The Educated Hunter

Cam Speedy would have to be one of the most knowledgable individuals we have spoken too since we started the podcast over two years ago. When it comes to deer, natural systems, native Flora, native Forna, non-native species, ecological systems, animal management, and conservation in New Zealand Cam is full of a wealth of knowledge. The combination of boots on the ground experience combined with an academic foundation built over a lifetime of work and learning is a rare thing in this day and age. Enjoy this wide-ranging conversation covering everything from the Central North Island Sika Foundation, deer management, Fiordland Wapiti, and the importance of managing systems in New Zealand. Cam Speedy has a deep understanding and respect for our Whenua and is such an asset moving forward. 

You can become a member of the Sika Foundation HERE

https://sikafoundation.co.nz/membership/

Donate to the Tahr Foundation HERE

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/nztf

Sign the Partition HERE

If you’re interested in submitting a recipe for the educated hunter “Hunt and Gather” recipe book we’re building for a charity you can find a submission form HERE - you can also pre-order a copy HERE. This is a recipe book made by our community of hunter and gatherers, for other hunters and gatherers, to benefit the mental health of our community, get behind it if you can, we would love your help.

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion, and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together, and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

Matt and Kuran

Remi Warren is an avid hunter, he has been hunting for as long as he remembers. He began outfitting at the age of 18 and has been in the professional hunt world since. Remi has has found himself the figure of shows such as Solo Hunter and Apex Predator, he has a successful podcast, Cutting the Distance. Remi travels the world hunting, part of which includes an annual trip to New Zealand. Kuran has a chat with Remi, on how he found himself living this life, and what big plans are on the hunt horizon.

You can follow Remi and his adventures on his website and Instagram page

Remi Warren Website - remiwarren.com

Remi Instagram page - @remiwarren

If you’re interested in submitting a recipe for the educated hunter “Hunt and Gather” recipe book we’re building for a charity you can find a submission form HERE - you can also pre-order a copy HERE. This is a recipe book made by our community of hunter and gatherers, for other hunters and gatherers, to benefit the mental health of our community, get behind it if you can, we would love your help.

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Kuran catches back up with Khan on another hunt, this time Khan has his 8-year-old son Max with him sharing the adventure. We take a look at fathering young hunters, things that Khan has learned along the way, and what that final destination might look like. Somewhere along the discussion Khan starts asking Kuran questions, the conversation “bobs and weaves” from topic to topic very honestly. Kuran gets a quick chat with Max also to share how it looks in the eyes of an eight-year-old.

You can follow Khan and his adventures on his Youtube and Instagram page

Follow Khan on Instagram - @khanadam37

YouTube - Khan Adam Hunting NZ

If you’re interested in submitting a recipe for the educated hunter “Hunt and Gather” recipe book we’re building for a charity you can find a submission form HERE - you can also pre-order a copy HERE. This is a recipe book made by our community of hunter and gatherers, for other hunters and gatherers, to benefit the mental health of our community, get behind it if you can, we would love your help.

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Gareth Hughes is the relatively new owner (relative to how long the company has been around!) of the NZ based knife making company Victory knives. Gareth has always keen fisherman and hunter but he is new to owning a business that fit’s into the hunting/fishing/butchery world in New Zealand. Matt managed to catch up with Gareth in a crowed McDonalds at Auckland airport, pre-COVID, to discuss everything from what makes a good knife, why Emirates Team New Zealand carry pig stickers on the chase boats, to mental health in New Zealand.

You can follow Victory Knives on Instagram:

@victoryknives

Or check out the "wood for the trees" charity and the work they do at:

http://woodforthetrees.nz/

If you’re interested in submitting a recipe for the educated hunter “Hunt and Gather” recipe book we’re building for a charity you can find a submission form HERE - you can also pre-order a copy HERE. This is a recipe book made by our community of hunter and gatherers, for other hunters and gatherers, to benefit the mental health of our community, get behind it if you can, we would love your help.

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

100% of all profits - Donated to Charity

We collect the best recipes from hunter-gatherers, put them in a book, and sell it to raise money for charity.

