Step by Step HUNTING SPEARS with an ABORIGINAL ELDER

[@mickthefisherman1562]

The nicest part of this episode guys was when he mentioned how he was bored just sitting at home and then you fellers took him out to make spears, that made his day. Just watching him working on the spear heads makes me wonder what's going through his mind, remembering his younger days. You made him very happy I think, good on ya.

[@WildReaches]

Yes I was intrigued thinking the same thing for hours on end watching him. Such an amazing experience Mick.

[@onthewattle]

@@WildReaches mob in central and northern Aus have a remarkable ability to seemingly, without sounding too hippy-dippy, live in the moment. it really shows their connection to country

[@mattcrick2156]

History of indigenous people is very important and so interesting, well done to all involved.

[@WildReaches]

Sure is Matt. Thanks mate

[@jourdainhiini6548]

I've been binging your videos for a few days. Been stuck inside with all the rain. You're an absolute legend. Love your content. Thank you for letting us follow in your adventures across our beautiful country and our beautiful indigenous communities.

[@jacobwilson4950]

Deadly to here Viv's name in your videos fellahs bless his soul his been a long time family friend and taught me a little bit as well, I still have the axe I made with him. Awesome to see eople getting out and learning culture ❤

[@OfficialMichaelCarothers]

Truly amazing episodes here! Wow the lesson on making spears! These are definitely historical gems and should be saved. Wild Reaches is next level. Thank you for sharing and taking the time to educate us all here.

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Michael. I agree about documenting and saving this stuff. Its all so special!

[@skoggy2122]

Love the vids boys keep it up I love the relationship you have with all the traditional owners RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍

[@WildReaches]

🙏🏼

[@leesydneyharry7958]

I think the elder mentioned he would walk with his miss’s between the two mobs “I was good then” meaning: He was fit back then”!☺️

[@raleighthomas3079]

Fantastic video, in awe and humble respect to the elders and their knowledge! Awesome props to you guys, and everyone, who realizes the importance of documenting traditions and skills, and recording the thoughts and stories, memories and history from people like Uncle, before they are lost forever, and replaced by speculation or just forgotten. Time kills by attrition, so Godspeed for your work. Kudos from the USA.

[@janicebiddle6882]

I love how your videos. Show just how much you love trying out the traditions and customs of the indigenous tribes. That are the true custodians of the lands of Australia. 💯👍❤️

[@roypowell3450]

Very interesting and enjoyable again, we loved the bit about Uncle was bored until you turned up to make spears! Well we are still trying to keep up with you guys. I heard this thumping outside just find Cheryl and an axe chopping the apple tree root! I said a couple of comments and believe me where she stuck it it was a good spear🙄. I bet the Bower Bird like the two guys from Bunnings popping by😙. Take care guys and thanks again, UK leg ends! Still planning our trip👍

[@WildReaches]

Haha the Bunnings delivery! Sounds like Cheryl has some built up anger towards you mate, maybe run her a hot bath with some rose petals before you get yourself into trouble

[@roypowell3450]

@@WildReaches Helpful advice as usual, I think I will go with that!😗

[@marshallfarr5575]

A very informative and special episode. The craftsmanship to make a spear like that....wow!! You boys sure are lucky getting to meet traditional owners and have them welcome you and impart some of their vast and immense knowledge of the land...simply fantastic! As always love getting to sit back with a cold one on a Thursday and my fav channel!! Cheers

[@WildReaches]

We are definitely lucky. This stuff is all living a dream to me. Stoked you’re loving it mate

[@junellebryce7550]

You've done it again guys,smashing vid.Gotta say Dan is now a bird whisperer,tree whisperer and a snake whisperer.Cant wait to see what hes whispering to next week.cheers.

[@WildReaches]

hes not bad hey!

[@JillEmms]

Thanks for delaying me having to washup so I could watch this new vid first.....lol ♥♥

[@WildReaches]

Haha any excuse hey Jill!

