A Bit of Luck - 325DS Public Land Red Stag - Tahr, Chamois & Red Deer Roar Hunting New Zealand.

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @richardt.4224
    @richardt.4224 2 місяці тому +2

    Good morning, Ben, thank you so much for sharing that with us.
    I think I have seen one other of yours, but this one made me press subscribe.
    I was impressed with your camera work, some of those on animals were top notch.
    Also, your video wasn't all about shooting an animal, yes you shot them with a
    camera, so the same amount of time and skill taken to stalk them is just the same.
    While I have been shooting, some years now, I only came to four-legged hunting ten
    years ago, and now 70, I get out there, but wish I'd started years ago.
    Keep up with what you are doing and please take your camera(s) with you, so we can share too please.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks Richard, appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed the film. I aim to make these films more about our wild places than me shooting game animals. Anytime spend in the great outdoors is time well spent, regardless of how you do it. All the best mate!

  • @Grunzaa
    @Grunzaa 5 місяців тому +3

    Enjoyed the way this was filmed and edited. Minimal narration and just the raw wildlife/scenery footage. Pleasure to watch and listen to.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  4 місяці тому

      Thanks mate! I always want these films to be about New Zealand's beautiful rivers, mountains and game animals than having me at the center of each film. Its great that people like yourself see that this film is so much more than an amazing public land stag! Hope the hills are treating you well!

  • @peterbragg
    @peterbragg 8 місяців тому +1

    Your video are brilliant, the way you capture the moments, animals, bird life and the mixture of scenery is awesome, and so impressed with your outlook on life, great advice.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks for the feedback Peter! I put a lot of thought into the structure of each film and stoked you enjoyed the film. Hard to beat time in the Southern Alps! All the best mate!

  • @marcusbraun5976
    @marcusbraun5976 8 місяців тому +2

    Inspirational fella... you are on point with regards to putting yourself into uncomfortable situations and working through them... keep up the awesome mahi

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Cheers bro! 100% aye gotta do the mahi to get the treats!

    • @johnmead8437
      @johnmead8437 5 місяців тому

      Someone has to bag and tag those who miscalculate, worth keeping at the back of the mind. Mum/wife/darling crying after unloading those who don't make it doesn't help, and the places the incautious end up in is often nasty, so someone else is put at risk. Looking before leaping, and knowing when to pull in the head makes sense. Getting wet because of underestimating an overnight storm is a lesson. Some storms there last days, when helicopters can't do the babysitting.

  • @jonmariasam9859
    @jonmariasam9859 5 місяців тому +1

    Luv your vids Ben, next level, down to earth.....awseomw mate, keep up the great work.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  5 місяців тому

      Thanks heaps mate! I'm glad I didn't waste your time! Keep charging and all the best in the hills!

  • @timmogridge1546
    @timmogridge1546 6 місяців тому +2

    That was excellent and really well edited

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  6 місяців тому

      That's for the feedback mate, glad you enjoyed the film!

  • @TheBighorn1
    @TheBighorn1 8 місяців тому +1

    Another great video. Really enjoy the way you capture the raw country we hunt in. That place doesn't care if you live or die. I'm coming to end of my hunting life so really treasure every last minute I can get.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому +1

      100% its such a humbling place, to which, I wish more people got to experience the life or death nature of being in the mountains. During a couple of those storms I knew with out a shelter its all over. I always laugh when I get back from a tough mission and read or watch people complaining about insignificant 1st world problems. That's a great attitude to have mate, hope the mountains give you plenty more soul enriching experiences and memories.

  • @exNZFS
    @exNZFS 8 місяців тому +1

    Hey mate thanks for a great video you show excellent camera skills great animals in magnificent country
    Your life advice is spot on
    It’s adversity and hardship which shape you into a person of substance and make those hard won trophies so meaningful in our superficial throwaway world 😮

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks for the feedback mate, we are so lucky in NZ to such amazing backcountry and game animals only a stones throw from home. Yeah agree, the journey is far more important than the destination. Just yesterday I shot a ripper 38" long, heavy timber, old, super even 12 pointer public land stag. Funny how life goes as hunter. From massive miles and consecutive storms to a 2 day trip that produces a ripper stag, gotta love life in the hills! Hope the hills are treating you well mate!

    • @exNZFS
      @exNZFS 8 місяців тому

      @@bendb_wildaboutnz yep the hills always treat me well ..at age 62 I’m not as fit as I used to be but can still get anywhere I want to go . We really are lucky
      Well done with the stag mate - that’s the great thing about hunting is that you never know it certainly resonates with me sometimes you put massive effort in for little reward
      Then along comes a “ too easy one “ - you earn them all in the end hot barrels mate!

