⚠IMPORTANT CHANGE⚠ Update 1.26 has made Wolf and Bear Steak have a 50% Chance to give you Salmonella Poisoning EVEN IF COOKED. Cure this will Charcoal Tabs or Multivitamins. Currently FAT from Wolf and Bears is okay to eat cooked.
Going full hunter has tons of perks. Hunting loot spawns are awesome, chlorine tablets will save you the risks of visiting pumps, and every kill yields insane nutrition value. Plus, chilling by the fire, cooking your game, is just so calming in this otherwise scary game!
That exactly what I do, which is why I'm always on edge around camp areas, but I've not run into many people at them surprisingly, the loot in them easily covers most general needs
I keep trying to run like this on official, but so far I keep being KOSed by players when I stop to cook my meat :-/ Still, I love the survivalist vibe!
I dress up like negan and wait in the bush for someone when I see a player I shoot them in the leg to break it run over handcuff them and kill them with Lucille
Theres another type of animal you can hunt, its bipedal, and unlike other animals, its rather crafty and can be difficult to track down. Nutrition wise, its on par with some other animals, but the permanent buff it gives you is definately worth the effort.
The amount of food dropped from hunting depends on what weapon you use, for example the kitchen knife would work better than a crowbar. The butcher knife and hunting knife are top priorites to get the best amount of meat from your hunt. Make sure your knife isnt dull as it also effects the amount of meat you get, so before you start gutting, make sure to use your sharpening stone!
i literally said "oh my GOD" when i saw that sponsor, that shit was so crazy to me. i wasnt expecting a sponsor in the first place, let alone such a fitting sponsor.
7:14 I remember my first encounter with wolves was when I was doing a complete circle of the map on the outskirts. Pitch black and looking for a spot to make a fire, I saw a fence to some camp or something and went in as I heard them howling around me. Big spooky stuff
Just add some things. Boar pelts can be used to craft a improvised back pack, same recipe of the burlap improvised one and same upgrade even. Most domestic animals can also be chased on foot, considering they do run away but only for a very short distance. Sheep actually run for about 5 meters or so before going back to their natural pace, making it also a perfect target to kill using meele if u're desperate.
I enjoy the hunter life. So easy to live long time living of the land. Going into the towns or villages only set you up for ambush. I like having full hunter gear, best and a nice hide out to cook and store gear
Water bottle fish traps are very clutch if you can spare one. New players should really consider this if you are really struggling with food. Not tons of food but may be easier to manage if you are struggling making a pole.
This video is a masterpiece! Can’t like it enough. I shot a stag once after tracking it for almost a mile and man that was fun. Of course though, fishing is just the most peaceful thing next to a campfire
Great video dude! The game definetly need provide more depth to elemental craftings with different animal leather and such. Question: What is the holding animation in 2:44? Is that a custom one or im missing something from 1.20? Thanks!!
Yo Asmonidain! I am fan of yours! The animation around 2:44 I believe is simply the gun being pulled back against a surface, like if you bumped into a wall, in this case the tree... Honestly when I was in Free Camera view in VPP Admin Tools the character just sort of did that, but I thought it looked cool so kept it! Hah!
@@Nitno Same here. Yeah, seems to be just a "bug" of the freecam. For a moment I thought they had modified the weapon collision with 1.20 because it looks really natural. Keep it up dude!
You dont need fat to fried steaks. That was before. Just drop the steaks in your pam/Pot. Use water with the pot so you boiled the meat. You fish early in the morning you have more chances added to fish with a worm. You kill one of the big wolves. The white one there is a chance the rest will flee.
I good gun I recommend to hunt deer in this game is the blaze (Only ever shot deer and goats with it so I dont really know what the damage is like on other animals) and since it has a single mode and a double mode to take down the kill faster. Although it is louder firing both shots at once but if you could quickly grab your meat, fat, pelt, ect and leave its a pretty good gun to hunt with.
Honestly, if you want to just keep the food/water up without worrying about it. Gather as much fruit as possible, especially dry fruit and store it in a stick shelter. This is the easiest way and laziest way to survive in Dayz.
With the latest update, eating wolf or bear meat makes us sick! Could it be that eating the meat after taking a vitamin, prevents us from getting sick (when drinking water or eating with bloody hands, this would help us not to get sick)? I didn't notice if it was said in the video, but chicken is the only animal that doesn't rot if carried whole in the inventory (potato also doesn't rot)!
