Podcasts & YouTube

[bumpy1976]

Hi guys,

Is there any shooting/hunting podcasts that you guys are into?

I watch Ozzy Reviews and Edge Of The Outback on YouTube, so even if there is some other good Aussie content creators out there, let me know.

[mchughcb]

Hi guys,

Is there any shooting/hunting podcasts that you guys are into?

I watch Ozzy Reviews and Edge Of The Outback on YouTube, so even if there is some other good Aussie content creators out there, let me know.

Gibson Outdoors. Poor bugger died of cancer. RIP.

[Fester]

So many that I am still finding new ones after years, just searching forest hunting brings out lots of interesting hunting stories.
If you want to learn, watch all of Profties vids "Aussie Bush Harvest"
I also like Dylan Smith "Wilderlife", his wife is a good hunter as well.

Just recently found a few top end crock hunters that are a bit different and entertaining.

[alexjones]

This bloke Mark and Sam after work is good. I think he is in WA cause he talks about the new laws there.

https://www.youtube.com/@markandsamafterwork/videos

[mchughcb]

This bloke Mark and Sam after work is good. I think he is in WA cause he talks about the new laws there.

https://www.youtube.com/@markandsamafterwork/videos

Just don't leave in the comments that his vids set off the current gun laws. He gets really upset about that.

[Wm.Traynor]

This bloke is pretty good IMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjbqu69xvBI

[Wapiti]

If any of you blokes know of good Australian channels that deal with reviews or the more technical side of things, like mods, please post them.
There's plenty of American stuff, but to me well a lot of that deals with firearms and stuff we don't get.

Not at all interested in channels that show the actual killing of animals, although that's an accepted part of any day on the farm here I do not agree with it and will keep my opinions of their personalities to myself.

[bumpy1976]

If any of you blokes know of good Australian channels that deal with reviews or the more technical side of things, like mods, please post them.
There's plenty of American stuff, but to me well a lot of that deals with firearms and stuff we don't get.

Not at all interested in channels that show the actual killing of animals, although that's an accepted part of any day on the farm here I do not agree with it and will keep my opinions of their personalities to myself.

That's what i like with Ozzy Reviews, he goes through different rifles, knives etc, shoots them, gives advice and feedback on his thoughts. He did a beginner's series, which i found pretty helpful.

[Wapiti]

Yeah I do respect the trouble he goes to, I reckon he walks all over most of the others with their freshly styled immaculate haircuts, 3-day growth, 30-shot pretend mags and shoot guns over the spare tyre of their immaculately polished and armour-all'd utes.
Hey, can I stay a Sergeant? I've never liked the incompetent officer class....

[wanneroo]

Having done Youtube for years, firearms content is a tough road to plow. You have the head winds of censorship, advertisers generally not supporting it, so limited ad revenue and the firearms community often is not supportive overall. I have found generally firearms videos for me take the most time in logistics of getting all the gear together, setting up shots for the camera and the cost involved in components, ammo, etc and if you buy a gun for the purpose of review, well that is an added expense. Also due to having to shoot a lot outdoors, the weather is more a pain in filming videos and getting audio and video right. Then you've got to edit it for brevity and upload. I find while I get lots of great, productive comments, firearms videos attract the nastiest comments too. It's funny that the anti gun people hate you and some of the gun owners hate you too.

My stance when I started my channel was that I would make whatever video I want, so I was not going to be a niche channel and I still post whatever it is I am working on. As I do a lot of video content for Amazon now, my content has drifted in that direction but I will continue doing firearms videos and reloading projects. When I go to Australia again I will be making some videos of whatever I find interesting. And I'll be doing drone, car and travel stuff into the future. I just do whatever I like and the chips fall where they may.

The Ozzie Reviews guy, it was me that suggested to him that he start Patreon so it could support his channel, but he's seen, judging by his comments, that firearms content can sometimes be a thankless or even costly task, so I think it's hard for people to stick with it long term.

As Youtube stats show, only 5% of new channels make it past 3 videos, only 1% make it past 20 videos and only one out of every 500 get monetized. I see a lot of firearms channels that do make it to 3000-5000 subs and then peter out when people start seeing the juice is not worth the squeeze.

[wanneroo]

If any of you blokes know of good Australian channels that deal with reviews or the more technical side of things, like mods, please post them.
There's plenty of American stuff, but to me well a lot of that deals with firearms and stuff we don't get.

Not at all interested in channels that show the actual killing of animals, although that's an accepted part of any day on the farm here I do not agree with it and will keep my opinions of their personalities to myself.

