Hunter/Harvester Day to Day 1

Introducing the new monthly AussieBushHarvest episode "Hunter/Harvester day to day", covering my local hunting and fishing, game recipes, gear talk and hunting strategies. These are designed to compliment and not replace my usual adventures and how to videos.
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Title music by Jason Shaw @ audionautix.com

[@emilteleki3810]

Great stuff Profty-ran into you and your brother last year in a certain SF after towing a bloke out of a bog-really enjoyed my chat with you then and to any one who watches ,Profty is as good a bloke as he seems!

[@aussieredneck818]

Well done. The Aussie (Steven Rinella from meat eater)loved the cooking. 👍 Your 100% right about the change in cycles. Some of my cattle didn’t calves during the drought.

[@bbodybenny]

Man, i am so glad you are back. 2020 has sucked from a hunters perspective, and watching your vids has me frothing for bushtime again. I am planning a trip up into the Murchison for a few goats with the bow in April or May. Hoping my lousy job doesnt keep getting in the way. As always, loving the good times being natural! Good luck in 2021. Hope you fill your freezer and enjoy life to the fullest.

[@jaydenharris9465]

Another awesome video! Love your channel 👌🏼 little secret to make your Thai/Asian inspired recipes or any general tougher cuts even more delicious, before you marinate your meat sprinkle a good amount of bicarbonate soda over mix it together and place in the fridge for an hour, take it out wash the soda off with cold water then do your marinade. This will take it to the absolute next level of tenderness and you’ll use this method many many times I assure you! I’d love to see you use this in another video 🤙🏻 cheers

[@bartfenech8495]

Phew! For a minute there i thought i'd have to watch even more blooper vids. So very glad you are back. I'm a chef mate and loved your cooking segment. I make a stir fry almost exactly the same, also love my fish sauce but some people i make it for say its too salty, so i use a little piece of palm sugar. They come in small round blocks at your asian supermarket. TOTALLY changes the flavour and dynamic of the dish. Always my pleasure to see youre work Profty.

[@timshepherd9222]

I harvested a fallow buck last year over the aus day weekend in the New England area. The tips were still soft which I thought was a bit odd. I also observed a group of does with fawns still on the ground on another property. I'll be heading back there this weekend to see what I can find. Ill let you know.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Tim Shepherd awesome man, great to get a year to year perspective

[@timshepherd9222]

@@AussieBushHarvest So this morning I was out and luckily enough to shoot a 13 point red. I was shaking like crazy, I knew he was big but wasn't entirely sure until I got up to him. He was massive and in full hard antler. He was just passing through to another area. So this area had 400mm in 2019, 2020 it had 1375mm (average is about 1000mm). The fallow i shot aus day 2020 after the drought were in soft velvet (they were younger bucks tho). Today after a big rainfall last year the red was full hard antler. Crazy times

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

What town were u hunting near..??

[@timshepherd9222]

Niangala mate

[@keithprinn720]

last three days with fires, floods and pandemic have taken a massive toll, I have had serious health dramas too understand your thoughts. magic nature to experience stay warm and dry that is the key in nature lol, that goat is just waiting for a great curry but that stir fry add champinons, mushrooms, sultanas and nuts even peas

[@charliesabre4328]

So pumped for this video!! Thanks for getting them out to us profty 👍🏻

[@mynameismud4568]

Wannabe hunter here from Tas loving all this good info. Really enjoy your channel!😎 cheers

[@2908phild]

Always love a new ABH vid. Hot tip, when cooking the meat try not to overcrowd the pan otherwise you end up stewing the meat instead of browning it off. The result is an “ in between” cook where the meat is neither falling apart or nice and tender.

[@dan02c]

I’m very fortunate to call the Snowy Mountains home, so some of the best hunting in the country at my door step! Mate, your videos are so motivating and educational, I get itchy feet every time I watch one. I’ve had my R licence for over 10 years, but only just starting to get into it properly and take it seriously, I still have so much to learn, but loving every minute!

[@bartfenech8495]

Hey Dan, mate i just got my R license and would like to pick your brains if you dont mind. Mate when you book your hunt on line, how do you know (when you turn up to the forrest), wher the physical boundaries of the area you can hunt, actyually are? I mean how do you know when/ where you can actually start hunting? Appreciate your help mate.