  • @TheWeekendMish
    @TheWeekendMish 8 місяців тому +1

    Epic missions - so sick !!!

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Cheers fellas, awesome to see you young fellas truly getting after life and punching out some solid mission. Good to know there are some solid next generation adventure hunters out there! keep charging fellas!

  • @mikewalker5482
    @mikewalker5482 8 місяців тому +2

    Good on you man legend. You lift a lot of people with your videos

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks mate appreciate the feedback! Sometimes I don't know where the motivation comes from to make these films as its a lot of time and effort. Being a pretty disciplined person helps but also I want to give back to society in someway, that for me means doing things that don't come with any monetary gains. Hope life and the hills are treating you well mate!

  • @grahamclark5766
    @grahamclark5766 8 місяців тому +1

    Great video, lots of country and animals in magnificent surroundings, and great advice about life for a young man

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks mate! We are pretty lucky to have the country we do in New Zealand, so many awe-inspiring landscapes! Hopefully a couple young fellas take that advice on board. I really feel for them in this digital world full of so much noise! All the best mate!

  • @sandcontour
    @sandcontour 8 місяців тому +2

    You’re so right about the outdoors preparing for adversity in life. Old Mother Nature, you can’t control it however you can minimise its impact on you, just like life!

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      100% mate, no better place to help you deal with the complexities and difficulties of life than the mountains. haha yeah there's definitely things you can do to make hard times in the mountains more enjoyable. Big one for me is synthetic down products, would rather be wet and warm than wet and cold. Keep charging mate!

  • @philipevans4219
    @philipevans4219 8 місяців тому +1

    cool video. great to look over places ive visited cheers

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks mate, gotta love New Zealand's backcountry! Hope the hills are treating you well!

  • @OHINERATA
    @OHINERATA 8 місяців тому +1

    Bloody awesome mate. Legend 👍

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Cheers mate, glad you enjoy it! Hope the roar treated you well!

  • @Sako75.7mm08
    @Sako75.7mm08 8 місяців тому +2

    That was a EPIC watch, cheers for the effort you put into that and condolences on losing your dad, great advice and animal footage scenery birds and goodluck with upcoming adventures, keep the electrolytes up and one step at a time gets it done, good to watch without music also, gives a more realistic relaxing vibe when outdoors, roar trip next week, you must of been gutted to find 21 gut bags, south westland is a jewel of a place, spent many a night in there thru s@#t weather, great finish with the kea 🏕

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback! Life's never easy but the mountains is great place for recharging all the batteries and gaining clarity/perspective. I really enjoyed not using background music as it had its technical challenges due to the fact I run a super low budget production. The beauty and chance to bag a stag of a lifetime is what draws me to South Westland. The pre 1960's stags are still there but usually get shot by the choppers. This trip had 5 continuous days of storms with some being as intense as you could get! Keep living Southern Alps dream mate!

    • @Sako75.7mm08
      @Sako75.7mm08 8 місяців тому +1

      @@bendb_wildaboutnz nice one yes so true mate, the right song can compliment the footage, i got out of the bush with a red stag that afternoon you dropped this latest production, ive been on a low sugar diet and was sweating profusely thru some absolute windfall vines rubbish, really sapped my energy, and while drinking water and sugar free V not a good choice without the electrolytes i was in the hurt locker zone, multiple muscle leg cramps all of it, anyway was allgood, got eldest sons 5th birthday on saturday then im off on my roar trip monday-sunday, excited is a under statement, havent had a overnight hunt since last roar for 3 nights so im chomping to get after it, running the farm and building a house for us in spare time im pumped for a reset recharge in the alps, getting gear checked prepped, rains set in on the west coast here which is good clears for 4 days and then is looking not ideal for 10 days, hoping it improves over weekend so i can stick with plan A for south westland, like you said thou after the storm bares fruits, shot my biggest bull tahr, buck chamio, red stag down south westland, it will always give you a animal encounter, and with the calibre of your latest red stag that would smooth over any less than ideal adventures, what a impressive specimen, unfortunatly there has been a lot of waro up and down and side to side of the alps, such a waste of a resource, keep up the charge and look forward to whats around that next corner🏕

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому +1

      @@Sako75.7mm08 Yeah mate getting that nutrition right is super important, dehydration is far more crippling than low energy/low food. Muscles rely heavily on electrolytes to contract and release, certainly worth keeping on top off. A good tip is if you start cramping up stop for 30-60 while drinking and and eating because your body struggles to process and replenish energy/fluid stores when on the move. Good luck on the coast that's by far the hardest place to get a mature stag due to the constant waro pressure. Weathers not looking great next week!! Have a great time mate, I'm sure you'll create some awesome memories!! Keep charging!

