Today's yarn is the final episode of season two of show! For this episode we wanted to leave you all with something a little more meaningful that would highlight the mental health benefits and science behind spending time in the great outdoors.

To bring this one together we called upon a person who has helped us greatly in other areas of life by the name of Mark Mathieson.

Mark is a qualified Psychologist who has extensive experience working with high level athletes, Special Forces Military operators and on reality TV shows (SAS Australia, Alone Australia, Survivor Australia). During these interactions, Mark began to realise just how powerful spending time outdoors was in assisting with mental and physical health and as a result, spent a great deal of time researching the proven benefits of doing so.

Mark is a hunter and outdoorsman who places a high value on the healing powers of being out in nature. During this episode we cover the scientifically proven reasons why we all feel so much better after spending time outdoors doing the activities we love.

It was a pleasure to have Mark on the show and we look forward to having him on again in the future to delve deeper into these and other mental health and awareness topics that effect us all on a daily basis.

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Today's yarn is all about chasing the elusive Yellowfin Tuna. A few weeks ago we were sent a video of a guy landing an absolute monster Yellowfin and after seeing the footage, we just had to reach out to him and get him on the show. Micka Lusson is his name and spearfishing is his game! 

It wasn't long into our conversation that we realised just how much time, effort and planning Micka has put in to work out a system for accurately predicting when, where and why these amazing Yellowfin and other species of fish will show up. 

The amount of knowledge he shares with us on this episode is absolutely incredible and it left us scratching our heads for a week after the interview. 

It was a real privilege to get the opportunity to learn from someone with as much in water experience as Micka.

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For today's yarn we are joined by female Australian Bowhunter Em Corbett. Em has been Bowhunting for over 8 years and lives her life with a strong focus on self sustainability and the importance of spending time out enjoying nature.

Em has put in the hard yards over many years researching, practicing and learning skills to enable her to provide her family with self harvested protein from the most natural of environments.

During this episode we go down the rabbit hole on loads of topics, all centred around living a more self sustainable, healthy life. 

We had a really great time putting this episode together with Em and felt a great energy during the conversations.  She is a great role model for other females looking to kick start their Bowhunting journey.

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Today's yarn is with passionate hunter, outdoorsman and conservationist Hamiora Gibson.. Or better known as "Sam The Trap Man".

Sam has spent a lifetime in the bush learning how to truely live from the plant and animal life in New Zealand at the same time preserving and caring for our natural resources to ensure they are here for generations to come.

Sam has undertaken some incredible trapping work targeting non native, invasive species with some outstanding results. His trapping work has expanded to multiple other areas across New Zealand and continues to help the native species to once again flourish.

The link between hunting and conservation meet perfectly when you mention the name Sam Gibson. He is a true representation of what all of us should strive for when representing hunting and hunters in this country.

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Today's yarn we catch up with Zachary Schmidt for the second time on the show. This time round Zach gives us an in depth insight into the magical world of spearfishing for Dogtooth Tuna in Papua New Guinea. 

Zach is the lead spearing guide on board Trade Wind Charters mothership that travel the untouched waters of PNG in search of the fish of a lifetime, the iconic Dogtooth Tuna.

We go deep into everything you need to know if your thinking of testing yourself against the hardest fighting fish in the sea.

Topics include: 

• Dive experience required 
• Equipment-gear requirements
• Environmental conditions
• Tour locations and getting there
• Mothership details (provided meals etc)
• Techniques for finding doggies
• Safety considerations for spearfishing

It has been a pleasure to watch Zach evolve over the last two years (since our first podcast together) into a confident and experienced spearo who has a genuine love of the ocean and all that lies beneath it. 

We at Stalk Outdoors need to get our act into gear and get on one of these incredible spearing charters in the near future. We couldn't think of a kinder, more genuine human to lead us on the trip of a life time than Zachary Schmidt.

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Today’s yarn is all about learning tips and tricks to best preserve that animal of a lifetime in preparation for Taxidermy. 

For this one we have called upon the CEO of Riverleigh Taxidermy, William Platell. William has been involved in Taxidermy since he was 13 years old and after careers as a boiler maker and a period of enrolment in the Australian military he decided to go balls to the wall and start his own full time business, Riverleigh Taxidermy. 

William is one of the most passionate guests we have had on the show and his genuine love of the art of Taxidermy shines though in each word he shares on this one. 

Topics include:
• Correct cuts to make
• Caping tips
• Tools required
• Preservation techniques
• Storage of capes
• Processes involved in creating the piece of art that is Taxidermy 

William shares a heap of knowledge bombs for us all to assist us when out in the field after we put an animal on the ground. 

It was a pleasure to sit down and yarn with a person as positive and passionate  as William Platell. 

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Today’s yarn is with one of the original pioneers of Spearfishing across the world. The creator of Aimrite himself, Rick Pettua. 

Rick has spent the most part of his life on or under the water. We were extremely fortunate to sit down and have this conversation with someone as experienced and humble as Rick. 
Topics include: 

• Rick’s early involvement in spearfishing
• Becoming a Navy Diver 
• Travelling the world
• Hunting Dogtooth Tuna
• Wahoo techniques and tactics

Rick shares some absolute knowledge bombs on this one and we are so glad we got the chance to spend some time getting to know the legend that is Rick Pettua. 

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Today’s yarn is a recap of some of our favourite take away points from our spearing guests so far. We revisit some of our most popular interviews and hone in on what the key points of each interview were. Recap guests include:
• Peter Kelly
• GT Buster
• Trevor Ketchion 
• Tim McDonald 
• Shrek 
• Rob Allen
• Wayne Judge
• Ash Currie
• Dre Alipate

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Today’s yarn is part 2 of the week long Kayuga Adventures Bowhunters Course. We bring you the final few days of hunting recaps, share lessons learned, successes, F@&k ups (yours truely) and hear from an absolute larrikin,  the man, the myth, the no filter legend… Carl Moore (Mattie’s old man). 

We shared plenty of laughs and even more beers during the last few days of the course and met friends for life.

Big congratulations to “Sparrow” for downing her first pig with the bow! Well done champ, onwards and upwards from here!

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Today's yarn comes live from the Kayuga Adventures Bowhunters course. We had the pleasure of partaking in the 7 day course on the beautiful Strathburn Station Cape York Queensland.

Matt Moore (Owner Kayuga Adventures), Brad Smith and Ian Summers put together a master class week of instruction that we will never forget. The combination of archery and bowhunting knowledge of these three men is something unrivalled in this country and across the world. 

Kayuga Adventures bowhunting courses run over a 7 day period and cover an extensive range of instructional lectures and live hunts including: 

• Bow tuning
• Arrow composition
• Individual archery coaching 
• Shot placement
• Autopsies of critters
• Bush craft
• Finding food sources 
• Bedding locations
• Stalking
• Tracking and loads more

At the completion of each days activities, we sat down as a group and recorded a recap of the days events, learnings and funny moments to bring you an insight into arguably the most comprehensive bowhunting course in the world.

Matty, Dani, Ian and Brad treated us all with great respect and provided exceptional hospitality over the 7 days.

We shared some amazing memories, took down some great critters and enjoyed more than our share of laughs with the odd beer or 10 each night.

This is a multi part series coming to you in the coming weeks.

We will remember the amazing week at Kayuga Adventures for a very long time.

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