Dave's Stag - A Public Land Hunting Journey

[@unclearthur9192]

Thanks for taking us along on your hunt. Congratulations to Dave for taking that magnificent red stag. After being inspired by your videos, I intended taking up deer hunting in 2023 but a cancer scare and surgery have put a hold on this. Another bout of surgery in about 6-8 weeks, then recovery time. So it looks like I'll begin hunting seriously in August/September. I will do this! Cheers, Steve

[@AussieBushHarvest]

I believe you will Steve! So glad you have that strong vision for the future even with a testing time with health. Get well mate and good luck for an exciting start on the hunting journey! you good times will be natural

[@unclearthur9192]

@@AussieBushHarvest Thanks, mate!

[@southern-samurai]

I’m going through the Vic firearm license process for myself and my teenage daughter at the moment. We are both keen to get out there after a learning phase.

[@trentbartel2743]

Brother you have an absolute talent. I have been getting into bow hunting from watching channels from the US, and yours compete. Your passion, story telling and willing to deepdive with your deer hunting knowledge is amazing/processing. Especially for us novice hunters. Thank you again for what you do. I hope to meet you and shake your hand and have a beer... Even better I hope to have one of these trips with yourself. Best of wishes movingforward bud

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

Hard work, persistence and perseverance certainly paid off big time. Well done fella’s.

[@mattytalbot777]

Good on you Dave!! Thanks for the adventures Profty!!

[@rodgeorge7244]

What an absolute ripper vid Alex and congrats to Dave for a great stag, nothing but nothing beats time out in the Australian bush, hunting or fishing good times are natural.

[@thesaltytravellers2869]

An amazing video boys, well done 👏👌

[@BoltActionProductions]

Persistence pays off. Well done boys👍👍

[@garytrigg-graynoth4034]

another incredible doco!! love the attitude! either get busy livin or get busy dieing😂 👊

[@1515acdcrocks]

Good one Dave! What a ripper!

[@MrGarryButler]

I love your passion. Great videos.

[@TaralgaBushAdventure]

1. My farmer mate says, If you see an echidna it's usually a sign of rain coming. 2. How hard is not shoot a goat, to keep your presence quiet? a. Nothing wrong in bagging one goat to get a pot of curry going for the hunt. 3. pig - see 2. 4. no substitute for putting in hard days 5. no substitute for success in the end Thanks mate - great video!

[@danozdirect3749]

Bloody unreal stag and trip Cheers for sharing lads

[@outdoorsman7777]

Brilliant work guys. Inspirational as always!! 🤙🏼

[@jordanhayes4704]

Great video mate! And love your energy, even after 7 days, you still had nothing but excitement and joy for your mates success. Good stuff!

[@barrydawson7548]

One of your best vids so far Profty. 👌

[@bro031]

Great video , awesome job Dave congratulations 🥳 on that nice stag.

[@maximumserenity28920]

Bro that's another RED hot quality video!! As per usual, the stoked is sky high, as is the determination and ambition! Bravo boys!!

[@cavemankris]

LOL loved this. And the ending just so classic.... that's it I'm booked in for my next day off! Great stuff Dave.

[@timbow50]

Congratulations on a magnificent beast. Going to be a Great Wall mount. Bloody huge.

[@danmumford1838]

You bloody legends

[@jackbruce309]

Thankyou for reminding me that hard work pays off profty.. I was unsuccessful over Easter and been down after getting my hopes up.. I know it will come and when it does I will send you a photo mate.. great hunt boys and as always thankyou for bringing us along 🤙🤙

[@MarkLinno81]

Great vid mate, love the energy

[@nicholaskneedeep]

Inspirational stuff, great video 👑👑👑

[@kickedinbickietin]

Great vid 👌

[@mauriciohughes5484]

Great story guys thanks so much for sharing!! And congratulations 👏👏👏

[@johnryan1386]

Brilliant job gentleman!

[@sambar_slayer]

So awesome well done profti 💪

[@preacherman8220]

been on vacation out of country, was happy to see you posted a video. how old are you thanks.

[@jwknevitt]

Keep up the videos mate, very interesting and inspiring to go out and at-least have a walk around the bush.

[@michaelstewart7916]

Bloody awsome mate. After are back breaking day watching you vids fills with energy and excitement. Stoked for Dave and his first red congrats I'll be checking his page out for sure 👍👍🍺

[@AussieBushHarvest]

hoping it was back breaking in a good way that serves you mate!

[@michaelstewart7916]

@@AussieBushHarvest it serves my back pocket which serves my hunting trips, just need to keep that in mind sometimes haha

[@aussieredneck818]

That was a great watch. One of the best. Are you going to do a cooking video next? Well done gents. Most of us would have left days ago. Persistence pays off.