[@dan02c]

@@bartfenech8495 NSW DPI supply an app as well as GPS and PDF maps which show the boundaries of the forest and any applicable exclusion zones. If you login to the portal, there is a section to download the maps.

[@vithakatsa5451]

Here's a snowy river rainbow trout slip lol best ever love ya bro

[@darranadam992]

another great video mate. your such a thinker about the things you love. its also nice to see a hunter thats not to fussed over weather or not you take a animal and just as happy to see them wandering around

[@jonsey300]

Awesome to see you back mate ,love the vids as always 👍. If the borders allow and you want a vic high country sambar hunt this year hit me up 👍👍

[@aussierebel4583]

New format works pretty well. Definitely enjoyed this show. Keep up the great content.

[@HyenaMoh]

Love it mate. Keep it coming. Hard to find good NSW hunting videos.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Seriously

[@marchodges8381]

Great stuff again mate good to see you back at it. Really enjoyed the extra content and new style of video you have presented 👍

[@davidpritchard4241]

This has been my style of eating for the last few years since really starting to hunt more sustainably. Since finding guys like your good self and HD amongst others I have only used beef/lamb/pork only about 20-30 meals a year, rest of the year is meat from deer and goats that I have been lucky enough to harvest during my two trips a year with my mates. Hoping to get into some public land hunting once I get an R license and doing more than two hunts a year. Definitely inspired by guys like you, cheers and enjoy the year and “warm barrels” as some leg says 👍👍

[@lionelmclagan4668]

loving it! the "how to" and cooking videos will be spot on!

[@chrisp3677]

Great video mate, can't wait for all of the new content this year 🤙🤙

[@georgeathanasiadis2989]

That energy! Get after it man! Love it

[@4kays160]

Cant wait for the next central west deer hunt mate, cheering u on, keep at it brother..

[@chriscoote2656]

Alex a great video and could almost smell that cooking. Keep it up, love Uncle Chris

[@No_mans_flies]

It’s a good day when a new Aussie bush harvest video pops up at the top of my feed👍. Great video having a bit of everything in there, really enjoyed it. What brand is that knife sharpener you were using on the hunt? Keep it up mate.

[@justinbonventre4303]

He buddy. First up huge fan and love the ‘real feel’ in the presentations. I have found marinating the meat when butchering and cryovacing (I’m a crap speller sorry) it also saves time but marinates while freezing and thawing. My meat has never been so soft and tender as well. Jbv SA

[@trucka123]

Love your work man, keep it up

[@ghostcry7996]

4:02 😂😂😂. But on a serious note nice vid mate! looking forward to seeing you upload more. 👍

[@swellseeka]

Love your work profty! .. so stoked to see a new vid uploaded.Look forward to the new series mate

[@clintt4754]

Great stuff as usual Profty looking forward to seeing more👍

[@cleonmain1291]

Great to see how it's done in other parts of the world. Here in Minnesota, US are firearms Deer hunting is in our Fall. The first couple weeks of November in cool to very cold weather typically. And it's interesting to see a US made lever gun being used as well. I'm a life long hunter and now land owner watching videos since it's -20F ( -30 ) outside during a cold snap.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Cleon Main very stoked to have an international audience Cleon! Cheers mate

[@johnskelly2542]

it rained most of last year quite regularly where i am, normally an extremely dry environment, the grass is tall and green and the livestock can only just be seen in the paddocks, pretty rare

[@markduncan8030]

Been missing your content, get well and stay safe.

[@shanemckenzie9081]

Welcome back Profty. Legend.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Profty???

[@justinwhite2547]

Cooking game recipes is an awesome idea thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@russelkeith4034]

Hi Guys. Although most of my experience and training has been in Africa but very similar climatic conditions I have noticed similar things in the game and cattle populations regarding breading and conception of both cattle and game after prolonged drought . Experience has taught me that this is the result of sub par condition in the animals and they are simply not able to conceive . In many species there is a direct correlation between ability to breed and the animals mass. So things can be thrown way out of kilter if the animals are coming of a very poor diet into a lush diet as in the case of the drought then fires then rains and good grazing. Things should stabilise in the next year or so. However there may be a disproportionate number of dry females in the next few years due to the other side of the problem , good conditions very fat females. Most hormones are fat soluble. All boils down to balance.