Nothing like finding a nice stag early on to fuel a trip across the map, personally liking either pioneer or longhorn for hunting for quiet shots(pioneer) or inventory size(longhorn in a holster) but I'm not against chasing a cow with an axe if i have too, and if I'm staying near the coast its fishing after chicken for bones
Here's another video idea for you. How much damage does a vehicle take if it is behind a gate that gets blown by plastic explosives or a cooking pot bomb. Asking cus I wanna know if the guys who raided my base got away with my Ada or did they destroy it when they blew up the gate.
the thing i have found is that when you shoot an animal you lose part of the steaks but if you run an animal over with a car or truck then all the steaks are pristien
Thankyou for all your excellent DayZ guides. Please (if you haven't already) could you do a guide to DayZ servers? The differences between creating your own (free via steam), renting one and what the pros and cons are. Also why are servers restarted so often, how to avoid being kicked due to high latency etc. Cheers MJSsge
I cant find one for community servers where they have angel fish and bass and that. There's a quests for fishing where you have to catch certain fish for example 10 carp in kamneka but its just not happening. Doesnt always tell you were. Like Angleshark...
One thing i dislike about hunting deer in dayz is you get more meat for a headtshot but if i shot a deer in the head in real life my dad would have scolded me for a unclean kill and possibly a slow painful death, they need to make it so a clean heart shot gives more fat or something.
Great video thanks. It's a crying shame that you can still only craft a backpack and a shelter with tanned leather. Why not a belt, a knife pouches or a canteen?
@@Nitno yeah I'd like to see your paths or the bigger ones cuz I have 3k hours on cherno and just got Livonia and I feel new all over again getting lost it's kind of fun. Man the pvp on Livonia is crazy you run into people everywhere
Just yesterday I saw a bear before it saw me and shot it twice in the head with a 308 and it knocked me out and left. I got up from the knock out bandaged my bleeds then found the bear about 50 feet away and finished the job. Also I thought eating bear/wolf made you sick?
oh wow bear left ya alive after a shot, nice! Yeah bear wolf steak just has about a 50% chance to give you salmonella (even when cooked). The fat from them is currently safe to eat though (1.26)
Are there many animals on Namalsk? I put some frozen tin/cans near a stove yesterday and they disappeared. Is there a specific amount of time you can leave them near a heat source? Cheers 🍻
There are animals on Namalask, need to go deeper into the map most times to find them. The cans just leave near a fire, it should only take a couple minutes to defrost.
@@Nitno Idk either since in the clip the guys seems to unload a akm mag into the bear :/. I'd play it safe and keep either a shotgun or another gun on me if I'd ever need it
I just started dayz two months ago so please explain me are wild animals like bears deers stags boars and hares wolves are only in Livonia dlc or what?
Nope they are in Chernarus as well. Some heavily modded pvp servers might disable them like they also do with zombie numbers. Try to look for a more vanilla server.
Krazno forest wolves are no joke 🤣 Tier 2 my ass IV had 3 back to back pack spawns, and brass knuckles. . . . . Come at me bro. Kill 3 per pack by melee and they run. My profit was 9 wolves. . . . I built a backpack and tent 🤣
@@Nitno it was 🤣 And the second pack caught me off guard 😂 the first pack ran off and I started harvesting a wolf, until one jumped past my head and I realized the hunt wasent over
Does the way you kill a animail effect its % on the meat... I dont know of its true but when I punch out a chicken I think I get higher % meat then when I shoot it. Also when hunting big animails I try to get headshots. I have never magdumped a animail (besides wolves but I never cut them up and eat them) but does that also effect the meat% also when I kill a animail I usually keep the 5 highest % meat and its usually like 95+. I have gotten like 50% ones but its usually 1 or 2 pieces....
I’m not sure about how you kill it, but I know if your knife is damaged, it will yield less meat. So pristine yields the most meat. Badly damaged will get you the least amount of meat
Any tips on weapons to use to not ruin the pelts? Do you need to use a specific calibre for each type of animal? If so a weapons guide would be good or if no specific calibre is required even just noting the guns you like to use for hunting would be a good help to beginners. Same with your gear and any items that may make things more efficient such as tackle boxes or specific items of clothing like the fishing hat to store hooks. 👍🏼
⚠IMPORTANT CHANGE⚠ Update 1.26 has made Wolf and Bear Steak have a 50% Chance to give you Salmonella Poisoning EVEN IF COOKED. Cure this will Charcoal Tabs or Multivitamins. Currently FAT from Wolf and Bears is okay to eat cooked.
