Forever Proud to be an Australian Hunter
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Like so many others, hunting and fishing is at the core of my life and lifestyle. In Australia we are seeing increasing attacks in the political arena even though interest in those pastimes is on the increase. I will not tollerate seeing my pastimes and the pastimes of others be denigrated publicly and this video explains why.
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Well said mate, we need to do more. This is why I make a point to fill in every survey or public opinion ballot, every petition started by hunters, whether it directly affects me or not. We have to do more as a community together.
And image if we all did that! They would know there’s a massive voting block they couldn’t mess with..
Very well spoken Alex and I totally agree with every word you said I'm turning 75 this year and the 65 years I've fished and hunted for have been the best years of my life I've also suffered from depression and the bush has always been my saviour these days just being in the bush is enough listening to the sounds watching the wildlife go about its business breathing in the air and the smells maybe catching a trout and cooking it on the fire it is part of who I am and it's a place where I have never been afraid it's my sanctuary .To all those who have never experienced the exhilaration of a hunt or landing a decent fish in a mountain stream you haven't lived yet.
You are correct all outdoors men fishers shooters need to stick together .
I just spent a week away from my family, working and pig hunting in NSW, I've never felt better! I feel completely recharged and happier than I have for a long time. If it's good for me, it rubs off on the people i love, and they get the benefits of a happier husband and father. I fish, I hunt and I love the outdoors, I stand with you and appreciate your passion 👊❤️
Well said mate. The bush does wonders for mental health. I grew up in the suburbs on Sydney, and I didn't really start camping or spending time in the bush till my early 20's. Now, with the channel, I'm out camping every fortnight and it's shaped who I am and the connection I have to the bush is profound. The bush is a powerful teacher. I'm not a hunter, I don't come from a hunting family (I actually used to be a vegetarian years ago and was against hunting), but I have done a complete 180 on the topic. I've gotten into fishing over the last few years and I hope to get into hunting soon. So just know, that even as a non hunter, I fully support peoples pursuit to live that lifestyle. It's just a shame that a few rotten eggs have given hunting a bad name.
Your voice on this is very important Scotty 🤙 biggest cheers mate
Mate eating wild game from the Australian bush connects you even deeper, harvesting and being appreciative of what the land has offered us.
I've been off work for a few months now due to working in a high stress environment in a management position and had pushed my family away from things we really loved to do on weekends due to my mental health. This has really given me the inspiration to get my family back into hunting and camping. Thanks so much!! Respect ❤ dude!!
Well said brother, I have been saying this for years but I have always felt like I have been pissing into the wind. Together we stand divided we fall.
At 72 years of age, I still love getting into the bush as a hunter/fisher and gatherer and will do so until my body stops. Very well-articulated with heart felt emotion and compassion. I am with you until the end.
i am 71 hunt fish camp mental happiness i am with you
Your passion is palpable. I definitely agree. I recently got to walk up a creek in North qld and was able to catch and release my first jungle perch, that is something i have wanted to do for a long time. It's important that we support each other even if we have differences. Because we all have a common interest.
Great to hear others are so passionate about these things. You’re an Aussie legend mate thank you for getting this out there. Keep up you’re good work mate
Too right mate. I've never hunted in my life, but I'm big into fishing and camping, and I have always had a big respect for hunters ... and I am against the constant restrictions being placed on you lot. Great message.
I love my camping and fishing, I follow a few on you tube, I like Paul mesner and grizzly gaz for camping and gamekeeper John for fishing
The foundation of Australia is the bush. A move to "civilize" society means moving away from self reliance and imposing the heavy dependency on policies and politics to take care of us. It's against the natural way. The bush community is right to take a stand. It's important to be able to hunt, gather, forage, camp, etc. as it keeps us independent, and yes, you're right, keeps us 'healthy' in whichever way that matters for the bush folk. That's a risk to the agenda though, independence means you can't conform. Australia was built, even before settlement, on connection to the land, and then after, settlers found a way to connect with the land, too. We need to keep this connection. As someone proudly part of the bush community, this video certainly resonated. Well said. Ivan.
As a compound bow hunter and a mineral prospector what you say makes a lot of sense 👍
Your genuine passion for our sport, civil freedoms and comradeship is truly inspiring. It took being locked up in Victoria during covid for me to realise how my time in the bush fly fishing, bow hunting and prospecting kept me in a good place mentally. Being unable to get out profoundly affected me. The thought of no longer being able to, particularly stalk Sambar, Fallow and trout in our wonderful high country is more than I can cope with.... my blood boils! You are an important social media presence and have tuned me in to being more proactive toward preserving our mutual, loved bush pursuits. God Bless you and be well.
