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Improve your chances out in the field with tutorials on hunting skills, rifle maintenance, bowhunting and more.
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Tasmania to upgrade firearms management system
The Tasmanian government has commenced a project to upgrade their firearms management system, which will allow access to online services.
Unboxing the Burris Oracle Range Finding Bow Sight
We unboxed Burris’ new rangefinding bow sight – the Burris Oracle 2. This is a bow sight that has a built in range finder. You draw your bow, press a button and it gives you an exact aim point for that distance and angle of shot. Sounds pretty cool and we’re gonna chuck it on a bow to see how it fairs.
Cooking videos, recipes and tutorials on making the most of the wild game and fish that you harvest.
How to de-flesh a deer hide
Do you enjoy tanning a deer hide but hate getting all that flesh off? In this tutorial, we show you a simple way to deflesh a hide using a pressure washer.
How to make soap using animal fat
Ever wondered to do with animal fat? Did you know you can make beautiful homemade soaps out of it? In this article, we give you the low down on making tallow soap.
Learn to gut, skin and cape like the pros. And once you’ve mastered that, we’ll show you some of the awesome things you can do to make the most of your harvest.
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More than $20 billion
The population of wildlife in Zimbabwe increased by 300%
Why Australians struggle with trophy hunting
Premier Peter Gutwein today officially opened the 2022 deer hunting season for public land in Tasmania. This covers stag season only.
The tax hunters would be happy to pay
Premier Peter Gutwein today officially opened the 2022 deer hunting season for public land in Tasmania. This covers stag season only.
Tasmania announces changes to cat management laws
The Tasmanian government announced important changes to its Cat Management Act today but does it have enough claws to protect Tasmania’s most vulnerable wildlife?
New firearms added to prohibited list in Tasmania
The Tasmanian Firearms Services have published a new list of prohibited firearms. Check out this article to see what is banned, and what is allowed.
Bookings now open for fallow does in Tasmania
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HuntShack banned from Facebook due to proposed laws
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Meddick targets bow hunters
Andy Meddick uses an horrific crime to target lawful bowhunters with an unjust witch hunt to ban bow hunting.
Green lies and muddy waters surround duck hunting in Tasmania
The anti-duck-hunting crowd is out in force trying to stir up trouble by muddying the waters but thankfully many are starting to call out their green lies.
How to field dress a hare
In this short I Am Hunter tutorial, learn how to field dress a hare for meat.
2021 Tasmania hunting season
In this I Am Hunter article, we provide the key dates for the Tasmania hunting season 2021 for stags, antlerless deer, wallabies and ducks.
Episode 7, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, you will see Rod, Jess and Tash taking part in a driven hunt for wallabies in Tasmania using dogs.
Episode 6, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Rod and Jess are hunting water buffalo on Aboriginal lands in the Northern Territory.
Episode 5, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Tash spends four days in Limpopo Province in South Africa, hunting a nyala with her bow.
Episode 4, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Rod heads to Victoria with his mate, Nath to hunt sambar deer for the freezer.
Episode 3, Season 1
In this episode, Tash hunts a fallow deer with her bow back when there was still a loop hole that allowed bow hunting in Tasmania.
Episode 2, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Rod, Jess and Tash hunt a blue wildebeest in the Free State of South Africa.
Episode 1, Season 1
In this episode of I Am Hunter, Jess hunts a big old red deer stag carrying 16 hinds during the Roar in New Zealand.
Important changes to the 2021 Tasmania deer hunting season
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A Hunter’s Gift Guide
Looking for some gift ideas for the hunters, fishers and outdoors people in your life? Look no further than this handy gift guide.
Duck hunting under threat in Victoria
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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
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.
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