Czabs wrote:I wanna know what group all you guys are talking about! Haha.
As far as filming and hunting I have a little different approach than most guys on here. I will try my hardest to get a shot on film but I will not pass a buck to get it on film.
I've been hunting and filming for as long as I've been hunting and to me it's a part of the whole experience. I've actually been down about the whole filming before. I think I've actually made a post back in the day that I was thinking about quitting filming and just hunting. After really thinking about it, it's something I just can't do. I love it too much. Honestly I feel naked when I go out hunting without a camera. And I don't like being naked in the woods.
I look at a lot of the hunting industry and they all have these super nice camera setups. Film crew. Tons of high quality properties, etc. I'm a competitive person with myself and with others. Personally because I like a challenge. I like to challenge myself. I fail a lot at the things I do but that drives me even further. I want to be great at what I do. I live for success. The feeling I get when I watch a Donny Vincent film or sometimes heartland bowhunter, or whoever. It gives me chills sometimes...the passion. I'm super passionate about hunting just as most people on this site are and I really want to show people, especially people who don't know much about hunting, what hunting is really about, atleast for me.
I've thought to myself I can't make a film like Donny Vincent. I can't do what heartland bowhunter does. But I can! I can do whatever I want to do. I used to say that about hunters that had tons of land and shot big bucks every year over there food plots. It was just an excuse. I worked my rear end off. Came across this amazing site. Learns tons from Dan and others. I have a couple really good friends off this site. I scouted and learned. And I'm still learning every year. But now I can say I can kill big bucks on public land.
I don't need the fancy food plots and large acreage private properties. Same thing goes for filming. I've been learning and reading a lot about film work this past year and It's one of my main goals. To make a passionate hunting film and show people that not only that anything can be achieved in life but the passionate side of bowhunting. Show people everything what it takes. I have about $4500 stuck into my camera gear and a Donny Vincent or heartland bow hunter has 50K plus stuck into it along with a camera crew. It's a stretch but it's a goal of mine.
I have many goals apart from that as well with Behind the Bow. So I guess it's not just that I love bowhunting but u love filming bowhunting. And I love challenging myself, and setting goals. May I someday have sponsors? Maybe. But I will never do something I feel takes away from any of my work and will never portray bowhunting how 90% of the guys out there do. Thanks for this thread. Good luck with your filming WTA. Looking forward to it!
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I love your passion and BTB, I appreciate the kind words of encouragement as well as sharing your experiences with all of us. Your class act in my buck Curtis!!
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