[@lukeprestonhuntingandadven5074]

Noticed it last year seen 2 older fallow bucks with only quarter growth of antler start of January hadn’t even started to grow out in palmation

[@RobnKath]

Put a little bit of bicarbonate soda on the meat stir it through and let it sit in the fridge over night before marinating and it’ll make your meat so tender it’ll melt in your mouth

[@AussieBushHarvest]

If your interested I did a vid in Feb doing just that with hare, worked a treat!

[@RobnKath]

@@AussieBushHarvest ok cool I’ve been watching your vids over the last week thoroughly enjoy them cheers keep up the good work.

[@lunamanu7]

Awesome plan for 2021 profty! Hope it goes to plan for you

[@garyedwards7375]

A grade vid as usual profty keep up the passion

[@hasso9827]

Cam you make another video on how to hunt the state forest but in more detail?

[@sammyjames9743]

Great content and happy new year to you!!

[@outdoors_australia4439]

Can you please do a gun video running through what guns you have and nice antlers that you have in the background 🤣

[@billbearback2591]

Jl fishing , good idea and I think to mention rough distance of the shot and calibre used would be great to ad in as well

[@xXMangoXx_]

He has done a couple gun videos on the guns that he has but mainly he doesn't have a lot of guns to show off which isn't a bad thing just means he doesn't have a huge arsenal to show on camera.

[@jade5773]

Another great video!

[@karrimhallak]

Yes I have found the rut/breading pattern drastically changed over the last 2 years 2019-2020 and I have a property in Oberon same area you hunt I have been finding deer with younger and founder fawns later in the year also 2020 I found the rut started early April and ended almost into March would love to get more info on the phenomenon???

[@duddlesoutdoorsandadventur4673]

Hey mate absolutely love your content all your videos your new video is really great and very inspiring I really want to start my own KZbin channel for hunting and outdoors and you have inspired me to pursue my dream of filming my hunts and fishing adventures for my own KZbin channel Thanks for the great content please keep it up I hope you get better soon would love to catch up and go for a hunt with you if you come down to Victoria

[@rickfletcher8422]

Look forward to more of the clips profty, I’m going to try that recipe ASAP! Regarding the odd cycles, iv been saying for a couple years that the seasons are moving a bit later. Anywhere from 2 weeks to 6, I’m a farmhand and as I grow up iv definitely noticed cooler nov-dec and hotter mar-April. I was called a conspiracy theorist for mentioning it but I think the change is natural(or at least gradual), just not aligned with the human time clock.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Rick Fletcher great perspective mate, and I’ve definitely noticed the colder end to the year

[@doraexplora9046]

Does Australia have any native hooved animals? Isn't everything with a hoof here introduced?

[@snakethepeg7828]

Lots of electromagnetic changes happening over the last few years. Last year airports had to change the direction of their magnetic north coz the poles are flipping. Heaps will change in the next 20 years. That's just my theory but it's not baseless

[@AussieBushHarvest]

left of field but thats very intriguing

[@snakethepeg7828]

Check it out, it's an 80byear process and we're in the middle of it, hence the absolutely mental weather all over the world this year. These are the things I research while waiting/fighting for my gun license🤣🤣

[@wittyfpv]

iv been seeing similar on my blocks abit north of you. out 2 days ago and didnt see a single hard looking rack all early stage growth. and a hand full of fawns that would have been dropped around newyears

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Interesting to hear man, I'm wondering if things will go back to a familiar rhythm after a few good years rain etc..

[@devinb3397]

@@AussieBushHarvest here in central vic the fawns have only just dropped. Was out last week and saw tiny fawns that would have been only 1-2 weeks old tops, plenty of pics on my cam too

[@devinb3397]

Love it 👌 what camera are you using btw to film when out stalking? Sorry you’ve probably already covered this in an older vid

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Its a cannon SX60 mate, its starting to show its age a bit but its got an incredible zoom

[@devinb3397]

@@AussieBushHarvest Does the job fine though! I bought a sx740 recently, don’t think I’ll be disappointed

[@hserhtoo7607]

Which binoculars would you suggest best for hunting ??