[@johnmead8437]

A demo of different sausage recipes would probably show best gourmet result if that stag is as old as it appears (without having a close look that can be deceptive). An old bull or ram can be camouflaged too to some extent under culinary treatment, but a mincer often saves a lot of glowing over results that would be spat out in a restaurant. There's a reason export prices for younger stuff is better, & the older stuff goes to mince & burgers. Hinds/young deer are a different quality. Trying a few of the prime cuts from a stag a couple of days after getting it has been a good practice. Some can be ok, others are sausages instead of difficult cooking attempts. Have had a prime condition young stag (est 4 or less) like rubber & some medium age ones ok (particularly in spring). It's led to keeping different animals separate in the freezer, if one samples tough it's easy to know what to mince. instead of lucky dip.

[@tcw95NZ]

Well deserved, got to be in it to win it! I'd be interested to see what your cameras catch (or even better, you harvest) over the next few years, looking at that pedicle height he still had a good few years of antler development in him

[@johnmead8437]

Looked like an old one past it's best that wasn't ever going to be anything great as a second opinion, footage insufficient to be really sure. A reasonable example stag head on a really big old beast, not many that size. Suspect the fancy recipes would be coming out if not going straight into patties & sausages.

[@BailingScalingandBBQ]

🎉❤great video well done

[@jay_pozz4222]

Cracking hunt boy's. I almost died when old mate sat down on the log at the end and went tits up 😂

[@johnmead8437]

Can spear oneself with the head around the way it was on the pack, tynes pointed back is safer. Trip over it will fall on top of you too, & ventilation with an antler is a nasty wound. Also catches less in thick vegetation. In some situations big ones can be carried around the neck, head up behind, tynes forward & down. Whatever way after awhile their pedigree can be discussed as they exact retribution.

[@dannysdirtbikeadventures2606]

Great work guys 👍🏾. I have only recently come across your youtube channel.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

appreciate you watching Danny, more to come and plenty over the last decade to enjoy if your keen

[@Benz926]

Hey mate, love your videos. Learn so much and am quickly working my way through every single one, just wondering what field knife you use to gut the deer in your videos. It’s like you have a fixed blade with a skinning blade too. It looks awesome

[@AussieBushHarvest]

I use 2 mate, EKA swing blade which can switch from standard curved blade to a guy hook, I also use a Havalon scalpel, really simple to just change blades

[@Benz926]

@@AussieBushHarvest that’s unreal, I’ll definitely have a look at them. Thanks for your quick response mate 👍🏼

[@Troffy21]

Great stuff as always Profty and congrats to Dave! Random question, that thermal fan thing on your heater, do they actually work? They seem pricy and I’ve read mixed reviews.

[@jfisho.7]

100% mate 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@freedomfighter8958]

Epic

[@Deckrejuvenationcom]

hey guys great vid... how many kilos of meat did Dave get from the stag do you think ?

[@AussieBushHarvest]

not too far shy of 90kg it was massive animal.

[@johnmead8437]

@@AussieBushHarvest A bit more footage of it to show that would give better overall perspective. That weight confirms is was impressive big & not just camera perspective. Gives a good idea what it's like hunting in that area, the trail cams etc make it very interesting. For roars, hinds cycle on day length, not weather. Sound carries better when still, & some big stags don't get really vocal, they can intimidate without making a fuss once they've moved in with the hinds. Hunting disturbance also affects noise.

[@AussieBushHarvest]

@@johnmead8437 unfortunately no John, my previous videos made a point of showing lots of that, now if I do Ytube demonetises the videos and they don’t come up in people’s notifications/don’t get seen. So I deliberately edited out the butchery.. which feels crap. But I do have a 3 part series up on a red deer butchery from start to finish which gives the fullest picture, less people have seen it for the reasons just mentioned but I put a lot of work into it.. please scroll back and give it a watch if your keen 🤙

[@johnmead8437]

@@AussieBushHarvest A good look at the animal & its head etc, antlers look interesting from several angles, and the length & spread is another interest point. One comment is when doing that it's common for the field experts to make some insightful wisdom about all sorts of factors like age, breeding etc, (& ethics & how others should think) and often don't get a 50% pass. It doesn't pay to present stuff that might be more opinion than fact on line, some prominent posters are both full and sure of themselves. Entertaining but probably not in the way intended given the acid produced when it's noted.

[@redsparks90]

Thanks for the video mate, well done! Because this was 8 days, does that mean you hunted private land?

[@AussieBushHarvest]

Thanks Doug, no the title of the film says otherwise. Rebooking the forest on day 6 was key decision to stay

[@redsparks90]

Ahh right, I love you guys mostly do the state lands, I'm sure you have plenty of private options.

[@bornodnoc1034]

11? 11!

[@hntrdwnundr3415]

Shit hot! 🤙