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@@momo_f_awsome thanks for watchin!
Going full hunter has tons of perks. Hunting loot spawns are awesome, chlorine tablets will save you the risks of visiting pumps, and every kill yields insane nutrition value. Plus, chilling by the fire, cooking your game, is just so calming in this otherwise scary game!
It really is a great playstyle, fits so well.
That exactly what I do, which is why I'm always on edge around camp areas, but I've not run into many people at them surprisingly, the loot in them easily covers most general needs
My favorite way to play DayZ is always running full Hunter gear, and just living out in the forests. Boarskin backpack only for the drip.
Heck yeah it's so much more satisfying than living from can to can.
Leather backpack is a great bag. Resistance to water and it’s lighter than the combat backpack
I keep trying to run like this on official, but so far I keep being KOSed by players when I stop to cook my meat :-/ Still, I love the survivalist vibe!
I dress up like negan and wait in the bush for someone when I see a player I shoot them in the leg to break it run over handcuff them and kill them with Lucille
@@ownnsheehry6833
Theres another type of animal you can hunt, its bipedal, and unlike other animals, its rather crafty and can be difficult to track down. Nutrition wise, its on par with some other animals, but the permanent buff it gives you is definately worth the effort.
hahaha, trueee good point
The most dangerous game
@@ColtonJohnson-yj6yryessirrrrr
Buff?!? Do tell
@@gtaakuma4514 i guess they talk about the brain prion disease, which makes you laugh hysterically and shake when you aim
Sometimes I get too caught up on the survival aspect of the game that I forget it’s an survival horror game lol
Haha I know what you mean!
The amount of food dropped from hunting depends on what weapon you use, for example the kitchen knife would work better than a crowbar. The butcher knife and hunting knife are top priorites to get the best amount of meat from your hunt. Make sure your knife isnt dull as it also effects the amount of meat you get, so before you start gutting, make sure to use your sharpening stone!
Solid tip 💪
i literally said "oh my GOD" when i saw that sponsor, that shit was so crazy to me. i wasnt expecting a sponsor in the first place, let alone such a fitting sponsor.
Haha thanks. I don't do sponsors too often, but this one kind of fit haha.
@@Nitno did you make the video because of the sponsor or did it just happend out of coincidence?
@@GalantHoese563 it's been a while I think I had the idea for the video already and it seemed like a good time to use it 😄
7:14 I remember my first encounter with wolves was when I was doing a complete circle of the map on the outskirts. Pitch black and looking for a spot to make a fire, I saw a fence to some camp or something and went in as I heard them howling around me. Big spooky stuff
Love the stories like this! Does sound quite spooky!
The chicken is the only animal that I have seen in day z. I’ve played day z for 10 hours.
Going deeper in the map you'll see them around
I’ve seen just about every animal besides a goat and a cow in official. On modded I’ve seen them all.
Just add some things.
Boar pelts can be used to craft a improvised back pack, same recipe of the burlap improvised one and same upgrade even.
Most domestic animals can also be chased on foot, considering they do run away but only for a very short distance. Sheep actually run for about 5 meters or so before going back to their natural pace, making it also a perfect target to kill using meele if u're desperate.
Excellent added tips, thanks!
6:05 damn, dude, you’re really good at imitating deer sounds
Haha! I try I try.
I enjoy the hunter life. So easy to live long time living of the land. Going into the towns or villages only set you up for ambush.
I like having full hunter gear, best and a nice hide out to cook and store gear
Agreed!
Water bottle fish traps are very clutch if you can spare one. New players should really consider this if you are really struggling with food. Not tons of food but may be easier to manage if you are struggling making a pole.
Agreed! Set it, go loot for 15 minutes, if you don't find anything to good, you've got fish to come back to!
@@Nitno i used a water bottle trap for the first time a couple weeks ago and i was so weirded out by the bitterlings 😂
@@935gamer Haha! Yum 🐟
This video is a masterpiece! Can’t like it enough. I shot a stag once after tracking it for almost a mile and man that was fun. Of course though, fishing is just the most peaceful thing next to a campfire
Thanks Squigley! Nothin like living off the land!