Well the tricky thing is to generate all that local content you want on a regular basis, the content creator has two choices. One, buy it all himself or have the logistics hassle of coordinating with others to loan or borrow stuff to review. Or two, have ready access to new firearms and be an existing firearms store or connect with manufacturers or a store to get firearms and gear to review regularly. Either way you go, it's going to cost a lot of dollars or you will be accused of being a bought and paid for shill and how dare you make a dollar on Youtube or promote your firearms business(which you can't link to your store on Youtube either but you can use your name as your handle).

That's why most firearms channels face head winds and I opted out of being a niche channel in favor of a more sustainable business model, which has worked. The less exciting product reviews of weed wackers and fuel additives sustain making content that is costly to make with little hope of return.

[Wapiti]

Could I request a link to your channel, either here or via PM?
I would be interested to see your business model, the way you do things.
I'm not quite sure why people are always so concerned about making money on everything and more just concentrate on sharing the game with their peers and just expending the exposure, I guess money just dominates the times we live in and I get that, but wonder why it seems to be such a driver.
For me, it would be to share ideas and procedures. I see a lot of things within the hunting and shooting game, particularly certain things I see on social media are just rubbish or self-congratulatory, and it's a shame the misinformation is soaked up by people watching who don't know any batter.
I'm aware we all have certain niches within any interest, and it's hard to please everyone or even anyone so why bother trying and just do your thing.
I saw a good video of Joe W Rea's where he said he just learned from looking at others efforts in comparison to his, not caring about the haters, and concentrating on being himself, and he's happy with the results. I I love his channel and his DGAF style.

[wanneroo]

Could I request a link to your channel, either here or via PM?
I would be interested to see your business model, the way you do things.
I'm not quite sure why people are always so concerned about making money on everything and more just concentrate on sharing the game with their peers and just expending the exposure, I guess money just dominates the times we live in and I get that, but wonder why it seems to be such a driver.
For me, it would be to share ideas and procedures. I see a lot of things within the hunting and shooting game, particularly certain things I see on social media are just rubbish or self-congratulatory, and it's a shame the misinformation is soaked up by people watching who don't know any batter.
I'm aware we all have certain niches within any interest, and it's hard to please everyone or even anyone so why bother trying and just do your thing.
I saw a good video of Joe W Rea's where he said he just learned from looking at others efforts in comparison to his, not caring about the haters, and concentrating on being himself, and he's happy with the results. I I love his channel and his DGAF style.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy4y9 ... ljJBHD-8Eg

Mainly, I use affiliate income to support the channel and do video content off Youtube.

Yes, some would say you should just do it for the love of it. Which is probably why most channels don't last. Just like if you went to work every day and never got paid. You probably would not hang around for long.

Sure you can do casual videos here and there for a hobby on Youtube. But to do regular video content and have good audio, lighting and cameras, plus the back end with editing and thumbnails, it's all time and money.

I did 600 videos last year and pretty much when I don't travel for my other work, I work 7 days a week, morning, afternoon and evening to make content. Yes, I do love doing it, you have to love making videos to do it, but also it has to be financially self sustaining and bring in revenue for all that work. Only after 4 years of hard work is it finally paying off. The first 18 months or so I didn't make a dime.

Yes, I don't overly concern myself with the audience too much, people will come and go. I decided from the jump it was more interesting and sustainable to not stick to any niche but just do whatever I found interesting at the time and not let myself get held back from any creative endeavors. If I have an idea for a video and can make it, I do.

[Wapiti]

Mate I completely understand how you would want some recompense for your efforts and gear you use.

Maybe I'll change my mind down the track, but for now I would just like to share some ideas, maybe provide some entertainment, and as well, set up an access-only side so my friends and wife can keep up with all the crazy things that go on out here that are a normal part of my day. That I never see from deliberate content-generating-only driven videos.
I'm not about to try and make some income from ever doing that, personally. People spend big on 4WD's and accessories, boats, guns, jet skis whatever for their spare time, without making anything other than chewing up time to live life.

The other thing I really notice is the self-congratulatory stuff I see online, about deer hunting and management, gear reviews, trapping etc, all presented as fact but really only manipulation for profit and self-status. I suppose people watch this and obviously get entertained, so I suppose that's the main thing and good on them.

Really appreciate your input.

[Wapiti]

Hey a question from you blokes that have done this before, what cameras do you use?
Lighting etc isn't a consideration because everything I do is outside.

