EPISODE 1 - Be relevant or die
In the first Australian Deer Podcast we talk with ADA Chair David Voss.
David has been at the helm of the ADA through the most significant time of change in the organisations fifty year history.
EPISODE 2 - Quality Deer, Quality People
In the second Australian Deer Podcast, ADA's EO Barry Howlett is joined by Dr Craig Harper from the University of Tennessee, Daryl Snowdon from Field & Game Australia, Rod Hill from Tasmania and Col Brumley from ADA in Victoria to discuss Craig's visit to Australia, Quality Deer Management, challenges, opportunities and what there is to be gained by simply sharing knowledge.
EPISODE 3 - Get Off the Stage
The third episode of The Australian Deer Podcast was recorded live at the Victorian Hunter Education Course in Neerim, Victoria on 5 May, 2019.
It features The Australian Deer Association Executive Officer Barry Howlett in conversation with the students at the course discussing deer management and the future of hunting.
This talk marks the conclusion of a very intense three days of learning for the students.
The powerpoint slides referenced can be found here.
EPISODE 4 - Release the Hounds
In this episode we chat with second generation hound hunter Danny Edebohls about this fascinating and often misunderstood form of deer hunting.
Episode notes can be found here.
EPISODE 5 - Quality fallow bucks (stags), venison diplomacy and zombie deer with Brian Murphy
In this podcast we sit down with our great friend Brian Murphy, CEO of the Quality Deer Management Association in the USA.
Brian joined us in Australia in August in conversations across South Eastern Australia about wild deer management and the positive role that hunters and hunting can play.
We discuss the Quality Deer Management Association and its mission, QDM in Tasmania, recruiting new hunters, venison diplomacy and hunters for the hungry, the wild harvest initiative, the threat of chronic wasting disease, how these are the best of times for Australian deer hunters and how the future might look for us.
EPISODE 6 - Fourth generation sambar man - Q&A with Paul Boag from Paul Boag's Outdoors
Recorded as a live Zoom webinar and Q&A session with ADA members, in this fascinating chat we are joined by renowned sambar deer educator, guide and hunter, Paul Boag from Paul Boag's Outdoors for a deep dive into sambar deer behaviour and how to hunt them better.
EPISODE 7 - Deer and democracy in WA - Rick Mazza MLC
We chat with WA MLC and founder of the ADA in WA, the Hon Rick Mazza MLC about the forthcoming (2021) WA State Election, the threats that a landslide would pose for democracy and the importance of working together.
EPISODE 8 - Hoggies, hounds and grunting bucks
April is prime time for lots of deer hunters in Australia – the fallow are rutting, the one month hog deer season is on and hound hunting kicks off for the year.
In this episode we chat with second generation Houndsman Danny Edebohls, hog deer tragic Laurie Rees and fallow manager and hunter extraordinaire Jake Nicholson.
For more information on hunting over hounds go to https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/deer/deer-hunting-laws/hunting-with-hounds
For more information on hunting hog deer go to https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/deer/hog-deer-hunting
For more information on the ADA South East Branch go to https://www.austdeer.com.au/@south-east
News update - Australian Deer Association co-authored bullet research
In this brief update, the research into copper bullets and their use on sambar deer is broken down.