This week on the HCDU Podcast Rob Herbert sits sit down with Barry Howlett, Executive Officer of the Australian Deer Association , and discuss some of the difficult positions that the ADA finds itself in as the conduit between hunting groups, individuals and tedious government policy and legislation.

We discuss membership numbers, growth and what increased membership could possibly mean to the ADA at a national level.

Barry highlights the many and varied hats he is required to wear during his work hours and how his life with family is a highlight of many a tiring day.

Rob discovers the complexities of his position and personally see the challenges set by a robust and large group of hunters ( 40 odd thousand in Victoria alone ) while having to brief ministers on upcoming issues.

From a personal note the thing Rob took away from the interview with Barry is the small amount of membership numbers (6000 odd nationally) but Barry answers to close to 100000 hunters nationally on social media, public outcry and groups that don’t even focus their hunting on Deer. Please enjoy and challenge yourself as a hunter afterwards as what could you do to improve hunting in Australia as a world wide leader.

*Audio Edited - Huge thanks to  Dean Everitt @deaneve85  *

In this weeks episode, host Tobie Hynes is joined by Peter Manolias.

Peter, a passionate hunter, who takes great enjoyment out of taking others out in the Aussie bush, he has spent the last decade working at making our state forest his own and reaping the rewards for it. Between Peter and his brothers they rarely come home from a hunt empty handed.

He's one of the Founding members of the Australian Hellenic Hunting and Target shooting club where their main focus is encouraging new hunters to hunt our public land and utilise what's been given to us. Peter talks with Tobie on what it takes to be successful and what makes our NSW State Forests a worthy destination for any hunter.

An awesome episode with a load of information to get you hunting!!!

To find out more about Peter and the Hellenic Hunters Club visit www.hellenichunters.com.au

In this weeks episode, we go back to Alan Kidner’s first time as host at the Melbourne Hunt Expo and he is joined by the very accomplished and well spoken Emma Sears. 

Emma grew up in a farming family in Stratford, in Victoria's East Gippsland, and was out hunting ducks, rabbits and foxes at a young age.

As an older teenager she started learning how to hunt deer and other game.

These days you will see Emma on some serious adventures around the world, including conservation efforts in Africa to hunting Brown Bear in Alaska and then brings it right back to hunting Sambar in her home state of Victoria. 

Thank you Emma for sharing your story and I hope everybody enjoys Emma’s journey. 

Welcome to the show!!!

Alan Kidner caught up with Ben Salleras over a few drinks for an exclusive episode on Ben's trip to Greenland in pursuit of MuskOx.

Battling severe elements that no man could ever prepare for, the eventual outcome of this story is one most will simply only ever dream about.

As usual with these 2, plenty of laughs and topics chatted about.

Any questions from the show, don't hesitate to shoot an email to [email protected]

Winner of the Hoyt RX1 Bow giveaway announced!!

Welcome to a new episode and platform for the Hunting Camp Downunder Podcast.

I won't give to many details in the description but don't miss this episode and be sure to tell your friends!!!!

Huge thank you to www.Hoyt.com for their support and generosity.

In this episode, Im joined by keen hunter Ben Smith. We discuss Ben's background in hunting and he shares some major pointers to anyone looking to gain access to hunting properties. We then hear about Ben's 2019 Deer season which finished up in a big way and proved "Persistence Pays".

Also a huge GIVEAWAY announcement, be sure to listen and get entered.

Remember to check out www.kayugabroadheads.com.au and www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au and use code 'HOYT" on checkout to get entered in my 2018 Hoyt RX1 Bow Giveaway.

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Jake Gasparovski, Shannon Postle, Kev Schilf and Craig Hailes return to recap on the final morning's session, after a few days pursuing Red Deer in the hills of South East QLD, Australia. Hear what we got upto and what went down!!!!

Huge thanks to Jake and his wife Maddy for their hospitality and opening their home up to us for several days. Make sure you check out their sweet Antler Anarchy apparel on facebook and instagram @antler.anarchy

Remember to check out www.kayugabroadheads.com.au and www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au use code 'hcdu10' on checkout for a 10% discount on any order.

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Show Sponsors:

Bowhunters Domain - @bowhuntersdomain http://www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au

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Jake Gasparovski, Shannon Postle, Kev Schilf and Craig Hailes recap on a few days pursuing Red Deer in the hills of South East QLD, Australia. We talk a few tactics, share a few stories and try to get our heads around just what the deer maybe upto. The end result, we have no idea....

Huge thanks to Jake and his wife Maddy for their hospitality and opening their home up to us for several days. Make sure you check out their sweet Antler Anarchy apparel on facebook and instagram @antler.anarchy

Remember to check out www.kayugabroadheads.com.au and www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au use code 'hcdu10' on checkout for a 10% discount on any order.

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Show Sponsors:

Bowhunters Domain - @bowhuntersdomain http://www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au

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Kimmi has quickly become a known name amongst the Australian Bowhunting community and for good reason. With her partner Ivan, Kimmi has immersed herself into a life of bowhunting, learnt the basics and met the right people along the way.

She recently became the new female editor of the Australian bowhunting magazine ‘Bowhunting Downunder’. Through this new role, she hopes to influence more individuals, especially fellow females, to experience this lifestyle thats loved by so many of us already. 

Remember to check out www.kayugabroadheads.com.au and www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au use code 'hcdu10' on checkout for a 10% discount on any order.

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Show Sponsors:

Bowhunters Domain - @bowhuntersdomain http://www.bowhuntersdomain.com.au

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