I drive around with a Gopro and an external mike on buggies, or carry a 20mp Sony compact camera with a 200mm optical zoom function, because for zooming in to things going on the Gopro is no good, and the camera fits into a pocket. There's nothing more that I hate as much as the pitiful digital grainy zooms of phones.
Also the Gopro chews batteries and is a real pain at times.

Am I missing better options maybe?

[mchughcb]

The great thing about showing high quality video of hunting is people will give you advice for free if you leave comments on.

[Wapiti]

I'll leave that to those who need some kind of self-assurance. There's plenty of people already shooting guns over their spare wheels at plates in "tests"" or showing how they bomb up mobs of pigs or goats whilst giggling. No thanks.

[wanneroo]

Mate I completely understand how you would want some recompense for your efforts and gear you use.

Maybe I'll change my mind down the track, but for now I would just like to share some ideas, maybe provide some entertainment, and as well, set up an access-only side so my friends and wife can keep up with all the crazy things that go on out here that are a normal part of my day. That I never see from deliberate content-generating-only driven videos.
I'm not about to try and make some income from ever doing that, personally. People spend big on 4WD's and accessories, boats, guns, jet skis whatever for their spare time, without making anything other than chewing up time to live life.

The other thing I really notice is the self-congratulatory stuff I see online, about deer hunting and management, gear reviews, trapping etc, all presented as fact but really only manipulation for profit and self-status. I suppose people watch this and obviously get entertained, so I suppose that's the main thing and good on them.

Really appreciate your input.

Think of it as any other business. Perhaps you would want to upgrade the parking lot, add a new building, buy new stock, buy new machinery, paint the walls, etc. at your business. Youtube and content creation is no different. People want to be entertained or informed. Which is good, but on the back end of that, the content creator has to generate revenue like any other business to keep the doors open and make investments so content can be created. And as it is, Youtube itself doesn't pay well. For most creators, ad revenue is #5 or 6 down the list of revenue sources.

When it comes to getting started though, these days there is no excuse, just start. I started with my iPhone and a $20 microphone and just started making videos. I was at one of the lowest points of my life. CoronaCon shut down my whole industry, I kept expecting to go back to work in 2020 and never did. So there I was sitting in my cold barn in December 2020. My dog just died, a family member was having serious illness problems and everything was going to hell. I sat there alone in the quiet watching the snow fall down out the window, never been so alone or on the bottom in life. I said, well I have to do something and I had dabbled with making some videos before for Youtube but I said now I'm going to take it seriously and it will be good for me as I can learn how to make videos and apply it to a future business selling cars, because these days most everything is online. It's not a bad skill to have. So I took that iPhone and the microphone and started making videos and here I am now.

[Wapiti]

Well your stuff is very professional mate, and well done. You also are a bloke who isn't going to take the crap in life other people will slash their wrists over either and the work shows.

[wanneroo]

Hey a question from you blokes that have done this before, what cameras do you use?
Lighting etc isn't a consideration because everything I do is outside.

I drive around with a Gopro and an external mike on buggies, or carry a 20mp Sony compact camera with a 200mm optical zoom function, because for zooming in to things going on the Gopro is no good, and the camera fits into a pocket. There's nothing more that I hate as much as the pitiful digital grainy zooms of phones.
Also the Gopro chews batteries and is a real pain at times.

Am I missing better options maybe?

I use an iPhone with an external mic for most close up stuff or simple videos.

I add in a Go Pro for point of view shoots, say testing out a pistol at the range.

I use a Sony ZV-1 Mark2 for bigger better shots.

In the future I may look at DJI cameras to replace the Go Pro, do another iPhone upgrade, upgrade the Sony to something else maybe. Also will acquire a low profile blogging type camera for walking around and doing travel videos.

Editing is going to be key. People will watch long videos, but will not sit through dead air, shaky shots, nothing happening on film, etc. These days I edit a lot tighter than I did when I started.

[Wapiti]

Great tips, thanks Wanneroo.

[wanneroo]

Well your stuff is very professional mate, and well done. You also are a bloke who isn't going to take the crap in life other people will slash their wrists over either and the work shows.

I appreciate it. It's a constant evolution getting better and leveling up. I look back at my early videos and go Yikes!, some of them are not the greatest but you learn through doing, so hopefully 2 years from now I'll be even better. I have fun doing it and it's always good to hear back from viewers when a video of mine helped them out.

