The WIld Harvest

Across this first season of The Wild Harvest, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about hunting itself - the process, the culture, the responsibility that comes with participating in it, and the gap between how it’s perceived and what it actually feels like to live inside it. But I hadn’t really stopped to look closely at myself inside all of that. Not properly. In this final episode of Season 1, I r...

When hunting comes up in public conversation, it rarely arrives as a full picture. Most people don’t encounter it through direct experience. They see moments — a photo, a headline, a clip taken from the end of a much longer process. What reaches them is usually the outcome, not the conditions that led to it. From a distance, those moments look decisive. A shot fired. An animal on the ground. A cle...

There’s a moment in hunting that often goes unseen. Not the shot. Not the result. But the decision just before it. The moment where everything seems close enough… and you choose not to act. In this episode, I reflect on the judgement that sits behind every trigger pull, and why the most important decisions in hunting are often the ones that don’t lead to a shot at all. Because taking the shot isn’...

Forgotten Skills, Modern Comfort Modern life hasn’t removed difficulty. It has simply moved it out of sight. Convenience makes daily living easier, but it also reduces the need to practice the skills that once kept people capable, adaptable, and resilient. Over time, those abilities don’t disappear all at once — they fade quietly through lack of use. In this episode, I reflect on what comfort and...

Most people recognise the opening of a sentence before it’s even finished. “If you eat meat…” Usually that’s where we stop listening. We brace for judgement, politics, or an argument we didn’t ask to be part of. This episode slows that moment down. This episode explores: • The distance modern food systems create between people and animals • Why language often softens the reality of killing • The d...

When hunting comes up in conversation, it carries weight. Not hostility. Not accusation. But density. In this episode of The Wild Harvest , I explore the hesitation I've felt when speaking publicly about hunting in Australia — and what I've learned after stepping properly inside the culture I once viewed from the outside. Before mentorship and community, hunting culture appeared confident,...

For two full years, I hunted deer without seeing one. Not spooking one. Not missing a shot. Not even getting close enough to feel like something almost happened. In this episode of The Wild Harvest , I reflect on what those two empty seasons revealed — not about technique, but about ego, isolation, and the danger of confidence without correction. What happens when effort doesn’t produce feedback?...

There’s a moment early in the morning — before light hardens, before wind commits to direction — where things haven’t fully settled. That’s where this project lives. In this opening episode of The Wild Harvest , I introduce the thinking behind the podcast — not as a hunting show built on spectacle or certainty, but as a record of learning, responsibility, and attention. I came to hunting at thirty...