It’s really not that complicated, all profits will be donated to a registered charity, this year we’ve decided to target mental health in New Zealand, with a specific focus on our rural community. Suggestions on where the money is most needed will be appreciated.

We want everyone to contribute either recipes, photos, or both. Providing food we gather from the wild is a huge part of who we are as a community. There is something special about preparing what we harvest and providing it to others.

Share your favorite way to prepare wild foods, meats, seafood, or anything that you enjoy in the mountains or with your family.

Given we all have some time on our hands; share with your community for the good of your community.

Submit a recipe HERE

Donate some photos HERE

Pre Order a book HERE

Matt managed to catch up with Alex Oelofse a couple of weeks back at the SCI show in Reno. A very knowledgeable and practical man with phenomenal experience in conservation, game management, wild game capture/relocation, and all things wild in Namibia. Alex delivers an honest and concise appraisal of the state of affairs when it comes to Rhino conservation and some of the context the provides understanding for game management strategies in Namibia and Africa as a whole. Great listen, full of gems, an absolute gent. 

https://www.janoelofsesafaris.com/

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The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Ben Young has quickly found himself in the spotlight. Ben was the young helicopter pilot that “saw a moose in Fiordland last week”. Ben and Kuran sit down for the first and possibly only interview he does on the sighting, discuss his credentials as someone that would positively identify a moose, how it felt to see such a thing and the good and bad of public response on the sighting.

Ben has chosen not to share his social pages as he would rather live the “quiet life”, but we did discuss his time in Canada. If you would like more information about Ultimate OE and what we do you can find it HERE.

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Ultimate OE Hunting Instagram

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Ryan O’Connor from the “Stag Roar” catches up with Kuran one year on from the podcast with Matt. Ryan gets some understanding of the “why” Kuran and Matt started Ultimate OE and The Educated Hunter. The discussion then quickly turns to the issues hunters face internationally and within New Zealand, the importance of getting youth into the outdoors and everything in between.

Instagram @stagvision and @stagryanTwitter twitter.com/stagryan Snapchat @stagryanFacebook www.facebook.com/WaiKeto/ Blog stagryan.com/

The Educated Hunter Newsletter Receive a short entertaining email from us once a fortnight sharing what we have found interesting, educational, inspiring or entertaining in the hunting world. As well as updates on relevant hunting issues, our on the ground initiatives, workshops, and upcoming events.

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and us the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion on fixing something rather than just talking about it.

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Cameron Stobie is a 2018/19 UOE graduate who has spent a calendar year in Canada and the USA working in the hunting industry, learning horses, and traveling all over North America. Matt managed to catch him at the airport as he was leaving and he was brimming full of yarns from the past year, its an entertaining podcast from a young kiwi bloke who has seen some country of late!

Cam mentions points south and his first lite gear during the podcast - you can find that gear here:

https://www.pointssouth.co.nz/

You can follow Cam on Instagram:

@cameron_nz

Follow @theeducatedhunter on Instagram for photos the promote our values as hunters. We post images the show “why we hunt” and images that celebrate what it really means to be a hunter. Tag us in your own photos that show why you hunt and use the hashtags #whywehunt and #theeducatedhunter to get out attention – we would love to share your hunting moments with the whole community.

Join the conversation on The Educated Hunter FaceBook group, here is a place where our audience can bring their knowledge, passion and practical skills to discuss real-world issues that hunters and hunting are facing today. It provides a platform where like-minded individuals can come together and solve real issues in a constructive manner, working together and focusing their collective passion for fixing something rather than just talking about it.

If you’re interested in Ultimate OE - flick us an email [email protected]

Catch you on the clearing,

The Educated Hunter

Kuran catches up with Rachel to discuss Hunting as she see's it. Hunting has always been a part of Rachels life, and now it is her profession. She owns Leithen Valley Hunts, is the head guide and travels the world hunting. Rachel has recently returned from her successful Marco Polo hunt. Rachel has two young boys she is bringing into the world of hunting and to fill any gaps she has, she manages to run the family farm. Rach is one busy woman, so i was lucky to catch her for an hour.