Hey mate, I'm so relieved to hear you say all that. Thanks for taking the time to make this one. Very important! 👏👏👏
Just subbed. Totally agree with you mate. 👍 Some of the laws here in Australia are off the charts. I'm originally from South Africa where I grew up fishing and hunting. The bush is my balance and we are all lucky to live in this beautiful country. It truly is a beautiful country. The sad thing is there are people making decisions in this country with limited knowledge based on the subjects you have touched on. People that are in powerful positions that can at the drop of the hat ban something even if majority are all law abiding citizens. There is no logic behind it. There should be more hunting and the pig population where I am has increased ten fold. I am seeing pigs move in to locations where you would never see them before and I am talking hundreds of them. The problem is when we give a finger they take both the arms.
Too true Profty. Been saying it for years that recreational activities’ hunting, fishing, camping, 4x4, motorbikes, gold detecting, hiking, and alike all need to come to come together before the government slowly closes the door on your chosen activity!
Love your work mate!
Being in club management for over a decade has taught me that sometimes shooters can be their own worst enemy we do need to be united and work together cross disipline cross sport cross hobby cross lifestyle. Evertime we pick on one of our own they get a win. I dont care if you shoot Olympic, issf ipsc, cap and ball, or just hunt the bush. We are all in this together, and yes, we need to keep our good times natural!
Well said mate! Definitely need to stand together as one group/team. Otherwise like you said we risk to slowly lose it! And nothing better than spending time in the bush to reset your mind and soul!
This is so well said. So much truth in this video. Thanks for being a great ambassador
Well said mate, hunting and fishing should be heritage listed.
Well said mate . I’ve been so busy working away and running my own farm , the hunting has taken a back seat. Although I have been doing pest control on my property I haven’t slept out in a swag and cooked on a fire for several years until this week just gone . I spent 4 days alone on a mates. Property trapping dogs and hunting a few stags. I sat by the fire and thought to myself several times how good it is for my mental health to be out there. Then by chance I see this video today . Absolutely spot on my friend !
Weather is skining a rabbit dressing a deer or plucking a duck your enthusiasm is right up there
Well done in this video 👍
Mate you are 100% correct! Thanks for your post and sharing your thoughts.
Spot on mate. Everyone has the right to find their peace somewhere. Over 40yrs in green and l find my solace in the bush.
Thanks Profty. Your comment regarding "bush people" and overlapping rights is spot on. Look at what has happened in Victoria regarding fines for bush walking on non government sanctioned trails. Unfortunately too many people do take these things for granted. Just recently had a crack a trout fishing in a creek before the closure and there was rubbish from lure packets on the creek side. I have seen the same thing in state forests with rubbish splayed out over campsites with ammo packets and shotgun shells included in the mess. Thanks again for the encouragement.
AMEN PROFTY. As a south Aussie I wrote a submission on Vic ducks and Bow hunt the Vic High country. Top Video!
Your passion is inspiring Profty. I'm one of those loading up this long weekend to go hunting because of how it has found its way into a part of my soul. Ill be sure to share this with everyone who feels the same so they too can stand together to preserve this right that so many misunderstand through propaganda and falsehoods and seek to take away from us. Thank you for taking the lead on this one and reminding us to stick together to preserve these rights. Divided we fall.
Well spoken mate, I'm an ecologist in Queensland and I am pro hunting etc. We have to hold onto our connection with nature, as you said 'natural pursuits'. Going back to old ways of producing, hunting and gathering our own of food; as long as it's done sustainably, I think offers solutions to so many of our problems. The problem we face is creating societal change when so many people are so disconnected from nature and our natural ways. Not to mention the fact hunting is often demonised and those that are so vocal have never met, or care to acknowledge, that there are so many hunters like yourself who do it for all the right reasons. I stand with you mate!
Well said mate.. outdoorsman, bushys,hunters,fishers, adventure riders, 4x4ers… even farmers. All in it together!
Well done mate for your leadership.. That recharge and connection we get from the bush is invaluable. We need some joint leadership to represent all the passionate bush users now more than ever!! We’re ready to provide our support!!! Time to muster up all the various groups and provide a voice for our rights and to protect our way of life !!