@@Nitno amen to that!
Great video dude! The game definetly need provide more depth to elemental craftings with different animal leather and such. Question: What is the holding animation in 2:44? Is that a custom one or im missing something from 1.20? Thanks!!
Yo Asmonidain! I am fan of yours! The animation around 2:44 I believe is simply the gun being pulled back against a surface, like if you bumped into a wall, in this case the tree... Honestly when I was in Free Camera view in VPP Admin Tools the character just sort of did that, but I thought it looked cool so kept it! Hah!
@@Nitno Same here. Yeah, seems to be just a "bug" of the freecam. For a moment I thought they had modified the weapon collision with 1.20 because it looks really natural. Keep it up dude!
@@Asmondian That must be it! Thanks man, have a good rest of your day!
You dont need fat to fried steaks. That was before. Just drop the steaks in your pam/Pot. Use water with the pot so you boiled the meat.
You fish early in the morning you have more chances added to fish with a worm.
You kill one of the big wolves. The white one there is a chance the rest will flee.
good tips!
Also, you can use a knife on a short stick to get 2 wooden fishhooks. They have very low durability but you can easily mass produce them.
I good gun I recommend to hunt deer in this game is the blaze (Only ever shot deer and goats with it so I dont really know what the damage is like on other animals) and since it has a single mode and a double mode to take down the kill faster. Although it is louder firing both shots at once but if you could quickly grab your meat, fat, pelt, ect and leave its a pretty good gun to hunt with.
I am a huge fan of the blaze too!
DayZ needs different types of fish besides the ones we have! I would rather have fish than silly party masks! But to each is their own!
True, it would be exciting to have some rare fish to go for.
Great Video Bro it helped a lot.
Thanks! Anytime!
You can also fishing in the fountain in town, even small/shallow puddles or rivers. That work 🤣
I thought they patched the fountains in town
As always, splendid work.
Thanks Justan!
Honestly, if you want to just keep the food/water up without worrying about it.
Gather as much fruit as possible, especially dry fruit and store it in a stick shelter.
This is the easiest way and laziest way to survive in Dayz.
Good tip!
Always great videos brother!! 🎉 😊 hunting/fishing is VERY under rated in DayZ man. It can be the best way for food and even money on some servers
Very good point, some servers hunting/fishing money!
With the latest update, eating wolf or bear meat makes us sick! Could it be that eating the meat after taking a vitamin, prevents us from getting sick (when drinking water or eating with bloody hands, this would help us not to get sick)?
I didn't notice if it was said in the video, but chicken is the only animal that doesn't rot if carried whole in the inventory (potato also doesn't rot)!
Good point on that recent change! Yep the Wolf/Bear sickness is basically Salmonella Poisoning. So Charcoal Tabs or Multivitamins to cure.
Thanks a lot man great vid
Anytime!
Thanks for yet another helpful guide🤙
Anytime Mr P!
Nothing like finding a nice stag early on to fuel a trip across the map, personally liking either pioneer or longhorn for hunting for quiet shots(pioneer) or inventory size(longhorn in a holster) but I'm not against chasing a cow with an axe if i have too, and if I'm staying near the coast its fishing after chicken for bones
Totally agree, it can really set you up for a good run, taking out a large animal and cooking it all.
@@Nitno that's exactly what I try to do, then eat to make space for things i need while looking for better clothes/backpacks
Here's another video idea for you. How much damage does a vehicle take if it is behind a gate that gets blown by plastic explosives or a cooking pot bomb. Asking cus I wanna know if the guys who raided my base got away with my Ada or did they destroy it when they blew up the gate.
Good thinking, hmmm.
I swear, I'm not crazy. The goats bleat my name!
They are calling you!
the thing i have found is that when you shoot an animal you lose part of the steaks but if you run an animal over with a car or truck then all the steaks are pristien
That is pretty funny tbh
Have you ever heard the opening to the song 'Searching With My Good Eye Closed' by Soundgarden? album version.
I know the band, not the song.
@@Nitno If you listen to it you will probably see why I am talking crazy talk
Its 3-4 per Chicken since the update, not 1-2
Ahhhh
I've seen as little as 2 drop and up to 4.