[@jayhaagmans]

Such a mesmerisingly interesting episode legends. What a privilege to learn how to make traditional spears from such an old guru. Love every minute of it Nath

[@jayhaagmans]

Now all that is left to do is hunt a meal using the spear you guys helped make, thanks once again for this mate. Yeeeww.i love itso much

[@WildReaches]

No worries Jay, Youre welcome mate. Well dane almost takes out a Kirks can if that counts?

[@jayhaagmans]

@@WildReaches haha! For first go it counts mate! Be good to spend a week straight learning the finer points of spear throwing from a TO as well! Would take a life time to be consistent though I reckon

[@WildReaches]

@@jayhaagmans I agree. I plan to start using them way more.

[@jayhaagmans]

@@WildReaches 💕

[@4amwaj]

31:44 best part of the video right here... haha! Now you need to change the name of the channel to "Two Miglos lost in the Peninsula" hahha! Love your work guys not enough of this footage/knowledge being collected by the young people anymore.... Sadly what you have here is a big % of what's available.. It would be amazing if you can keep doing vids like this... love it.

[@4amwaj]

haha the look on your faces is priceless haha!

[@WildReaches]

Yeah that cracked me up too. Glad you liked it mate. I really want to delve further into this culture and take you all with me. 👍🏼

[@4x4andfishing]

Seriously had to take the time half way through to say this is the best I want to go up there and learn.

[@WildReaches]

That’s awesome to hear!

[@maestro7261]

Thankyou sooo much guys, truly amazing feeling to watch and learn

[@WildReaches]

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

[@nevanalthaus2387]

Great episode guys loving the content not 100% sure about messing with the Bower leave nothing bar footprints

[@WildReaches]

We spend a couple months a year in the bush up here Nevan picking up any rubbish we find, respecting the country we walk on and its inhabitants, doing our best to "leave nothing but footprints". I dont see the harm in what we did at the bower. The bower bird actually used the items and then I observed him from a distance over the following days and he was happily coming in and out and moving things about. Ill continue to do me and ignore any key board warriors but I wanted to write back to you as you regularly comment and seem to enjoy the show.

[@nevanalthaus2387]

@@WildReaches I'm sorry mate for asking the question if you think I'm a keyboard warrior mate I'll unsubscribe cheers

[@nevanalthaus2387]

@@WildReaches because I 100% enjoy your content

[@WildReaches]

@@nevanalthaus2387 no I don’t think you’re a keyboard warrior Nevan, I was saying I’ll ignore keyboard warriors but wanted to reply to you given that you comment often and seem to like the show. If you don’t agree with the things I’m doing then no hard feelings if you move on, I’ll continue to do what I feel is right as that’s what this channel is all about. Not trying to get attention and at the same time not hiding what intrigues me in nature. It’s tough at times because of course there will always be someone who disagrees 🤷🏼‍♂️ oh well

[@hewsmithers7830]

maximum respect, old is gold, the ancient knowledge is priceless,

[@WildReaches]

💯 agree

[@garrydrage7768]

Ha Nath I love your show,keep up the work,

[@colmclaurin9452]

An absolute bloody brilliant video fellas. 12 out 10 (bonus points). These videos need to be archived for prosperity. Old uncle and his knowledge is so rare these days, and I get the impression given his willingness and effort he's putting into teaching his skills to you 2 white fella's that he's a very proud man of his culture. It's hard yakka cutting out those tree roots with steel implements, just imagine what it was like using wood digging sticks. I hope these videos run into the millions of viewers and subscribers for you. In my younger days when I was in PNG, I used to go out to some of my bois village and watch them make spears then go spear fishing. They used bamboo for shafts, which doesn't grow wild in OZ, and made the spear making process so simple compared to the bush technologies that uncle has to use. Keep up the good work fellas, your preserving an ancient culture that will sadly be all lost without what your doing.

[@WildReaches]

Gday Col, I’m glad you see it that way and appreciate it. So many people seem to be enjoying these recent episodes which is great. PNG must’ve been amazing back in those days, very envious. Thanks for watching and sharing what you got from it mate.

