New Zealand & Hunter Ethics
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
SHOW NOTES
Intro: Something Different
This episode is derived from a fascinating series of correspondence with a backcountry-hunting Kiwi in New Zealand, whom we'll call James.
James addresses:
- Conservation-driven harvest and take
- Local attitude toward sustainability and respect of resources
- Hunting methods and the "hard yards" earned when hunting New Zealand's Southern Alps the right way
- Suitable rifles, cartridges, & bullets
- Bonus: Life in the Bush, and 600 possums
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right folks. We're going to do something a little bit different today. I recently |
| 0:06.6 | carried out a series of correspondence from a gentleman in New Zealand and he is a serious backcountry hunter a serious rifleman and a |
| 0:18.1 | gun shop owner and he had some really profound perspectives on hunting there that he wanted to share after listening to our episode, I think it is 38 talking about DIY public land hunting in New Zealand. |
| 0:38.4 | Welcome to the show today folks I'm Joseph von Benedict and this is a backcountry hunting podcast and this episode today is brought to you by Timney Triggers. |
| 0:48.0 | They're celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. |
| 0:52.0 | There is no other trigger company in America with a history as long |
| 0:58.3 | or as profoundly good in terms of high quality. As Timney is, I'm a big fan. I've been using them for over 30 years |
| 1:06.3 | and they've never let me down. Also Timney has been kind enough to offer our listeners a trigger at 15% off. You just go to |
| 1:16.4 | Timney triggers.com enter the code backcountry and you can get a trigger for a |
| 1:22.0 | dog gone good price. All right, we're going to dive right into our |
| 1:28.6 | main topic, which is New Zealand hunting and some perspectives for international hunters on ethics and so forth. |
| 1:38.9 | This is from James. |
| 1:41.6 | He writes this. Good day Mr. Von Benedict. My name is James. He writes this, good day, Mr. Von Benedict. My name is James, and I'm a kiwi from the South Island of New Zealand. |
| 1:48.0 | Firstly, I'd like to say to you that I thoroughly enjoy your podcast. It was the 6.5 PRC episode that I first found |
| 1:56.3 | when researching one evening just a couple months ago and I became hooked. I've |
| 2:01.9 | managed to listen to a fair few. |
| 2:04.0 | 60-odd episodes, but still have 20 saved on my list, so I'm not caught up yet. |
| 2:10.0 | I have to say, in episode 81, I don't think you represented the |
| 2:15.0 | 308 as a backcountry caliber as I would have but that is a debate for another |
| 2:19.8 | email if we get to that one day. The reason for this email is about the topic of |
| 2:25.8 | hunting in New Zealand. I'm deeply involved in the hunting industry in New Zealand. |
| 2:30.0 | I've been a gun writer specifically about backcountry hunting adventures for the past 15 years. |
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