Sometimes I just play dayz to see how many animals I can hunt
Yep! There is quite the variety.
Lol awesome sponsor for this video, hello fresh. Glad you are getting sponsors man, take care.
Thanks man! Hope you are well.
Thankyou for all your excellent DayZ guides.
Please (if you haven't already) could you do a guide to DayZ servers? The differences between creating your own (free via steam), renting one and what the pros and cons are.
Also why are servers restarted so often, how to avoid being kicked due to high latency etc.
Cheers
MJSsge
Good thinking, I will keep that in mind. I may make some how-to on server setup
with the chicken i think its 2-4 pieces now, Great video though!
Thanks!
Gotta love those corporate chickens loaded out with growth hormones and genetic modifications.
@@dirtydish6642 Where the non GMO chickens at!?
Would be nice to point out where to aim on the animals. Like gamer logic says headshots, but do you actually want to aim for the heart/lungs?
I do believe head preserves the most meat in dayz
I cant find one for community servers where they have angel fish and bass and that. There's a quests for fishing where you have to catch certain fish for example 10 carp in kamneka but its just not happening. Doesnt always tell you were. Like Angleshark...
That sounds fun though
One thing i dislike about hunting deer in dayz is you get more meat for a headtshot but if i shot a deer in the head in real life my dad would have scolded me for a unclean kill and possibly a slow painful death, they need to make it so a clean heart shot gives more fat or something.
Ah interesting! I could see that
I've heard that you don't need to use food to break wolf aggro. Any item will have the same effect.
Interesting, possible! I'll have to test it more.
Great video thanks. It's a crying shame that you can still only craft a backpack and a shelter with tanned leather. Why not a belt, a knife pouches or a canteen?
Totally agree! Need more leather crafting.
You craft the largest bottle source besides jug with tanned leather. The Leather bottle…
@@Nukky_ That's a mod mate.
So do the traps give you more than 1 whole fish… like 3 or so ? If not it seems super useless with how easy a fishing rod can be made
Yeah the traps are not extremely helpful. It gets better if you've got a base nearby and you scale up to multiple traps.
I just got agro by a bear, shot a whole magazine but he leaves me, they are pretty cool
It left you alone after that?
@@Nitno I feel like they don't kill
In this most previous ipdate it seems as if they've decreased the animal spawns,aside from some chickens i haven't encountered any other animals.
That is odd! Are you playing an official server?
@@Nitno I am
@@bluewolf_jd7665 Ah okay, weird then huh!
@@Nitno Indeed,it sucks I really enjoyed setting up a base and then hunting to get food,call me weird but there's something really calming about it.
@@bluewolf_jd7665 Agreed!
Is there anyway to actually make them spawn tho I haven’t seen any at all the spawn points I’ve past
Hmm just making sure, are you on a modded server that may have disabled/ reduced? If vanilla then I find most near wooded area
On the server I play on animals are almost non existent. Does this guide go for servers as well?
should be, but some community servers turn down animal spawns to save hardware resources.
Nitno as an experienced cherno player that just got Livonia you should do loot routes on that map tooo!!!!!!
Hmm good idea, I've been asked this a few times! I need to get those videos made! Thanks.
@@Nitno yeah I'd like to see your paths or the bigger ones cuz I have 3k hours on cherno and just got Livonia and I feel new all over again getting lost it's kind of fun. Man the pvp on Livonia is crazy you run into people everywhere
I be good on food but i always die because of water
Ah dang. I suggest filing up to full as a freshy at a well. Then keep your eye out for chlorine tabs often in hospitals to clean water with.
Just make sure to always boil the water after collecting it.
Just yesterday I saw a bear before it saw me and shot it twice in the head with a 308 and it knocked me out and left. I got up from the knock out bandaged my bleeds then found the bear about 50 feet away and finished the job.
Also I thought eating bear/wolf made you sick?
oh wow bear left ya alive after a shot, nice! Yeah bear wolf steak just has about a 50% chance to give you salmonella (even when cooked). The fat from them is currently safe to eat though (1.26)
Are there many animals on Namalsk?
I put some frozen tin/cans near a stove yesterday and they disappeared. Is there a specific amount of time you can leave them near a heat source?
Cheers 🍻
There are animals on Namalask, need to go deeper into the map most times to find them. The cans just leave near a fire, it should only take a couple minutes to defrost.
