What is I Am Hunter?
I Am Hunter is all about the hunt.
Whether you’re new to hunting, have hunted for decades or even disagree with hunting, we want to change the conversation around hunting, help improve hunting and outdoor skills and help people see what a fantastic experience hunting truly is.
You could say we want to make hunting great again!
Feel free to have a look around. If you like what you see, we’d love you to become a member and start reaping the rewards of membership.
Recent
Recent podcasts
Ep 13: Steve Hall from GHAA
In this I Am Hunter podcast, we chat to Steve Hall, President of the Game Hunters Association of Australia (GHAA) about hunting in Australia.
Ep 12: How hunters are giving back to the community – The Sun Project
Find out how I Am Hunter is partnering with Sun Africa Safaris to fund the Sun Project. Learn about how as hunters we can help rural communities around the world.
Ep 11: Hunting in Tasmania with Guy Barnett, MP
In this I Am Hunter podcast with Liberal MP, Guy Barnett, we talk about the importance of hunting and fishing in Tasmania, and the opportunities for growth in the industry. We also do the political two-step with Guy on that contentious issue of bowhunting in Tasmania.
Recent episodes
Episode 6: Hunting buffalo (member-only content)
In this thrilling episode of I Am Hunter, Rod and Jess head to the Northern Territory to hunt water buffalo and get a couple of big buffs down on the ground.
Episode 5 – This is Africa (member-only content)
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Tash bow hunts a nyala bull and describes what makes hunting in Africa unique.
Episode 4 – Sambar meat hunt (member-only content)
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Rod and his mate, Nath head to the Victorian Highlands to hunt sambar, and find time for a little fox hunt as well.
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Tasmanian Wild Fallow Deer Management Plan Project
DPIPWE will hold public information sessions to discuss future plans for the management of wild fallow deer populations in Tasmania.
Slow cooked Panang rabbit curry
This slow cooked Panang rabbit curry is perfect for a cold winter night to warm the whole family. It’s not too spicy but has so much flavour. We used the leg meat from both rabbit and hares and slow cooked it to make sure the meat was super soft.
How to spot and stalk hunt
Spot and stalk hunting is an important element in ethical, fair chase hunting. Animals are perfectly adapted to their environment. They blend in and have much better senses that humans, which can make it a challenge getting in close. In this article, I want to show you how to spot and stalk hunt using a few simple techniques I use when I’m hunting wild game.
How to choose your arrows
There is a lot of information that goes into choosing the right arrows for bow hunting. In this article, we try to simplify the process to help you get it right.
How to field dress a goat without gutting it (members-only content)
The most obvious way to field dress a goat for meat would be to gut it and then break it down into the cuts of meat, like we did for a kangaroo in this video.
Sometimes it doesn’t make sense to do that though and if you’re new to hunting, having to gut an animal can be messy and a little confronting – which is totally understandable.
Here is a method that we filmed while attending the Game Hunters Association of Australia Hunter Education course.
Can hunting aid Kenya’s economy post Covid?
In 1977, Kenya banned trophy hunting and pinned its economic hopes on tourism, believing photographic tourism to be more sustainable in the long run than hunting tourism. Enter 2020 and a global pandemic that hasn’t just impacted the health of millions of people around the world; it has also decimated the tourism industry. Kenyan based conservation scientist Dennis Ombaki believes there should be a place for well regulated hunting to help Kenya rebuild and provide much-needed economic aid to Africa post Covid-19.
3 reasons hunter education should be taught in schools
There are 3 main reasons why hunter education should be taught to children in schools. 1. Children learn a healthy respect for firearms that will help them as they get older. 2. Children learn where food comes from. 3. Children learn how to source food for themselves.
Why hunting is necessary for true conservation
The Hon. Robert Borsak, SFFP spoke to members of the NSW parliament about animal control and why hunting is necessary for true conservation.
Learning to bow hunt – part 1
Learning to bow hunt is challenging and rewarding, especially as a female bowhunter. But as difficult as it is, bowhunting is definitely worth the effort.
Is anti-hunting a new form of colonialism?
Is anti-hunting a new form of colonialism? John Ogilvie discusses Western governments and activists opposing legal hunting programs in Africa.
Could Covid put hunting back on the map?
There’s been renewed interest in learning to hunt due to Covid. Could a global pandemic really be the thing that puts hunting back on the map?
How to sight in a rifle (the dodgy way)
So by now you’ve probably watched dad’s unboxing and review of the Burris XTR II 3-15×50. After dad mounted it on the new Tikka T3x
Burris XTR II 3-15×50 Review
In this video, I review the Burris XTR II 3-15×50 scope with Burris XTR Signature Rings, which is mounted on a Tikka T3x CTR in .223 Remington.
Why African lives matter
African lives matter too. An open letter to British celebs has accused them of undermining human rights and putting animals over people by trying to ban hunting.
Victorian deer hunters living in Stage 3 restriction areas not able to travel to hunt
Tens of thousands of licensed Victorian deer hunters living in Stage 3 restriction areas will not be able to travel outside their local municipality to hunt or fish under strict new Coronavirus rules.
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