    • @Sako75.7mm08
      @Sako75.7mm08 8 місяців тому +1

      @@bendb_wildaboutnz cheers mate il let you know how i get on 🏕

    • @TheBighorn1
      @TheBighorn1 8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for another great video.Nice stag and chamois. Makes my day when I see you release a new vid. I'm 62 this year and still try to do the hard yards.just come home from a big trip into the Lewis pass area. Knee pain and cramp are my big problems. Will try your tips in a few weeks when I walk in for the sika roar. What doesn't kill you definitely makes you stronger.

  • @velvetsmashnz
    @velvetsmashnz 8 місяців тому +1

    Beauty!

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому

      Thanks mate! Hope the hills are treating you well!

  • @MountainMan_NZ
    @MountainMan_NZ 7 місяців тому

    Love the voluntary adversity! Great advice 👍

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  7 місяців тому +1

      Cheers bro, I have no doubt you've used the same skills gained from the mountains to help solve urban jungle problems. Hope all is well bro!

  • @MurrayWilkinson-y5m
    @MurrayWilkinson-y5m 9 днів тому +1

    Nice camera work bro.

  • @harrymax8072
    @harrymax8072 8 місяців тому +1

    Only 5 mins in, great videography man lots of nice still shots - you had the tripod out a ton? “That’s what mountain hunting is, a lot of problem solving - with optimism 😅”

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks mate, I reckon still shots are easier to digest than motion shots. So I make the effort to set the tripod up as often as possible. haha yeah mate, especially when your cold, wet and got a big day ahead of you! Hope the hills are treating you well!

  • @wakamitchell8791
    @wakamitchell8791 8 днів тому +1

    Got a 22 pointer from my back yard one morning on my way to get my horse then had to get the tractor to get it over the fence 😅😅😅😅

  • @MichaelClaytonNZ
    @MichaelClaytonNZ 8 місяців тому +1

    Epic video and trip Ben. Did you get any snaps of the stag after you shot him? Or are you saving them for another magazine article? Also how long and how many points was the casty? Great talk on the mental side of things. I think a lot of people would benefit from big solo missions where they can’t rely on a friend to talk to or get comfort from. Being solo in the mountains will do wonderful things for the mind body and soul!

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  8 місяців тому +1

      Hey mate! I shot him right on last light and took a couple of rubbish photos. There will be another photo of the head in the next rod and rifle edition. I didn't take that many photos due to exhaustion and I also didn't want to give the spot away in the slightest with everything so competitive these days. When you read the article you'll see why this mission was a battle. The cast antler had 7 points and about 38-39" long. I actually filmed a clip with it but I didn't do it correctly as it showed exactly where I was. Been meaning to go back and get it but haven't had the time/motivation to get it. The spot blew up on social media only a couple day's after I shot him!! Then it was cleaned out! 100% mate, solo hunting would help everyone in some way or at the very least learn something valuable about yourself. Good to see you enjoying some quality time in the hills!!

  • @johnmead8437
    @johnmead8437 5 місяців тому +1

    Worth considering the optimism about how difficult the places one can get into also require getting out of. Everyone has their personal ability limits. Some get away with it for life, others get dinged up soon, and the black bag is an incongruously cool way to finish a trip & maybe irritate the better half. Knowing when to turn around or try another way or sit it out makes a lot of sense. It's surprising more don't come to grief given the popularity & ease of access into some places that can turn very nasty for the inexperienced or unprepared.
    Wild animals belong to the hunter once legally taken, and if someone is doing that for carcasses that is far better for the environment than some hunter that expects jam on it killing stuff all. Many advocate for the current significantly overpopulated pest status that has caused severe ecological damage in many places (shown in Landsborough footage). It's why their input to wild animal/noxious pest management is mostly inept and lacks credibility. When enough representative areas have healthy palatable understory plants to support viable populations of native species that rely on that ecosystem, they are being positive (this isn't endorsing DoC's achievements either). At a recent event attended by many who had been involved in professional hunting since before commercial carcass recovery, the consensus was there are now probably as many wild animals around then. Some were now being employed to shoot to waste.

    • @bendb_wildaboutnz
      @bendb_wildaboutnz  4 місяці тому

      The mountains certainly teach you a lot about how to live that's for sure! Experience definitely helps making better calls in the mountains but fatigue can cancel that out. That's why I work hard at staying as fit as I possibly can. Game animal management should primarily focus on ecological health i.e healthy carrying capacity of different areas. Ultimately, the commercial interest (WARO) and recreational hunters need to work together to achieve better ratios of breeding females and males. Nonetheless, appreciate the feedback!