Sharing some advice for young hunters Hunting in New Zealand Hunt NZ.
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@danielherries33487 ай бұрын
Awesome and insightful vid. The beauty of hindsight for sure. Hope you and your family have a great festive season and look forward to seeing some real hunting videos like yours next year!!
@nzmeateater7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment Daniel, hope you guys have a good new year too,👍
@chrispalffy35118 ай бұрын
My back is like yours Fred. We still still got to hunt, so now I strategise a bit more. Carrying pigs is what did mine in.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Yea, I can still hunt, but cant carry much, too sore afterwards. want to get it fixed as soon as I can.
@kroadie39368 ай бұрын
Your right on NZMeat Eater Excellent advice I get mean tingling feelings, thank you have a good weekend.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks,,yea might be a sign to ease off the weight a bit?
@Karl-jr9tg8 ай бұрын
Not good Fred, I figured it out years ago when My back was protesting to take the best and leave the rest, in the end I stuffed a disc at work which slowed me up,then i went gluten free because of another problem learning that where the injury is the gluten will cause a lot of the inflammation so I I Hope you look into this,cheers Callum
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Cheers Callum, will have a look into it, I never really had any problem with my back until a couple of months ago, and it was too late then ,but hopefully should be all good once get op.👍
@g0jsm8 ай бұрын
H Fred I had my first back op in 94 all caused through over doing it and not looking after myself. I had bottom two vertebra seized together.Sorted and was great for eleven years unfortunately my business involved lifting 50 kg bags bugger me I twisted just a bit to far and ruptured the third disc. Another op followed but this time the disc was replaced with fat and plastic. twenty odd years on and seventy six years old still hunting but a lot more wisely. I still get an aching back on occasion the same as everyone else. I was back at work as normal after six weeks after each op. I remember being advised by several people that they would not have the op. I had faith in my surgeon and I believe in mind over matter and I don't doubt that you will be back hunting an no time. Best of luck mate
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your sapport mate,,, interesting times for you,, yea I have complete faith in the op, seems pretty straight forward aye,
@stevegarland90638 ай бұрын
Good advice indeed Fred. That lower joint (bone on bone) must have been giving you some grief for a while. Hoping you get that surgery soon so you can be pain free. Last deer I got back in April has caused my lower back considerable mobility and pain issues. However I still have some disc left. Have a beaut Christmas. Cheers Steve
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve, to be Honest it has only given me grief in the last couple of months,, just been doing its thing quietly in the background then wham! take that! lol
@nakisteelo47618 ай бұрын
Hope your Operation and recovery goes well.
@wilberthreehundred64028 ай бұрын
Yep great advice… we oldies are paying for it now,still enjoy getting out though just don’t carry as much and strap my knees up 😅hope you and the family have a great Christmas
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate hope you do too👍, Im not at the strapping knees stage yet lol.
@Marius_vanderLubbe8 ай бұрын
Always good content from you. Hopefully it is listened to. Cheers.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks Marius, even if only one person listens then its mission accomplished aye👍
@exNZFS8 ай бұрын
Hey Fred sound advice mate been there got the tee shirt Had my back op aged 35 ruptured that same disc- too many loads up / down hills meat shooting and culling Am 62 now just training a new deer dog which I also use on the farm boned out meat only The only thing I would add is to wrap something high viz round the hindquarters with that backpack method- hopefully saves you getting shot by some trigger happy w***er!! Good luck with the surgery- with your attitude and grit you’ll be back and dangerous in no time!
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Ha, cheers for the comment,yes I think common among cullers, yea high viz good idea, just waiting on insurance decision, hoping they cover it., never had issue with back before except pulled muscle, so hopefully should be good.
@jasonedwardledburynewzeala98978 ай бұрын
Nice looking polypores on the tree.i would be processi g the anadou for my flint and steel kit.😁👊💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥💯😎🤘🍄🍄🍄
@user-sk8wu5hh3i8 ай бұрын
Great advice mate
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Cheers Ryhs
@BushEscape8 ай бұрын
Thats a nice head behind you Fred. Yes its a hard one mate, anyone who's had a hard labour orientated job will feel the effects at some point, bodies wear out, some before others. The advice i think is work and play hard but don't try be a hero, but us fellers were all 6ft tall and bullet proof in our younger years 😂. Better for our kids to wear out the bodies on wholesome activities than sitting on their devices. Like i said previously, you do bloody well Fred and i hope you can continue doing what you love for years to come. Phil
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks Phil, yea not saying dont do it all together, Would never say that, just maybe do it smarter, we had money incentives to thrash ourselves when we were younger, Did not realize the damage that was being done, because it often does not show itself till later. I think nowadays the lite gear that is available is a game changer compared to what we had when we were younger too, This vid is just about hopefully making the younger ones aware of what can happen,,,most will probably ignore the advise as I did😁 ,, ..But each to there own, Hunting is a great lifestyle/hobby,, good for the mind and soul. and I will continue to hunt, but there will be no more heavy loads for me, even after I get my back fixed.