Again, great video. The comparison of hunters, fishers, hikers horse riders, etc, is so correct, some times it is easy to forget how similar we are. I tell my fishing mates your next. I have a great friend ive been hunting red deer with for 30 years. He went with his grandson, knocking on doors in the Brisbane valley looking for a property to take his grandson hunting on. After knock back after knock back, out of frustration he explained to the property owner, that young people in the city were being removed from the opportunity to embrace the country, primary production, where our food comes from, how it ends up at coles. We need to box smart, i work in a work place with probably 200 other people, i can count on one hand the amount of hunters there, but hundreds who dont understand how you can harvest an animal to eat. So imagine the amount of next generation that are being taught ignorance about the real world we survive in. We have made mistakes too, John Howerd introduced the strictest gun laws imaginable against law abiding citizens, and we didnt appose him at the next election, in the usa this would of been unthinkable.
Im a Bowhunter , Shooter, firewood collector, fish a little, used to get the odd duck, but its not worth all the special licences and fee's for one a year , still support those that do . Im a 1970s Victorian Born Australian . Im a proud HUNTER too ,and support all forms of ethical hunting . Yet I feel like Im discriminated against from a bunch of city dwelling consumers who dictate to me on how i should live. . I support You and I know you support me. Well said
Nice to hear a proud outdoorsman speaking from experience with heart and soul 🙏🙏🙏
1 for all and all for 1 on these issues
Let’s be on the front foot together with these concerns
Good on you brother 👊🏻 appreciate your taking the time to explain the many ironies that exist for those of us who choose to feed ourselves. Keep up the good work mate, enjoy the hunt.
You're like the "Braveheart" of hunting. That was a great heartfelt bit of inspiration. Keep up the good work mate
Preach!!! Reverend Profty....I feel the power of natural times coursing through my veins after that serman...Amen
Speaking the truth! I to am a proud Australian hunter. If we don't stick together and become more vocal in regards to our passions and our way of life, not only will we lose our guns but also our the way we live.
Hi, from the UK.
It's about time that we should stop being apologetic about our perfectly legal sports just because some vocal minority tells us that we are doing is wrong. You are right, we should be united against these people because if we don't challenge these arbitrary decisions, these changes will become the thin end of the wedge and will impact on all field sports.
It's the communists who are involved in controlling every facet of our lives, from our children's education to hunting and fishing. We as Hunters and Westerns who's ancestors fought thousands of years of war so we may know peace and personal freedom. We need to unite against the hoard. Cheers.
Well done Profty! Efffing well said mate! Everything you said was spot on. They are circling and slowly closing in on our natural way of life and denying who humans really are ie hunters and gathers. I've been doing all I to put my opinions forward with issues like bow hunting in SA and the national deer plan. We cant do enough - we need to be proactive and make sure we are heard otherwise they will cancel our way of life - guaranteed.
Love your passion for our outdoor activities
Well said mate, as someone who has suffered from mental health issues I need to be out bush. It's my escape, my alone time. I'm afraid to think the position I would be in not being able to pursue my passions. As you said we all need to band together and keep our freedoms, not just for us but for our kids and their kids. Thanks for spreading this message #Igotyourback
On ya mate. I often feel the same frustrations. The most effective way to maintain our way of life is to stick together and let the pollies know it.
Spot on mate, we must all stand together for our outdoors, fishing and hunting lifestyles or they may be taken from us. Nothing beats time in nature to feel alive and clear.
Very articulate and heart felt. I hope this is seen by the members elected by our community to make decisions in our interests.
Great vid and very wise words. Couldn't agree more!
Right on man. I know how every hunter and LAFO feels. I'm not a bow hunter. I'm not a fowl hunter. I'm not a Pig dogger. I'm just a hunter. I support every licenced gun owner. I support 4WD'ers, anglers. As you said, I have your backs!
Awesome. Thanks was waiting for your next video. Cheers mate. ❤️👍👊🙏
I feel you brother. I may live on the other side of the world but I feel the same . I feel lucky to have been burn where I live. Also to have had the opportunity to lure to fish and hunt. I can go 5 minutes from my house and hunt and fish. But not everyone has that opportunity. I think the world would be a lot different if everyone had the same opportunities that I have.
I stand with you and all hunters profty.. time in the bush is time well spent.. I have always been a hunter but since coming across your channel and your passion mate I have fallen in love with it all over again.. can't wait to hang your beanie from a set of antlers and send you a photo.. big love and respect to you mate 🤙🤙
Bravo ..👏 you've hit the nail on the head. Well said 👍
So passionate, and totally agree with you. Taking away one thing at a time.
Don't confuse freedom with permission..