[@bentate2501]

It’s all about the hunt, then the attention turns to the butchery, but it’s the cooking that brings it home. It’s all good! I’ve been making Italian venison sausage lately, pretty good, but this shank recipe is worth a crack, the sauce is so good! jesspryles.com/recipe/venison-shanks-stout-coffee-smoke/

[@jennyadle9915]

This is such a cool cooking video. If you add this on Khal,com. I can guarantee that this will be on the homepage.

[@harryballs112]

20 seconds in , subfuckingscribe this is so fresh , sick of hearing about the virus . This is good cob i got a half on

[@chrispeterson1247]

Tuning in from Tennessee! Love it!

[@maxweidenbach2919]

Great video! Been following your channel for ages. Just a heads up, that snake was a tiger not a copperhead. The head shape is a big giveaway

[@JXM777CG]

Loved this episode mate, really keen on this series thanks for all your hard work

[@harrison5911]

nice work mate just subscribed keep up the content

[@ahuntersjourney3422]

Great content mate🤙🏽 Love the Nz seafood tee. Grew up looking at that as a poster in ever fish n chip shop in nz. Chur

[@teatowel11]

Mate, you fo such a good job to catch these deer on camera while they are moving. I can't imagine how hard that'd be

[@andrewhowells3522]

do you find wild mushrooms? id love a video about how/where and identifying the good ones. keep up the brilliant vids mate. missed the entertainment and info.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Yeah mate if you scroll back through my old stuff there was a wild mushroom vid in 2016 I think, cheers Andrew

[@Troffy21]

He’s got a ripper on finding saffies in pine forests. We used that to find a heap last April

[@tonygillahan]

Stuff bro 👌 keep it up

[@edwardalexander2569]

Great Job Profty. I was down in the snowys in early Jan. There were super young fawns around. The 2 velvet bucks that I saw looked a little bit behind but it was difficult to tell, this area was still a dry, they don't seem to have had as much rain as Sydney and other areas. Last year in May there were also heaps of super young fawns on the other side of the Snowys, which was strange as. You should do a QnA video.

[@davidvader]

Awesome channel, subbed and looking forward to more!

[@Chris___000]

Yes you are back! :-)

[@StarLight-yk6es]

Gaday Mate , could I buy some deer horn base of ya for making knife handles ? I'm up brisvagus way so if ya have some spare horn , I'm a hobby black smith and I mainly do tripods and cooksets for camping , but am keen to make some knives , but need some horn for handles . Lake WIVENHOE .

[@rg.976]

Hi.. i really love hunting and outdoors. Im new here in Australia as a permas nent resident of Sydney. Can you make some videos on some advice on how to acquire permits, trainings,etc on acquiring rifle for hunting porpuses and access to NSW public forest for hunting? Thank you very much buddy.

[@Lnace87]

So great to hear your charging ahead mate. I love to watch your content. Hello from the central coast nsw

[@peterfarr7648]

Love your work, was a chef for a long time and I tell you what it’s something you could do after a day out hunting particular if you do your marinade and meat in a vac bag before you go out.

[@georgefairweathermoonlight4]

smell ya drift cobba

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Ps...Have u even seen Moose in this country?

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Can u do a shoot here in out back new south Wales?

[@TombstoneHeart]

To stop your cutting board from sliding around on your table or bench top, put a tea towel under it.

[@Larimuss]

Man I don’t know how you find deer so easy these days but I want to learn 😂

[@titot2370]

Lemongrass goes well with venison as well.

[@rodgeorge7244]

Great Vid mate love the new format keep them coming .

[@jamiesullivan8900]

All about your adventures big fella. The content you bring is top shelf sustainable bush harvesting. Keep it real 🤙

[@AdamBurdock]

Bring these back !

[@aidenonfire]

Fantastic work cobber

[@ruahinehunter7441]

You would love it here in New Zealand mate

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Already do bro, just need Covid to scram so I can get back to paradise!

[@snakethepeg7828]

You guys should do a collab👌

[@ruahinehunter7441]

@@snakethepeg7828 yeeeah that would be cool if I'd take the bro out

[@glenmuller6015]

love ya videos mate

[@madrock1970]

Thank F$&k you're back. My eyes were starting to bleed with all the crap on here. Love ya work.

