Stalk Outdoors Podcast

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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Today’s yarn is with one third of the Kayuga Broadheads trio, Grant “Randy” Rand. 

Grant gives us an in-depth insight into design and manufacturing process behind the legendary Kayuga Broadhead. 

Anyone who’s met him knows Grant bloody loves a yarn and this episode is no exception. 

We share a few beers, get heaps of information for people to look out for when investing in broadheads and have a bloody good laugh at our f&$k ups!

Grant is a bloody legend!

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Today’s yarn is all about finding the elusive Jewfish (Mulloway) and targeting them on the spear. 

For this one we called in passionate Spearo, Bowhunter and Outdoorsman Brodie Thorn. Brodie has spent his life surfing and spearfishing the beautiful Mid North Coast of NSW. 

He shares plenty of his tips, tricks and successful hunting techniques that have seen him land some incredible sized Jewfish. 

Here at the show we have a fascination with Jewfish and we love to watch these amazing creatures in their element at any opportunity. We will take any opportunity to learn from those that have cracked the code in finding these iconic fish. 

Brodie is a super chilled out ocean lover and it was a pleasure sitting down with him to record this episode. 

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Today’s yarn is all about what gear to consider for a multi day backpack hunt. For this one we called upon a good mate of the show Steve to help us cover all types of gear required for the extended day backpack hunt. Steve has plenty of Bow and Rifle hunting experience and has spent many years out in the bush working out what works and what doesn’t.

Topics covered:

• Boots, leather vs synthetic 
• Socks
• Gaiters
• Pants
• Tops
• Cold weather gear
• Rain gear
• Tents
• Sleeping gear
• Hydration
• First aid

The topic of gear is very subjective, what one persons likes may be different from another. This episode was designed to give some thoughts and ideas that may help in the midfield that is setting yourself up with the correct gear specific to your multi day backpack adventure.

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Today’s yarn is all about not being a Kook when starting out in spearfishing.  Who better to guide us through the subject than the man himself,  The KOOK SPEARO.

The Kookman takes us through plenty of handy tips on things to remember when starting out in the water, as well as some sound safety advice on surviving each and every dive. 
Topics include:
•Being a good boatie.
•How to pack for a trip on someone else’s vessel.
•What gear to run as a noob, speargun selection and why.
•Being a good dive buddy.

During recording it didn't take long to realise that the Kook Spearo is anything but a Kook.  We had a great time getting to know him and look forward to catching up with him for a dive next time we head south on a mission. 

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