[@micksoa.k.885]

Wow what an amazing experience with uncle, lucky bastards.... As always thanks for letting me tag along.... much appreciated 👍

[@WildReaches]

Youre welcome mickso

[@micksoa.k.885]

@@WildReaches looking forward for the next adventure...

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Duck I Love Fridays, You guys get me Sooo pumped to go walkabout. Now I'm not one for litter bugs & I always leave a place cleaner than when i got there, but I'm paying that one, Absolute GOLD 🤜🤛 🤙That was brilliant. The effort they go to (Bower Birds). Loving the Cultural lessons, I find it so educational on their traditional ways. 10 points Thanks for the journey & I'll see you two Miglos next week. (The look on your face Nath was priceless) 😂 Cheers Stevo

[@WildReaches]

So do we Steve as I’m sure you know. This was an exception and to me was worth it seeing how the bower bird utilised and layered these items, amazing. Glad you enjoyed Uncles lessons, what a legend hey

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

@@WildReaches Absolute Exception, brilliant to see what he did with it all. I was thinking how he placed all those small twigs on top of the blue twine, to stop it blowing away 🤷‍♂. Amazing to see.

[@paramel63]

Who knew Bower Bird interior design and landscaping could be so entertaining🥴🤣 I’m so excited to see the making of the spears, two migloos, love it! It’s also a wonderful opportunity to see Viv after our loss of him over the weekend, doing exactly what he loved where he loved to be. Gone too soon.

[@WildReaches]

Far too soon Mellissa, broke my heart.

[@jamesbarry9795]

This is fabulous content guys just inspiring learning this

[@WildReaches]

Thanks James, good to hear

[@marshallfarr5575]

Pumped for the ZOOM call today Nath!! Looking forward to seeing the merch....it will be 1 30am in Canada when I join the ZOOM call so please no judging....lol

[@WildReaches]

Where were you mate! you mustve slept through your alarm!

[@marshallfarr5575]

That's exactly what happened....bummer I was stoked

[@tonyphillips7773]

Great episode lads, can't wait to see a Barra hanging of the end of your own spear...

[@WildReaches]

Me either!

[@adamharper9143]

Just watched this episode awsome to learn how much goes in to this good job boys luv how you made old mates day hard work geting those roots though

[@WildReaches]

Yeah how cool was that, I was stoked that he enjoyed showing us.

[@bigd4000]

Another excellent vid Nath with great homage and respect paid to old mate an having lived up there as a kid an learnt spear making and hunting from old fellas in the village it’s so sad it’s becoming a lost art. Stay safe budd 🤙

[@WildReaches]

Hopefully it wont be lost mate, just gotta get the young fellas interested.

[@paultherockhound7277]

Great vid as always guys you guys are having a great time to make a spear and Youse it to catch fish crabs 🦀 would be awesome you guys are doing it like the ledged himself Malcolm Douglas I think that is wat keeps me watching thumds up

[@WildReaches]

Malcolm was… still is a legend. That’s such a compliment Paul

[@paultherockhound7277]

The way your doing it is great and yes it does need to be documented on film for everyone which is wat your doing 😀 😊

[@notredame089]

Good stuff guys liking this series🇦🇺👍🤠

[@WildReaches]

🙏🏼 Thankyou, loved making it

[@duggz4209]

mate your photography is brilliant

[@erinjuniorteague-suradi3196]

Quality as usual lads. 👌🏽

[@WildReaches]

Thankyou 🙏🏼

[@Australian_Outdoor_man]

Great video fellas. Love ya work. ❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺🍺👍

[@WildReaches]

Thanks maye

[@shanestaff6307]

How do you find the canvas back on the 79 out in bush with dust and stuff

[@WildReaches]

It was great for a long time but you can’t beat a dust and weather proof hard canopy. Iv just had one built for this next trip. Canvas for the job done for 18 months or more tho.