@BushEscape8 ай бұрын
@@nzmeateater I agree with everything you say Fred, I've done shit loads of heavy lifting in my jobs too mate just trying to make a living, my bodies not what it used to be either. But still we carry on, that's why I applaud your efforts slogging it up those hills, your back aside you're in great shape, put a lot younger to shame I'm sure. I think we're all forced to get wiser as we age just so we can keep doing it. Speedy recovery post op mate.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks Phil, yea gotta use it or lose it aye,,,,better to go to the hole in the ground with a worn out body rather than one that hasnt been used much at all lol.
@BushEscape8 ай бұрын
@@nzmeateater lol 😆 😂 hell yeah mate, heaps better stories to tell the grand kids too haha
@garthharris87218 ай бұрын
Great advice, no need to carry out a complete animal ,if you can take what you need. Leave what’s not needed or useful , so work smarter not harder, have a great Christmas, 👍
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks Garth, you have a good one too.👍
@gigeorge038 ай бұрын
Definitely empathise with that situation Fred! When we were young and dumb 🤣
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Yea mate,, we all do it,, Thanks for the donation mate😁👍👍
@bunning638 ай бұрын
Yeah mate, when I was in my late teens early twenties, I worked as a postie. We figured carrying two mailbags and walking was way faster than a bike on a real hilly run. Six days a week for I don't know, call it four hours, we made fit people look unfit. But it wasn't to flash for the old back, neck and knees. Got to say going to the gym and moving those weights in a controlled manner certainly helps at nearly sixty one. Man, today's posties have it easy.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
That would have been a good workout for you back then at that age ,thanks for watching and commenting,👍
@KayJ478 ай бұрын
You hit it on the head, Consequences. Got the same issues. Also got an ear problem, sometimes I have trouble with the sound on your vids, Keep up the effort, I like your stuff
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks, yea same here, got hearing issues, its a bugger growing older lol
@400fletch68 ай бұрын
hope others take advice from those that know.........guess there will be those that wont
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
I was given same advice when I was young HA!,
@scruffy26298 ай бұрын
Youll be a new man once the plates settled in, another 30 years on the hill ;) ( the theme from 6 million dollar man kicks in)
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
HA! yea looking forward to that 👍
@tip3978 ай бұрын
When I started on this caper, choppers were just to expensive. So trapping camps were packed in & out. Stags on the packframe. Would I change it? No bloody way. My xrays are identical to yours.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Yea, we did the same with our coon camps and hunting camps, I was lucky enough to be involved with helis at one stage so that made it easier for a while, but those days are gone.,too expencive now. a great way of life, just a price to pay for it.😁
@tonynativedeadbird66838 ай бұрын
Hi Fred do you know where this place is?? Rum Gully is in the Kahunui in the upper Waioeka??? Cheers Tony.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Gday Tony, yea have heard of it but not exactly sure where it is in The Kahunui , was it a opossum camp?
@tonynativedeadbird66838 ай бұрын
Hi, Mate, I dont know, but I think it was once a good hunting area. Someone mentioned it on FB and I wondered if you might know; I know what you mean by don't carry the big loads I had the same as you for years, but then I made my living carrying big loads just like yourself, but luckily for me, I'm a bone grower, and it grew and fused the bottom vertebrate I I had my knee replaced with a titanium joint but the clever surgeon put my leg on crooked now it points out to the side so that ended my bush days, Have a great Xmas you and your whanau ,cheers Tony@@nzmeateater
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
@@tonynativedeadbird6683 Thanks Tony, I never made much of a living doing possoms or deer, not like the older guys, more of a lifestyle at the time, but I bet it contributed to the damage in my back big time,, other work iv done has contributed aswell, just the way it is if we do physical work aye.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
@@tonynativedeadbird6683 I know a guy who did deer and opossoms in there alot, he will know where it is, im thinking I have been told about it cause it rings a bell
@huntnheads79458 ай бұрын
Forshaw mate, when where young n fit we feel bullet proof. When age catches up and our body starts failing, ya realize that everything we do takes its toll.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
yep thats for sure, Thanks for watching👌
@caijager99468 ай бұрын
What would you call a heavy load bro. I took 3 back legs and 4 back steaks all boned out from stags. Back was 38kgs and I was walking out of koranga. Body seemed to hold up pretty good but just interested to hear your thoughts
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
yea somthing like that weight would be all I would want to try and carry 30 -40kg at the very max for me, fuck the heavy loads now man, ,,pain etc came on quit suddenly for me about 2 months ago ,I guess that must of been when it finally worn through what was left of disc?
