We Fly Camped Along an Entire Mountain Range Hunting for a MONSTER Red Stag! Lightweight 5 Day Epic

[@harrybrenton-rule9110]

That has to be one of if not the best hunting video I have ever seen.

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Glad you enjoyed it 🍻

[@Oscarcat2212]

Love watching your videos and seeing NZs amazing mountains. Your respect for them and the effort that goes into making these videos is greatly appreciated.

[@JustinBlaikie-d1l]

Epic video and some great tips

[@muzzkeg8172]

I used to tell guys “ Best hunting channel in NZ. Now I tell them “either side of the ditch”. Great work.

[@rudmerv]

Good video, thanks! Loved the footage of the two stags fighting

[@Slipperygecko390]

Good to know I'm not the only one who spends a whole year looking at a spot google earth trying to manifest an animal there.

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Too right hahah it's half the fun!

[@Overourland]

Well, you know it's Sumner and north when they seeing those head genetics. Great effort!

[@LennonBright]

Awesome mish boys, Enjoyable watch!

[@philproctor4254]

Liked before i even watched it. I know its gonna be good

[@johnbooth3073]

Excellent video again. Thank you guys.

[@aussieredneck818]

Good video boys. Had a bit of every thing. Catch & cook would have topped it off with that red deer. Looking forward to see the break down video of the gear.

[@lancejensen7737]

To be honest lads id rather watch you guys rather then nz hunter and the hunters club. Same quality but more action. Bloody good stuff!

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

You're too kind mate, don't know if we can compete with the professionals yet though!

[@thegrundinis4199]

Well done boys great watch!

[@benhealy3401]

Awesome work boys, such a good watch! Better than anything on TV

[@quantumcabo]

Full credit on another epic adventure guys!! It’s hard enough dragging your arse up those hills let alone filming and shooting! Keep up the great work 👍

[@stephenking4170]

Great shot of the special alpine weta. This place has better alpine plant biodiversity than the last video of yours I saw. It would be helpful to know what region each video is taken in. I spotted Celmisia Mountain daisies (3 species), speargrass, Ourisia flower and also NZ Eidelweiss plants . It would be good to include some close ups of the various alpine plants in your stories. NZ has a unique special alpine flora. One reason our alpne plants have such interesting and colourful leaves is that they are evergreen so have to be specially adapted to live in the winder. In Europe a great majority of alpine plants die off in the winter so they only have uninteresting soft summer foliage.

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Yea we really should get more close up/ shots of all the plants/insects. We’re hoping in the future to get a wildlife lens for some more close up shots. Haha yea unfortunately we don’t really give away our spots

[@Wllymeme]

Excellent Vid guys as always !! Looking forward to the next episodes !! Cheers

[@manuelwebe]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

[@motboyzie2982]

That first cham looked like it had potential 👍

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Sure did, he would've been in trouble if he hadn't seen us first

[@Eli-234]

That spots always been high up on my hunting bucket list

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Well worth the trip!

[@TheBighorn1]

Great vid,best thing I've seen since your last one.light weight hunting is the way to go👌

[@BackridgeButcher]

Most excellent video team, inspiring for the rest of us to get out and explore our great country, can't wait for the rest of the series...BRB

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Cheers mate!

[@jimboy9971]

Legends. Keep up the awesome videos

[@stevelewis2444]

Cracking vid boys...great hunt

[@highonhuntingnz8893]

Top vid boys... big effort!

[@BushEscape]

Epic lads, loved it. Great work team. Phil

[@hardantlerhunting9691]

Nice video. Stunning

[@littlemorepork]

Enjoyed every minute of the vid! Great work guys and great attitude towards the animals! Some of the best footage you can watch on yt. I would be very much interested in the filming equipment you guys use. If you´ve got a minute to write that down would be highly appreciated thanks!

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Cheers! If you jump over to our lightweight gear breakdown video we detail our camera gear in that 😊

[@FishandHunt]

Good stuff lads 👍🏻

[@jack-w4z9f]

nice stag bro

[@claudeloomes7985]

finally!