One thing I forgot is I am adding a DJI drone with auto tracking function so it can film me shooting on the range, driving a vehicle or walking through the woods. So that will add some great photographic shots to help some of the videos.

[Fester]

A new fav is Nature Exposed, a couple of Lebbos from Sydney but they are OK and their wives look like Aussies.
They have a pet Fallow doe that was hand raised and like a dog when she goes out hunting with them.

He takes big good camera gear and has fantastic deer country access so some good stuff to watch.
With so many deer, they do lots of bow hunting, as you would.

I am liking the real peopl PooTube stars like Crusty "A Guy and his Troopy" that just goes to great camping spots in the Vic High Country and other areas.
Always tounging for a beer or 10 when he gets there and sets up.

Another head for radio is "Windsor Bait and Tackle", fished western Sydney all his life and can pull bream from outlet pipes around the inner Parra river areas.
He has pretty much become a fish kill expert and can show where "Black Water" toxic chemical spills come from. Generally Cleanaway recyling plants that also often have factory fires.
As they are govt friends, the govt call these events natural causes, this bloke can prove otherwise but the government writes him off as a bit of a loon.

He said he made 3k one month as fishing is accepted and his channel must have boomed.
He goes through the govt waste lands to get to bass creeks and runs into deer, goats, and stuff.
He also exposes the suburbs he called "Sinkhole City", it was the old ADI site that had many KMs of drainage piping, and the developers didn't even bother to break it up.
They built the houses, then it rained and they sunk lol.

[Bugman]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

[mchughcb]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

A bit like reading your posts on this forum then.

[Bugman]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

A bit like reading your posts on this forum then.

Like I said Chuckles, "for a laugh" like the stuff you put up on you tube etc.

[Wapiti]

Well your stuff is very professional mate, and well done. You also are a bloke who isn't going to take the crap in life other people will slash their wrists over either and the work shows.

I appreciate it. It's a constant evolution getting better and leveling up. I look back at my early videos and go Yikes!, some of them are not the greatest but you learn through doing, so hopefully 2 years from now I'll be even better. I have fun doing it and it's always good to hear back from viewers when a video of mine helped them out.

One thing I forgot is I am adding a DJI drone with auto tracking function so it can film me shooting on the range, driving a vehicle or walking through the woods. So that will add some great photographic shots to help some of the videos.

Hey that's a great idea. I never thought of that. We use a DJI 4K drone to check stock areas along creeks, even round up feral goats, but they do provide a panoramic and probably great other perspective to the videos.

[Wapiti]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

Mate I got heaps of great advice from Youtube. I'd never have ever thought I could deep bore a piece of 4140, make, ream and rifle my own barrels with a button, chamber and thread anything I want, make springs, .
I've got a dual trade and engineering background and it's taken me to other countries, but I'm not a machinist and had to teach myself. Unlike an internet forum where fakes can hide, someone posting up videos of how to do something and proving it by hanging their arses out are priceless. Some of these guys put up procedures and advice that's easily proven, and it costs me nothing.

[Bugman]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

Mate I got heaps of great advice from Youtube. I'd never have ever thought I could deep bore a piece of 4140, make, ream and rifle my own barrels with a button, chamber and thread anything I want, make springs, .
I've got a dual trade and engineering background and it's taken me to other countries, but I'm not a machinist and had to teach myself. Unlike an internet forum where fakes can hide, someone posting up videos of how to do something and proving it by hanging their arses out are priceless. Some of these guys put up procedures and advice that's easily proven, and it costs me nothing.

Yes. I have used you tube etc for " a refresher" on the subject I am attending to. I have two trades under my belt but have been retired for a few years now, so new info, procedures etc is more than welcome for me. But I research with caution. Just the nature of this beast.

[mchughcb]

To me, Podcasts and Youtube are like facebook but with more moving pictures. Watch them for a laugh, for instruction etc etc but watch them at your own peril.

Mate I got heaps of great advice from Youtube. I'd never have ever thought I could deep bore a piece of 4140, make, ream and rifle my own barrels with a button, chamber and thread anything I want, make springs, .
I've got a dual trade and engineering background and it's taken me to other countries, but I'm not a machinist and had to teach myself. Unlike an internet forum where fakes can hide, someone posting up videos of how to do something and proving it by hanging their arses out are priceless. Some of these guys put up procedures and advice that's easily proven, and it costs me nothing.

Correct. Want to know how to find and clean out the money trap on an ASKO washing machine, how about the install of a Seicane headset into your model car. What people put up for free, can save you a lot of time and money.