[@shanestaff6307]

@@WildReaches alliminum ones don’t seem to be cheap can’t beat them tho looking forward to watching your next trip guys 👌🏻

[@Macka.]

you guys are rockin this season ... thank you

[@WildReaches]

haha good to hear Macka

[@christian9518]

Soooooooooo miss my way of life in the far north 💔 thanks for your ever evolving vids 9f our far north lads 🙌🍻❤

[@WildReaches]

Glad youve experienced it Christian. Its hard to live a life in civilisation after living up north. Youre welcome

[@bretgooding5774]

Love the way they live of the land Uncle is a big talker isn't he

[@WildReaches]

Haha hard to get a word out of Uncle. But when he speaks it’s worth listening!

[@bretgooding5774]

@@WildReaches I bet he is a wealth on knowledge mate love the work guys keep it up

[@aussiethings9040]

I think everyone needs to see this.

[@jerryblurton4986]

Some trivia for you, Iron wood leaves are highly toxic as well, 1 New (red leaf) can kill a 400kg + beast, had some great leaves fall in a billy once and made our whole mustering camp proper crook for days

[@WildReaches]

Crazy, iv heard some stories over the years. So many amazing plants we have in Aus

[@brentmcd12]

fascinating episode!

[@WildReaches]

Such a cool experience mate

[@nigelhuevo6114]

Did they have a Bunnings in pre days to buy knives and axes at?

[@samdavis456]

Yeh the BB content 🔥 spears 😍 yeesssssss

[@WildReaches]

haha enjoy mate

[@lesmansom7817]

Fantastic 👌👍

[@ivansimister3911]

UK Army tip guys, wear your "head" torch on the back of your wrist, as it will illuminate the undulations in the ground when walking and you can converse with others or talk into the camera without "blinding" either.

[@WildReaches]

I like it! Thanks mate

[@superbuddyfranklin]

29:11 Classic.

[@auozjan]

Your right the culture of our indigenous family’s culture do need to be in catalogued, technology is killing the ways of the old, if we lose technology we need to know the old ways

[@WildReaches]

That’s a good way to look at it. It’s such an amazing culture full of important knowledge.

[@lifted4x4k5]

Wonder what the bird would have thought of some marbles.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Get a proper mattock and wrecking bar and you will have the roots in minutes, the best way to get roots is along a dry creek, will be easy to dig

[@hkayztheoldguy]

Again really good quality content guys👍😎

[@WildReaches]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bigred8438]

Was that a satin bowerbird bower?

[@leesydneyharry7958]

Yeah, that looked like the female Bowerbird you had footage of at the beginning. Checking out Dane’s handy work, he could be in.🤣

[@bigred8438]

can imagine them looking for these during the wet because the ground would softer everywhere.

[@stuiescampingadventures]

Some people watch married at first sight…. This nutcase watches these nutcases !!!! Another great video

[@WildReaches]

I can’t believe that’s a show! 🤯

[@stuiescampingadventures]

@@WildReaches actually I don’t watch any shows, it’s all on the tube. A hour with no adds…

[@karenhennessy9971]

You’d have to pay me to watch that shite. This content in the other hand, brilliant!!

[@WildReaches]

@@karenhennessy9971 hahaha good on you Karen! 🙏🏼

[@leesydneyharry7958]

In Two thousand and eight I co-ordinated a human rights Olympic Torch relay. While out in Alice Springs I got to know this shop keeper Mrs H in town, very similar to the guy you met with the Museum. I found it interesting though how she told me how she could never get enough paintings done (landscapes) because there was some wonderful indigenous male artist’s out around the ridges however she could never purchase enough of their paintings because she always just knew somehow in her heart how the men often didn’t have that much time left with us. Unfortunately they would all usually wind up dead on the side of the road somewhere. It would be easy to say that what you blokes are doing out there could be done with nearly any of the two hundred or so mobs around the country, gaining knowledge of there ways spending time to learn “chookaba “. “Dream time” It’s getting harder however as the number of benevolent elders are decreases.

