The Graf Boys

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This is the updated version of the Stewart Island eradication video clip. The impact on marine life was missed on this previous version ... http://youtu.be/zDxxaM2TkuM

The poisoning of Stewart Island Gareth Morgan, a rich and powerful New Zealand businessman, has a dream. He has teamed up with Department of Conservation, and some locals, and is advocating to rid Stewart Island of mammal pests. Fair enough you say? Stewart Island is 170,000 hectares of pristine forest, and home to the largest wild kiwi population, per hectare, of anywhere in New Zealand. 4250 tonnes of poisonous bait will be aerially spread, and it will saturate the environment. This dream, should it go ahead, will kill 10's of thousands of resident birds - is it ecocide? ...

This red stag won Judges' Choice Red Deer at the 2012 Sika Show. It's great to see the odd big boys, from original strains, still lurking out there! ...

In this episode we're introduced to the fallow deer of the Woodhill Forest (northwest of Auckland), the WFMC introduce the ballot system, and we're introduced to the Take a Kid Hunting event. Great footage, great leaders, and some strange sounding roaring ...

In this episode, Taupo Mayor Rick Cooper comes out for a hunt and manages to get a shot away. Also, Terry, from the UK, shoots his first ever deer, and it's a stag! ...

In this episode we fly into the Te Urewera National Park, during the roar, and get a stag to come in close - real close. We then visit the site where the Animal Health Board aerially dropped 1080 poison into easily accessible land, and killed a large number of deer, just on the back of farmer's property...

Mark Bannister is catching and tagging tench on Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton, for a Fish & Game project ...

Sam's dad Lee was meant to join us on this hunt. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with cancer just before we were due to leave. Sam's dad died the week after we returned from our hunt, but did get to see the footage of Sam getting his stag ...

New Zealand claims to be "Clean, Green and 100% Pure". Therefore, you could be forgiven for thinking the authorities would fight against poisoning water - forest streams and water catchments. But in New Zealand, it's the authorities doing the contaminating, and the people fighting to keep their water pure - and they're getting arrested doing it. Despite a resolution passed by the Westland District Council in 2009, to keep the deadly pesticide-insecticide - 1080 poison - out of water catchments - ridgeline to ridgeline - the Animal Health Board breached the council's decision, and in August 2012, poisoned the Hokitika watercatchment, again. In a recent poison drop across Westland, farmers and locals rallied for animal welfare and the right to retain poison-free water. This is their story ...

We're in South Westalnd, New Zealand, hunting wild red stags with a camera. It's low light, and this stag gets an eye-full of The Graf Boys camera flash...

The Graf Boys get the red stags of Fiordland worked up, and in close. In this clip the boys are in in the Lake Monowai region. They tackle the issue of a barking hind, and finally get to see what all the noise is about.

Taihape sheep farmer - Allan Westerman - was looking for lost sheep after an aerial 1080 poison drop on the back of his property. What he found is disturbing. This is the same issue the SPCA spoke out against last week. A total of 10 poisoned deer were found, and it's just the tip of the iceberg. Every New Zealander should see how the Animal Health Board, and the Department of Conservation treat valued, wild animals. Please spread far and wide, and please visit tvwild.co.nz and vote on whether you would like to see the users of 1080 poison prosecuted for mass-scale, animal cruelty...

In this clip from Wild Weekend Adventures, we see some great close-up shots of a ruru (morepork) in the wild. The eyes are just amazing!

In this clip we are introduced to Possum Pie by local legends - and owners of The Bushman Centre, South Westland - Peter & Justine Salter. Possums are classed as pest in New Zealand, but Peter and Justine demonstrate how industry can make good use of the possum, and benefit the environment too. We get a taste of possum pie, too!

In this clip The Graf Boys explore the awesome wilderness of the Hollyford Valley, in search of wild red stags - using just a camera. We're in search of red stags. The country's steep, and laden with waterfalls and streams. The effort required to reach the tops from the valley floor is - shall I say - massive! This is the same valley that's been in the news this week, regarding the "Milford Dart Tunnel" which will terminate in the Hollyford Valley, should the project go ahead. It's worth pointing out, that should this tunnel happen, it would be limited to tourist buses only ...

Types of Roaring Horns - (Roarin in Reds)

Hunting in the Urewera National Park, New Zealand.

In this final clip, Mark and Jackie go through the process of tagging tench for their Fish & Game project.

Part 2 of 3. Tench fishing in Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton, New Zealand. In this clip Mark demonstrates his bait boat, and shows us how to set up a tench feeder rig.

The Graf Boys head to the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland, and have an amazing encounter with an impressive stag - roared to just 3 metres of the camera!

The Graf Boys are in Fiordland. Here they roar in a Hollyford wild thing, and show some methods of carrying out deer.

After two weeks of rain, the weather offers a 2 day window of opportunity, and we don't waste it! Terry, from Rockferry, UK, takes on the stags of the Urewera National Park, New Zealand. This sequence features as a story in the current NZ Outdoor Hunting magazine, available in stores now.