[@divefishhunt]

I got a few vids to keep ya covered in between waiting for this gold ;)

[@madrock1970]

@@divefishhunt Thanks , Just watched your jumbuck vid

[@stones2themountains686]

Thanks for the dinner invite Profty, I’ll be round shortly..... 🍷 🤙 I’ve heard croaking bucks may, June and July on the sth coast. Definitely some late girls cycling the last 2 years.

[@nickiuga89]

Legend

[@thewilderlifer9910]

Hey Profty. Love the video, mate. You should come up here some time in the new year and have some serious cooking collaboration happening. Our garden is going gangbusters and we have a pizza oven now, too. Re the fallow: It seems they're really far along up our way (New England and western slopes area). My friend shot a buck a few days ago and he was hard all the way to the tips! I wouldn't be surprised is they start stripping earlier than usual. I saw a buck who looked to be in hard velvet yesterday but he was a smaller buck so sometimes it's a little hard to tell. I'll be scouting big time before the rut and I have some cameras out that I'll check soon, so I'll keep you posted. It's great to see the deer bouncing back after the drought.

[@williamfitzpatrick1055]

Your a good bloke profty

[@darrynjones325]

Good work brother

[@PatriotHunterAustralia]

Happy New Year Alex, great video look forward to seeing more for 2021

[@titot2370]

A bigger flame will seal amd caramelise the meat and add a more smoky wok flavour.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

100% those nuts in burners are very weak

[@huntingarete9214]

Profty great work and keep it up. I haven't got out for a few months but a hunch might be the affect of the drought and then combined with this summer being comparatively very cool and wet. We only have this combination every ten or so years when we switch from the conclusion of El Nino to La Lina. I should have been more diligent in keeping diaries over the years, but in the three big drought break / wet summer combinations I have experienced the hunting patters seem to go out of whack.

[@tomevans7244]

Love the fish t shirt mate gidday from kiwi land

[@AussieBushHarvest]

big chur bro!

[@southcoastkids5397]

Awesome mate you have to hit me up and come fishing mate south coast kids for a preview of what I get up to hit me up profty

[@Nathaehehehrjrhdb]

yo legend, awesome video. can you give me any advice on hunting nsw? where can and can't you hunt with public land?? I really would like to hunt Kosciusko but don't know the rules as I am from Vic unfortunately where we don't have as much alps region.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Nathan Kotsa so visit the NSW DPI website, that has everything you need and will show you all open State forest you can hunt in

[@Nathaehehehrjrhdb]

@@AussieBushHarvest thanks man!! ill check it out

[@Nathaehehehrjrhdb]

can you hunt ON Kosciusko?

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Nathan Kotsa no way mate, all NSW parks are closed to rec hunting. Would love that to change tho

[@coopermay699]

Gday Aussie Bush Harvest, just like to say bloody good video. Just sharing my experiences about the topic Towards the end, on how the deer or cow seasons are abnormal. This abnormality is also occurring within NSW for mud crabbing. Last summer, when the droughts were occurring, I'd catch 5 a week, were now you would be lucky with 2 a week. Personally I think the previous drought has affected the animal movement quite a bit. Cheers. Also love the Vulcan State mushroom hunt!!!

[@danieljonesadventures2181]

Great video Profty. Looking forward to the next one

[@bigd4000]

Hey wondering where u got to? glad to hear ur on the mend mate 👍 Really enjoyed ur vid an u got some gd deer footage there. Haven’t had the chance to hunt deer ever as lived up the cape for 30 odd yrs but have killed a zillion pigs tho👍 which is y I guess deer really interest me now I live in Sth east Qld. u r very blessed to have land to hunt as every bit of public land here is closed to everyone which sux as the ferals r breeding like crazy an the government is doing nothing but sending rangers to catch an fine u an putting up cameras so they can just send u the fine in the mail??

[@forty5degrees]

Another excellent video mate. well done. I am very keen on your culinary series on wild meat. It will be awesome, really looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing and going through the trouble of making this stuff. Also look after your health champ.

[@accessibleaustralia9266]

Hey Profty. I got the fallow buck of a lifetime today and he is in hard velvet. Somewhere between Tamworth Coonabarabran and Quirindi. I've never seen anything like it. All the good feed is doing wonders for them.

[@matthewfebey4448]

Great vid mate , good to see your back and looking forward to watching more of you great vids this year