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I know this is old news but it really is kinda sad.
I watched the video that seek one put out of the deer that he passed a good shot due to the camera not being on the deer.
First of all I gotta say when he talked about their "food plot" getting weed whacked and then basically showed a guy weed eating a bank behind a house literally made me laugh.

This isn't really about them, but he admitted to passing a good shot to get it on camera but then still didn't get the shot on camera.

I went down the rabbit hole a bit and heard another guy say, not my best shooting, I had an awkward angle and the camera arm was in my way.

It's not just youtube either.
I watched a couple hunting shows this weekend of "professional" hunters and the amount of straight up piss poor shooting amazes me.
One woman shot just as the deer stepped forward and the speed, or lack of, caused her to hit the deer right in front of the hind quarter.
They left it overnight, of course, and then talked about what a great shot she made. ??? Again, they had to have everything just right for the camera.

I tried to video some hunts back a long time ago and I will admit it is tough to get everything lined up and get a kill on camera, especially when bowhunting.
I did manage to get a kill shot on camera, but it was a 275 yard shot with a rifle so it wasn't that hard.

No real point to this post other than I believe a bunch of people out there need to either put the camera away (as I did) or just quit hunting all together and get a different job.
 
RUGER said:
No real point to this post other than I believe a bunch of people out there need to either put the camera away (as I did)
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On one hand it's pretty cool to get a hunt/kill on video. On the other hand, it takes away from the hunt to me. Instead of enjoying the hunt you are worried about the camera, what is in the frame, etc. I guess I was born at the wrong time in history, but I don't need video cameras to hunt, a stereo in my boat, or earbuds shoved in my ears all the time. I like peace and quiet and enjoying the hunt.
 
Editing out poor shots has always been a thing for hunting videos. Calling a terrible shot a great shot on camera has been as well.

But I agree... trying to video a hunt adds an incredibly complicated additional set of priorities to a hunt. Is that becoming more important than actually making a good shot? Not intentionally, but I bet it does affect the act of the actual kill.

As far as technology... I've never done this before, but it was AWESOME... put ear buds in while fishing and streamed the radio broadcast of the TN/ AL game. I actually enjoyed listening to the game more than watching on TV... doing that while fishing made it even better. The 2nd half was a kick in the nuts tho.
 
I get what you are saying Ruger. TV deer hunting shows are insane. BUT, I am glad I have videos from hunts in my past. It stores and makes it easy to review, memories that will be long gone as I age, and leave something for my kids and grandkids to remember me by.

Head mounted GoPro is my preferred method. Hands free with voice commands. Also have videoed some of my best bass catches. I watch them frequently. Especially the top water strikes.
 
FLTENNHUNTER1 said:
I get what you are saying Ruger. TV deer hunting shows are insane. BUT, I am glad I have videos from hunts in my past. It stores and makes it easy to review, memories that will be long gone as I age, and leave something for my kids and grandkids to remember me by.

Head mounted GoPro is my preferred method. Hands free with voice commands. Also have videoed some of my best bass catches. I watch them frequently. Especially the top water strikes.
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If I ever videoed a hunt/kill (and I have videoed deer from the stand), it would be for this purpose - for myself and my family. It would never go on YouTube.
 
BSK said:
If I ever videoed a hunt/kill (and I have videoed deer from the stand), it would be for this purpose - for myself and my family. It would never go on YouTube.
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Absolutely. I had a very, very short time of interest in videoing hunts and fishing. It became nothing more than a PITA and took away from what I should have been focusing on - hunting and fishing. I haven't taken a camera with me in several years now and if I ever attempt it again, it will be only for family and a handful of friends to see. It'll never go on any social media platforms.
 
Let me add that I have no problem with people making a living off hunting. I do. If you are selling equipment or even knowledge of hunting, to get people ready for or aid them in their actual hunt, good for you! However, once you start turning your own personal hunting experiences into some sort of voyeuristic business ("Watch me kill this buck!"), I think you've lost the meaning of hunting.

But that's just one hunter's opinion...
 
I used to video some hunts. Had one of my own muzzleloader kills on camera, and a couple of my kids hunts where they killed deer also on camera. It is tough doing your own by yourself, but the seek one crew has multiple people working on their production. And that's exactly what it is, a production.
 
I guess if it is a hunting show it is pretty important to get the shot recorded. I have always viewed it as this is what these people do for a living so they have to do things to get the shot on camera and sometimes they have to pass when the camera man doesn't have a clear view of the deer. I was watching one the other night where the guy recorded the wrong deer. Was kinda comical for the few seconds where the hunter was like I got him and camera guy was like no you missed.

I have seen shows go both ways on good/bad shot. I would rather them just be honest and say it was a bad shot or I got nervous, got buck fever, or guessed my yardage wrong then try to tell me it was good shot when I can clearly see you did not make a good shot.
 
I think people make bad shot/decisions all the time for alot of reasons. If not filming the hunt then what happens in the woods stays in the woods. I haven't watched seek one's videos and wouldn't agree with anything unethical but to each his own.
 

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