[@WildReaches]

Yes I agree there are so many amazing clans throughout Australia with alot of stories to tell. I plan to document as many of them as I can because these stories and knowledge needs to be shared.

[@leesydneyharry7958]

Meanwhile Uncle Les is watching on thinking “oh look I’ll just do it myself, feardinkum you fellas”🤣 buy the man Mattock before you leave.

[@rickheaton3003]

This culture seems to be rubbing off on me. Im seeing similarities.. the indigenous used to carry multiple spears, freshwater, Saltwater, hunting spears war spears, Now i know why i have such a collection of fishing rods. Fantastic episode mate. That must have been a day youll never forget. What a privilege

[@WildReaches]

Haha so true! Such a privilege mate, some I’ll remember forever.

[@EdwardRoman-fs8ic]

Informative and interesting 23:31

[@2watertight]

To- marks for the backing music, it fits brilliantly

[@WildReaches]

thanks Lindsay

[@liamlw780]

58 seconds in and I love your view point

[@WildReaches]

thats great to hear Liam

[@jeremyryanamor3475]

What trees that 😮

[@nicolekulka9837]

Love it deadly

[@leesydneyharry7958]

Uncle’s camp would almost have to be an alcohol free community. Otherwise it wouldn’t be as easy as it has been for you. It doesn’t seem like it’s made it’s way into his camp which is excellent.

[@richardstephenson4575]

So Privileged

[@WildReaches]

💯 agree

[@odes20]

Ive been following your whole series, and honestly its incredible. Thanks indeed. I am confused however by your interference with the bower . Its a bit schoolyard. I don’t think National Parks and Wildlife would approve. On the other hand I have found that particular bower bird to be a most amazing mimick. I have video of one on the Mitchell River mimicking Brown Kites, Blue wing Kookaburras, and shags all in the one session. Its truly amazing. I told a bird expert up here in the north about it, and he confirmed it was the bowerbird. Regardless of my concern around the bower incident, a big thankyou for all the hard yards to bring such amazing content to us all.

[@WildReaches]

I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the show John. The Bower Bird was for our curiosity more than for the channel. I’d be happy to talk to National Parks about it because in my heart, like everything I do, I had good intentions and respect for the bird. We simply left some items near the bower for him to use if he wanted to .. OR NOT.. and he happily used it. I was amazed to see how he layered the string and the branches so meticulously.. incredible. I know I have more respect for the country we walk and all its critters than most Australians and I’m happy with my actions here. I find it interesting that I can cut a fishes throat and eat it in one episode but I Can’t leave items for a bird to use in its decorative bower and film that without criticism. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@WildReaches]

Very interesting though to hear you witnessed a bower bird mimicking other birds, I haven’t seen that. I thought that was the Lyre birds job.. thanks for sharing

[@odes20]

@@WildReaches yep I know you have great respect for the country and all. I’ve been widely in the Cape as well over the years so I share your interest in it all. Harsh but beautiful . Cheers

[@leesydneyharry7958]

I think your calling it an “Iron wood? Never heard of them myself. We’ve always known Eucalyptus sideroxylon Rosea as “Iron Bark” ?

[@WildReaches]

Cooktown Ironwood. Erythrophleum chlorostachys

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

its an ironwood tree... 😉 Feed its leaves to some cattle .. Its sap wood is rather soft and yellow but the heartwood is dense and dark reddish its about 90% heartwood , good to make clubs with. It generqlky develops a hollow in the centre of the tree as it ages so isnt good for timber. But its very durable for furnature and takes varnish well. It looks a bit like paduk wood when initially cut but lacks the deep colour and it fades to a more brownish colour with time.

[@davepawelski123]

bit disappointed that you put litter out for a bird.

[@bigboy9842]

Yeah too deadly

[@WildReaches]

yewww

[@bradcastledine1904]

Awesome episode, best one yet .

[@yolngustylehunting981]

The old way

[@harryjasinski6160]

Pretty disappointing to see you messing with the bower and bringing extra rubbish into the environment. Otherwise your content is pretty darn awesome.