Thread: How Americans think we hunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FL4HX_VEtc

Flying around in a helicopter looking for animals, to then get dropped off nearby to have a shot ! very misguided if this is a representation of NZ hunting.

Should be called, "How fat rich yanks hunt"

At least these guys do it the right way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iBVfhNcIxU

This is...pretty shit.

Good old Mt Hutt helicopters...

"Heli-hunting doesn't mean hazing"


Nice to see the guide hot on safety... like the big voice-cut to "Safety is my primary concern" as he muzzle-sweeps a client..

i had relatives from the wifes family come visit from arkansas, they coulnt believe we "bush bashed" to go hunting. they sit in tree stands with a thermos and food until bambi appears, shoot it then truck it home on a quad bike.
i took one of them out for a farm shoot for a few bunnies and he was knackered after 30 minutes

Originally Posted by gonetropo

i had relatives from the wifes family come visit from arkansas, they coulnt believe we "bush bashed" to go hunting. they sit in tree stands with a thermos and food until bambi appears, shoot it then truck it home on a quad bike.
i took one of them out for a farm shoot for a few bunnies and he was knackered after 30 minutes

Oi don't knock tree stand hunting, only way in some places, though the quad is a step to far!

Originally Posted by gonetropo

i had relatives from the wifes family come visit from arkansas, they coulnt believe we "bush bashed" to go hunting. they sit in tree stands with a thermos and food until bambi appears, shoot it then truck it home on a quad bike.
i took one of them out for a farm shoot for a few bunnies and he was knackered after 30 minutes

Where I hunt over here tree stand is the only way... but I only hunt archery from a tree stand to make it a challenge.

When I fill my rifle tags I just meat hunt- yearlings only and try get as close to the Chevrolet tree stand as possible. It's not very sporting but we can only hunt 10 days a year.

It's easy to criticize that style of hunting but I know plenty of kiwis that shoot deer from behind a spotlight and pull the hilux right too it

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Originally Posted by .22-250 everything

Where I hunt over here tree stand is the only way... but I only hunt archery from a tree stand to make it a challenge.

When I fill my rifle tags I just meat hunt- yearlings only and try get as close to the Chevrolet tree stand as possible. It's not very sporting but we can only hunt 10 days a year.

It's easy to criticize that style of hunting but I know plenty of kiwis that shoot deer from behind a spotlight and pull the hilux right too it

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it was not meant to be a derogatory comment, i used a stand once in ohio using a black powder rifle. the point i was trying to make is that hunting varies from country to country. but many hunting tourists think its going to be the same as where they are from and are completely unprepared for the conditions here. i met one guy 1/2 way up in the kaikoura ranges wearing running shoes, carrying a massive pack full of soft drinks etc who was a recipe for disaster

Lets face it, how many of you would turn down a hunt like that if I offered it to you for free?

Those Yanks have the money, are in NZ for a short time, go home and tell everyone they know that NZ is the best country in the world. Oh and a pilot and a good kiwi bloke are making a living to provide for their families.

Originally Posted by Crwadj

Lets face it, how many of you would turn down a hunt like that if I offered it to you for free?

I would, and have turned down similar opportunities. It has about the same appeal as shooting an 18 point farm raised stag behind the wire. I would be to embarrassed and ashamed of myself to have any part of either.

To give the guide his due he dose say at 13.12 "can you imagine walking into this country"! The client on the other hand has no clue! As he says at 13.24 " We have a hell of a copter driver..."!
Came across the same in Africa! Basically no clue of what they are doing.
Why is he doing it in NZ because there is no way he could get away with doing it in Austria! For the price he payed to drag his .Mac Donald ass onto that helicopter".............




Better go for a nana nap

Just finished watching it the guy has no clue on what he is squeezing the trigger on?
No clue on history or New Zealand way of hunting. His last comments show this in buckets!

Slick az vid tho. I thought the music was from 'Sons of Anarchy' haha. I'm jealous, I'd do it if I could afford it. They had me at Helicopter