the moment

[@iam_hone]

Wicked bro!!! Beautiful piece

[@jbwild]

Cheers brutha

[@simonakers4381]

Fffking love your vids , mate, time and effort you put in , is that private land and huts

[@jbwild]

Thanks, all public land, the 2 small huts are used by doc staff, contractors and volunteers for pest control and species monitoring work

[@keithwise2855]

Awesome

[@bradnz3258]

Amazing find.
Yo, Is this Jacob?

[@jbwild]

Cheers bro, yep it is.

[@tamagage2206]

That's awesome 👌

[@georgefairweathermoonlight4]

cool find

[@darranadam992]

cool video what part of nz is that

[@jbwild]

Central North Island

[@darranadam992]

thought it might have been whirinaki forest i helped build the whirinaki track in the 80s
@@jbwild

[@jbwild]

Yeah bro that's the one. Beautiful forest

[@vickischulz6887]

a nice find ..if only it could talk

[@georgeaubin9464]

What bread is fern

[@jbwild]

Not 100% sure. Black lab, cattle, bitz n bobs x 😅

[@davidkinghazel2609]

Mean find brotha

[@jbwild]

Cheers bo

[@charged2times542]

Chur bro is this your job?

[@jbwild]

Yeah bro it was. On a mish with the whanau down south at the moment though. Was an awesome job in an epic place

[@charged2times542]

who were ya working for mate? doc?
@@jbwild

[@jbwild]

Yes, contracting to DoC - self employed

[@stephenallerby6566]

Mean budda 🤙🤙🤙

[@jbwild]

Chur buda

[@huntnheads7945]

Mean vids cuzz

[@jbwild]

Thanks bro

[@jakegollan502]

Mean bro

[@jbwild]

Cheers

[@LIQUORDICCK]

Awesome find bro

[@jbwild]

Thanks 👍

[@jacksonjoe7456]

Awesome