[@mattp6688]

Epic

[@tonyg25]

I've got a one year old, with another on the way. Going to be a bit before I get out again and I really dont know if watching you lads helps or makes that fact worse. Awesome work

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Hahah good luck mate, sounds like you've got your hands full!

[@simonwyatt1161]

Look into some of the other ways of setting up a fly, often the only location available can be a whole lot better with one of the other fly pitching methods

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Yeah it's definitely something we want to learn more about! Was bloody good fun for a first effort, heaps to learn I'm sure

[@jayrichardson5059]

Awesome video guys have liked and followed on the Mrs account mint trip

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Good man, cheers!

[@bobbroadhurst1648]

Haha, you gota be kidding Raddy, cutting the toothbrush handle down to save weight lol Another awesome video, with spectacular scenery and nature shots as well as game footage Did anyone stop and pick yiz up? What's the reasoning behind not just carrying a folding saw and capping the skull(s)?

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Hahah yeah the toothbrush was a bit rich coming from the guy who usually carries in two cookers and a redbull... Yeah we got a lift, bloody good bastard of a farmer from the area. Prefer having the skull for a euro mount, don't really like the skull capped look personally

[@claverton]

Good photography and really well put together. Nice to see him go down instantly like that. Was it a high shoulder shot? What caliber and bullet were you using if you don't mind me asking?

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Cheers mate. Yeah base of the neck, .308 sako 150g game heads. We talk a bit about it in our next episode 👍

[@rpwattee]

Hey boys How many different sleeping air pads have you guys tried ? Keen to hear your opinions on what you find works best

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Hey there, we've tried a few different types and brands over the years. We've found the thinner inflatable sleeping pads are pretty uncomfortable if you don't have a good flat campsite, which is a lot of the time in the country we cover. The ones that inflate out to 2-3 inches usually offer more comfort, they can balance out if you've got clumpy ground. Exped are pretty cost effective and have a 5 year warranty, I've had to replace it under warranty twice because it's started leaking from the seams though. From what we've heard thermarest is bloody good but comes at a higher price point. We had big agnes air matts for a few years, they held up well. Chris is trying out a Sea to Summit one now as well, seems to rate it but hasn't put it through the ringer yet 👍

[@bruceevans9664]

How much of the meat did you pack out?

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

In all honesty mate just the backsteaks and the fillets. With the scale of the trip and the size of our packs we couldn't manage much more. A bit of a change from our usual efforts, more of a trophy hunt this one

[@bruceevans9664]

about what a figured no way to take much. appreciate the honest answer.@@southislandriflewalkers5545

[@robinkennedy9974]

Excellent walk, shoot and video. Surely you can get a friend to pick you up for the cost of some back steaks? P.S. my old man 50 years back used to cut his toothbrush handles off when he went out shooting….we thought he was nuts. Be warned!

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Hahah yeah the worst part was we had a second vehicle an hour up the road... adds to the adventure I guess 😅😂

[@ianhawthorne2654]

premo trip guys

[@scrubbish472]

Would be awesome to know some of these places - ive recently moved to otago and wanting to know some spots to try!

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

You'll have to get out and about and start looking sorry 🤐

[@ajbro6428]

​@@southislandriflewalkers5545😂😂

[@bruceevans9664]

When I was there in 1982 commercial meat hunters were shooting out of helicopters. one place I went on a river on west coast of the south island, there were choppers every day. Kind of discouraging. Spend a few hours hiking up river then up a gut and a chopper would come by and fly over where I had been and was going in 10 minutes. Is this commercial meat hunting with choppers still happening?

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

Yeah it's still going on, not as much nowadays though. The meat market isn't where it once was, rips your undies when you see them after all that effort though!

[@GR-yf1cm]

You should do some video on butchering the pig or deer you kill would be really good to see something from start to finish .... at least the effort was rewarded👍

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

We're planning on doing one eventually, just need to find the right time to do it. In all fairness though we aren't experts, just know how to do a rough enough job 🍻

[@mowerman60]

Should have shot those goats though

[@southislandriflewalkers5545]

We were hesitant to shoot as we didn’t want to spook any nearby deer, never know what’s around!