That was awesome really well put together, thanks for sharing.
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That was awesome really well put together, thanks for sharing.
Thumbs up..thanks
Thanks everyone, glad people are enjoying it and my son will be happy to hear that as well! For those expressing interest in seeing more content from us in the future I plan on working on a couple projects over the spring and possibly a short film in the fall so if you do have a youtube account be sure to subscribe to our channel and hit the bell icon to stay in the loop!
I fully agree with the concept of not apologizing when you know you've done nothing wrong, that said though the attitude of "this is what I do and if you don't like it then kick rocks" will get us nowhere in regards to changing the perspective of people that may currently be sitting on the fence about hunting and could just as easily be swayed the other way by anti-hunting propaganda. In my experience I tend to agree with Wild One, in the lower mainland at LEAST 50% of people seem to think hunting consists of driving a logging road for 5 minutes with a beer in hand until a trophy buck walks out and stands perfectly broadside...next to his son and wife of course...then the big bad hunter shoots him in the guts, takes nothing but the head and goes back to the trailer park to laugh about it. That outlook is 10x worse if you mention bear or dare I say wolves :rolleyes:
It does get significantly better the farther north I go and by the time I pass Mt. Currie people that claim to be non hunters have even pointed me in the direction of cutblocks they think may be productive. Coming back down though the ignorance and cognitive dissonance gets more and more prevalent with every deer crossing sign.
A few things I've found that seem to help break the barrier:
1) Hunting with kids. I've noticed the looks I get from the granola crowd do change drastically when I'm with my son. Even though the goal is the exact same for me, in their minds I think it goes from a bloodthirsty trophy hunter to a family outing for meat. There was a question regarding when I started taking my son out with me, he was 8 when we began actively hunting together and 9 when I shot this bear. Don't hesitate to get them out any chance you get, looking at our evolution it's far more natural for children to see animals killed and butchered from birth than to see their meat come in styrofoam trays. My trips with him are also by far the most rewarding even though I can't go nearly as hard.
2) Hunting with a bow. I've noticed that non hunters tend to have a completely different reaction to the exact same harvest depending on the weapon used. "You killed a bear? Yuck. Wait you killed it with a bow? Wow, can I see pictures!? How does it taste? Did you get a rug?"
3) Meat. To a hunter it's obvious you ate that big black bear and he was probably as tasty as can be. To a non hunter though you most likely left it there just to take the head and hide, and since the food that they scrape off their plate simply goes into a garbage bag that they tie up and seal off from scavengers, they assume any meat left in the woods goes entirely to waste. One thing I regretted is that I didn't show more food in this video, I know the message did get across that we kept the meat and even ate some of the organs but meat is the big barrier crusher in my opinion as most non hunters still do eat meat and wear leather. We're currently working on getting some t-shirts printed up to spread the news that yes, people do eat bear, the more people we can get wearing them around Vancouver/Squamish etc the better if something like the grizzly hunt does ever go to a provincial vote. Hopefully more on that soon.
Thanks to everyone that took the time to check it out and good luck to everyone that's motivated to take the bow out this season now! ;)
On point 45freezer.
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Very good job on the vid, congrats keep up the good work..
2 thumbs up well done!
right there is some serious talent on making a hunting video, and most importantly raising a young hunter !!! your welcome at my camp fire anytime . keep it up .
Bringing them up the RIGHT Way! https://www.tnof.ca/styles/default/x...s/Pozitive.gif
Excellent job all round!
Many Thanks for the share!
Cheers,
Nog
I know hunting in Restricted areas with mountain bikes has given a different perspective for those who are non hunters as well.
Usually met with approval from them, and an appreciation of the effort we put in.
The logging road, driving with a beer in hand, pissed drunk is quite often what they gat to see thru media like Hollywood.
sorry with the heading...
predator hunting for soccer moms
i was thinking this video would have been something hardcore...lol