Well spoken ! “Natural pursuit” it’s the reason we are all alive and living today.
Truth, it's getting very scary my friend , it's hard to stop the snowball once it's rolling, just shared this to 36 pages , ii hope people listen up and do something to help prevent the loss of our great sports and natural times
It's hard to be a man in todays world, you keep so much in because if you ask for help you feel weak.
Chris, it takes courage and strength to admit you need help! It’s not a weakness to need help, I used to think like that, but after my wife died of cancer at age 50, it took me a while but I sort help from mates and professionals. You will only become stronger once you admit it.
Well said Profty!!! I stand by you mate and I stand by anyone else who supports ethical, natural, healthy bush living. I've got your back! #Ivegotyourback
Bloody well said … brilliant, love your passion mate , here in the west we are being raked over the coals !!
Us hunters shooters and fishers are fighting for our rights to live a natural life .. good ethical hunters and bushman are being persecuted for no real reason . I just don’t understand why . If they take our passion away , where does it leave our mental state .
We must stand together to keep our legal rightful life style .
I'm a former Zimbabwean and fully agree with what you said about the mental health. Time hunting in the bush is critical for me. You are spot on all hunters, shooter and fishers outdoors folk need to stand together.
Mate i don’t know what you do for coin in life. But you’re a phenomenal speaker! You need to be out on the road booking gigs educating the nation. Guide some Hunts I feel like you’d be an epic Hunting mentor! 🤙🏻
I also identify as a proud Australian hunter. My mental health has suffered and will suffer more if the powers that be put a stop to my passion. I believe a legal class action should be placed on the Victorian government for discrimination and abuse toward my identity along with so many others.
My dad recently died unexpectedly and I now own all his rifles. My young boys will walk his and my path, hunting, fishing and 4wding.
I am a war veteran that suffers from mental health and physical health issues. The Bush and hunting are my peace. It is where I can reset and recover. Humans are meant to be connected to nature.
11 and a half minutes of truth.
We have a nation of unlimited resources and opportunities that we should all strive for, don’t let bureaucratic corruption deny you of your worth as a hunter. Remember, they don’t want you to enjoy your life through harvesting your own food.
I love it when the missus says, "You're being an idiot, you need to get up the bush don't you"? And she's right. Something to ground me and refocus me from all the crap that goes on life.
Great video Profty I feel your passion and I encourage everyone to vote for the fishers and shooters party. Once they start taking away our rights we will never get the back.
Truer words have never been spoken. Thank you. I stand with you. ✊
Youre a bloody legend mate! Respect! ❤
Well said mate i agree with everything you just said and i have been saying this exact thing for a few years now..We need to all have a say and stick together before its to late..
Putting down what we're all thinking mate. Great work.
Well said Profty!!! Love ya work mate keep it up!!
100% brother, totally agree 👍
I stand by you and have your back.
Love your work.
Damn straight. I couldn’t say myself, because I’m an American Hunter, but I do believe your words have power behind them.
Incredible oration Profty. It slunds like it was read off a teleprompter it was that good. Thanks for the reminder never to drop my guard in this authoritarian country.
Well said Alex. Preach brother ! Guys tell you what .... I fished Japan and went around the bush in Japan.
Australia is paradise and the natural beauty and land space blessing we have Down under .... never disrespect our land and bush ! It is the cheapest form of mental health healing when you go to the bush instead of doctors and drugs ! Fishing and hunting should always be allowed !
Found this thru a fishing vid i watch. We all stand together!! Hunters fishers anyone who enjoys the outdoors.. 4x4 to horseback! Devided we fall.
You are 100% spot on my friend.
We have your back. We talk about this at my mates places last week.
However we all need to be very careful as there after our life style and want to stop it. We hope they don’t get this Australian firearms deal over the line as they will take the bad from every state and make it national. Yes we have to fight for our rights but we have to be very careful how we go about it. I personally don’t do social media. But in NSW they are targeting FB people for what they say and do. Bang your firearms license is gone.
Love your passion and we all got your back, but please be careful in how you deliver your message.
So true! Time spent hunting, where you become a part of the bush and forget about the man-made world is just so bloody revitalising. Then being lucky enough to harvest fresh free range meat is a bonus that really tops it all off! Having conveyed this to my vegan mum I now really wish mainstream Australians would remove their heads from the sand and realise that our disconnect from true, wild nature is one of the most detrimental aspects of modern life.
You couldn't have said it any better mate . I'm happy to say I ageee and I have your back to any and other hunter here 👌👍
Can’t agree more mate
Mate, I've put down a bowl of chocolate bavarian to tell you straight - you're a bloody legend. Keep at it. Go you good thing.