@chrispyskiwiadventures35838 ай бұрын
I hear ya Fred and sympathize with you. I have a titanium cage and fusion done to my C5 and C6 vertebrae. Although mine was a work accident. Great advice though bro. I’ve always boned out all my animals in the bush. Still makes for a heavy pack though 🤪🤪
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Yea mine is just worn out from work -hunting-all of the above, those heavy loads in the bush are killers ,speed the whole process up. Hind sight is a wonderful thing aye lol
@rexnex2778 ай бұрын
These days its only back steaks and a rump or two if the going is easy .I dont think the human body is made to work like a horse.
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
yea exactly ,, not made to carry double its weight,
@huntnheads79458 ай бұрын
And bud that's a real pretty 12 on ya wall. Any story??
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
Thanks yea its a 13, but chopper shot down south, there was a 12 with it that was wider, wish I had kept both, the 12 was a really impressive head, both were 125+kg on the hook,, big boys from in the top of the Mathias valley, they are on one of my chopper vids , next to a 300 heli on the tops, then flying them from the tops down the Whitcombe in the Hokitika ,. at 9:21 on Helicopter Hunting in New Zealand 2,, if your interested.
@huntnheads79458 ай бұрын
Wow , what a memory, exactly what a trophy should be, a, reminder of a time and place, and the the epitome of the great wild places..
@nzmeateater8 ай бұрын
@@huntnheads7945 Hey thanks for the comment mate👍
@alexander__74277 ай бұрын
hello i am 20 years old from the USA, from learning more about the world as a youngster makes me believe my country doesn’t have a bright future with possible world crises that may come, the crime here and poverty, the american dream is dead in this age. i personally don’t like city living in suburbia here, i don’t think city dwelling is healthy for anybody. after tons of research i found iceland, alaska, yukon canada, chile patagonia argentina, and north west usa are the only places that have the sustenance i need. i came across disease from poor eating when i was 14-17, auto immune disease and rosecea i now cured with organic eating i was vegan for 1 year came into nutritional deficiencies and finally fully healed everything with a carnivore diet. carpaccio and steak tartare have been super healing to my body, my cells regenerate and i don’t feel bloated like i do with high fiber. the carnivore diet here in the usa is super popular. i know the value of organic food now which is my motive for trying to learn to hunt, i was originally going to learn here but buying land and everything here is too expensive for me, i want to immidetely get into this, not wait decades later to start after i get into the corporate world which will take too many years to achieve. when i ate first light farms venison from NZ, i can tell you right now i have never in my life felt that phenomenal after eating grass fed red meat, no other grass fed organic company can compare. that’s what sparked my curiosity for the country if it wasn’t for that i wouldent of began my research. i am looking to be welcomed to your country in 2028-2029. before then i’m saving up all my money working minimum wage to make settling less stressful, i’m likely not going to college as i think it’s pointless unless your in law or medicine, which i don’t like either. any insight and friendly welcoming would be great as i’m learning!! i really don’t have a lot of insight on new zealand at all im just winging it and hope i don’t land on my goals the wrong way. joe rogan did some videos on why hunting is sustainable, lots of talks with him and another elk hunter cameron hanes from oregon. the healthy organic meat at the stores is outrageously pricey, wild meat is more organic, and one animal can last for months!! the collagen in animal products are healing for spinal injuries, especially the collagen present in meat. plus i’m sure in NZ they don’t have any predators like they usually do in the usa like wolves and bears. the issue for me is it’s too cold here. thanks for these videos please keep them up it is unbelievably inspiring to me!! take care and have a wonderful day...... and yes carrying whole animal loads are probably not a good idea, there’s all types of methods to cut up the portions and haul it out, what about dragging it? i heard in alaska they drag their animals on the snow on sleighs and haul it with ropes, less tension on the back and they are not carrying it on their back. hunters should be working on lower back exercises and safe lifting to create a muscular lower back, that’s where the most tension is not the upper back, upper back is more for arm stability. any physical therapy helps id bet. anyways, you have no clue how inspiring these videos are to me i deeply appreciate it.
@nzmeateater7 ай бұрын
Gday Alex Thanks for the comment, Just be aware living here can be exspencive too mate, Im sure you are doing your research, so you probably already know that, If you turn up here in NZ get in touch.👍👍