@@Nitno Many thanks 🍻
@@jcwhiskers3415 Anytime!
Can the blaze kill a bear with a double headshot?
I want to say it would take more than that. I don't have the exact numbers
@@Nitno Idk either since in the clip the guys seems to unload a akm mag into the bear :/. I'd play it safe and keep either a shotgun or another gun on me if I'd ever need it
You say taking out an entire pack of wolves will set you up greatly for food. But you can’t eat wolf steaks. Unless you take tetra with every steak😅
check the pinned comment :) recent change. You can eat wolf fat though! So a pack of wolf is still decent food from fat
Is the bait a necessity to fish or just a nice to have?
Nice to have. For example on Namalsk you can't dig up worms, so you HAVE to fish without bait, but it can take much much longer.
I wish you would have included nutritional values of food.
Wolf steak not as good as best steak on filling you up is it?
Bear steak seems to be the best. Yeah I don't do that deep of a dive, check out Wobo for a more analytic approach with numbers and stats.
@@Nitno I’ve watched a lot of Wobo. But it’s hard to watch his videos in sequence. I wish he had put them into playlists
Is all of this on console too?
Yes indeed, this is all vanilla
I just started dayz two months ago so please explain me are wild animals like bears deers stags boars and hares wolves are only in Livonia dlc or what?
Nope they are in Chernarus as well. Some heavily modded pvp servers might disable them like they also do with zombie numbers. Try to look for a more vanilla server.
@@Nitno vanilla servers and chernarus thanks 👍
Didn't know fat prevented food from burning i thought it only increased/kept the nutritious value of items prepared
Ah yes, my apologies. This was changed in 1.17, in the past you would burn food without fat or water. Now it just removes nutrition. You are correct.
Krazno forest wolves are no joke 🤣 Tier 2 my ass
IV had 3 back to back pack spawns, and brass knuckles. . . . . Come at me bro. Kill 3 per pack by melee and they run.
My profit was 9 wolves. . . . I built a backpack and tent 🤣
Wow that is a LOT of wolves!
@@Nitno it was 🤣
And the second pack caught me off guard 😂 the first pack ran off and I started harvesting a wolf, until one jumped past my head and I realized the hunt wasent over
Man said sheeps
My BAAAAAA'd
I have never seen a pig in vanilla Dayz
crazy huh!
Does the way you kill a animail effect its % on the meat... I dont know of its true but when I punch out a chicken I think I get higher % meat then when I shoot it. Also when hunting big animails I try to get headshots. I have never magdumped a animail (besides wolves but I never cut them up and eat them) but does that also effect the meat% also when I kill a animail I usually keep the 5 highest % meat and its usually like 95+. I have gotten like 50% ones but its usually 1 or 2 pieces....
I do believe a headshot is yields more meat. But there is still an random number it picks from so you can get more or less still.
I’m not sure about how you kill it, but I know if your knife is damaged, it will yield less meat. So pristine yields the most meat. Badly damaged will get you the least amount of meat
hey nitno, folks here
Nitno Hey, Here Folks!
@@Nitno itoNn yhe, rehe flkso!
@@jhgfdsalk
Don't mind me just fishing here
Haha love me some fishing!
FORGOT TO MENTION THEY DONT SPAWN VERY MUCH AT ALL I PLAYED FOR 5 HOURS B4 I SEEN A DEAD SHEEP SOMEONE ELS KILLED
Sometimes zombies will kill animals
As of today I don’t think fishing is an available option right now? I just spent 15 minutes fishing just to starve to death 😂
Whattttt, that is strange! I fished last night and it saved my life!
Any tips on weapons to use to not ruin the pelts? Do you need to use a specific calibre for each type of animal?
If so a weapons guide would be good or if no specific calibre is required even just noting the guns you like to use for hunting would be a good help to beginners. Same with your gear and any items that may make things more efficient such as tackle boxes or specific items of clothing like the fishing hat to store hooks. 👍🏼
Headshots is your best bet I believe.
@@Nitno Will test it out with a few different calibres and see whats what. Thanks!
@@PilotLH anytime!
Server name?
I usually recommend DayOne, ZERO, KarmaKrew
support
Thank you!
Dude.. HelloFresh? Really??
🙀
Using a bear trap????
Certainly helpful!