Mate I'm from wa and you are so right much love let's stay strong
Well said and spoken mate!!
Beautifully said mate, I'm always ranting and raving to someone or some comment thread about these topics. A lot of fellow men of European decent have lost all touch with the wild world and healing of nature.
It seems we are ancient souls from old times stuck in modern digitized slavery times.
The moronic laws in Vic surrounding fishing during covid practically broke my will and passion for fishing, due to the realization of how much sway the media induced fear controlled people, even now it's not what it was but I've been working on it.
The beauracratic mess really does make it hard to find a mental balance between the negative rage they incite within us and positive out look and love for nature.
People are so caught up playing left vs right they don't realize they are feeding the nanny state whilst also spiting their fellow outdoorsman.
Our voting system is failed, mainly due to voter laziness but also sly political tactics. Have these poser parties like the shooters, fishers, farmers party who honestly just use their name to soak up votes from those who relate to the name yet they don't really have a backbone and constantly cave in on negotiations and debates.
The covid lockdowns where a very good insight to what life will be if people don't stand up for ourselves and find some common ground.
We also have to be wary that it's not just between hunters, fishers, fossickers, hiking and all variants of those those hobbies and passions people have to be united but also not fall into divisive media traps like vax/no Vax, Black vs white, left vs right to maintain the unity.
Trying to suffocate the remaining old ways out of us but we shall persist.
Love your passion.
I’ve spent the better part of 47 years out in the great Aussie outdoors.Whether I was trail bike riding,fishing,bush walking/camping,hunting,gold prospecting or 4 wheel driving it makes me feel alive.What I do in my free time isn’t just a hobby, a pass time etc it’s a way of life.A limited few with their own agenda are jeopardising the health and well being of millions of Australians.Enough is enough!
Agree 100%, hunting, fishing and camping is my therapy.
I’ve been saying exactly the same for sometime we Must support all bush lovers
GOOD TIMES ARE NATURAL
As an American, I feel this should have been said back before 1999 when they went after slingshots. If they disarm you, you have no way to fight back.
I want to say you're just in my heart ...thanks legend
Great message Profty!
well said and for Australian hunters to be put in positions where a pig or red fox etc is still alive and you have to use a rifle to finish them off and you have the rifle muzzle really close to the animals head i see that as not really safe and not practical. pistols would give more distance from the animals head and if you have those wild dogs running at you to attack you and you fall down and drop your rifle being able to pull out a pistol can mean the difference of staying alive and avoiding injury. also charging feral pigs.
well spoken Alex i agree with you and have the same thoughts on supporting others even if it doesn't affect me directly. The reality is it goes well beyond just activities in the bush, it is about removing freedoms of the individual in a general sense.
keep up your excellent work.
United we are strong we need to support all aspects of the outdoors wheather your a shooter fisher hunter bow Hunter 4x4 or anything else we need to support each other and not let these governing bodies and ungrateful people destroy our rights to explore and love this country we call the great southern land, stand up and support our rights to live off the land and enjoy our land to live healthy and free so plant your veggies hunt for your meat feed your animals fish for a catch and enjoy this great land we call home, don’t be forced to buy meat wrapped in plastic and fill the pockets of mega corporations and be locked out of a country you help build … #ivgotyourback
I reckon if someone with your passion were to head up a national Bush Pursuits lobby group, I'd be handing over my membership dues in a flash.
Well now is the time time to unite as an Australian Outdoor Party and it will kick some serious politaical arse
I’ve got even more respect for you now brother! 👏
I like and agree with your views.
And I’m glad that you didn’t come across as a redneck.
I don’t think I’ve ever come home from a fish,hunt dirt bike ride etc in a bad mood. It tires out the body but refreshes the soul. Let all be responsible in our. Pursuits so the nay sayers don’t have an excuse.
Mental health is to be encouraged.
Good times are natural.
Not taking anything away from depression, anxiety and mental illness as my wife struggles every day. But alot of younger people who hate school, not happy. Jobs shit , girlfriend trouble blame depression. Depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain that needs treatment. Just because your sad and hate life for awhile does not mean mental illness. But saying that getting out of the city and moving rural has changed our lives soooo much for the better
Profty, you really should consider running for politics. I know you wouldn’t want to, but the way you articulate our argument for our right to hunt needs to be shared with a much broader audience. I’d vote for you
Hit the nail on the head Profty-well said mate