October 15, 2025 • 30 mins
What does it take to turn your passion for the outdoors into compelling content? In this episode of Gun Talk Hunt, KJ sits down with Jared Serigné of Outside the Levees and Matt Addington, a professional outdoor photographer, to break down how hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts can tell better stories through content creation.
From filming gator hunts in the Louisiana marsh to photographing Kodiak brown bears in Alaska, Jared and Matt share real-world advice on:
Whether you're an aspiring YouTuber, a social media content creator, or someone who wants to document your hunts for family and friends, this is the masterclass on outdoor storytelling you didn’t know you needed.
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About Gun Talk Hunt
Gun Talk Media's Gun Talk Hunt, with Kevin “KJ” Jarnagin, pairs decades of experience with today’s latest tools and technology to help you succeed in the field. Whether it runs or flies - no matter what game you pursue - Gun Talk Hunt is a multi-platform podcast that gives today’s hunters a voice in the digital world.
For more content from Gun Talk Media, visit guntalk.com or subscribe on YouTube, Rumble, Facebook, Instagram, and X. Catch First Person Defender on the new Official FPD YouTube channel. Watch Gun Talk Nation on its new YouTube channel. Catch Gun Talk Hunt on the new dedicated YouTube Channel. Listen to all Gun Talk Podcasts with Spreaker, iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you find podcasts.
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From filming gator hunts in the Louisiana marsh to photographing Kodiak brown bears in Alaska, Jared and Matt share real-world advice on:
- The key differences between hunting vs. filming a hunt
- Why storytelling is more important than expensive gear
- How to capture both big scenic shots and intimate, emotional details
- What makes content relatable to viewers—hint: it’s not always the trophy shot
- Tips for creating impactful photos and videos, whether you're using a DSLR or a GoPro
Whether you're an aspiring YouTuber, a social media content creator, or someone who wants to document your hunts for family and friends, this is the masterclass on outdoor storytelling you didn’t know you needed.
This Gun Talk Hunt is brought to you by Vortex Optics, Savage Arms, Range Ready Studios, and Remington Ammo.
Get 5% off any order at Optics Planet with code GUNTALK.
About Gun Talk Hunt
Gun Talk Media's Gun Talk Hunt, with Kevin “KJ” Jarnagin, pairs decades of experience with today’s latest tools and technology to help you succeed in the field. Whether it runs or flies - no matter what game you pursue - Gun Talk Hunt is a multi-platform podcast that gives today’s hunters a voice in the digital world.
For more content from Gun Talk Media, visit guntalk.com or subscribe on YouTube, Rumble, Facebook, Instagram, and X. Catch First Person Defender on the new Official FPD YouTube channel. Watch Gun Talk Nation on its new YouTube channel. Catch Gun Talk Hunt on the new dedicated YouTube Channel. Listen to all Gun Talk Podcasts with Spreaker, iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you find podcasts.
Copyright ©2025 Freefire Media, LLC
Gun Talk Hunt 10.15.25
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gun-talk--6185159/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How do you get into content generation in the outdoor industries. Well,
I've got two phenomenal experts right here on Gun Talk Hunt.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm kJ.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
You found the right place. We go all over this
little blue.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Orb sharing stories and tactics about chasing wild game.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Now let's get on the hunt.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
All right, Gun Talk Hunters, I'm your host, kJ, and
today's episode is brought to you by Vortex, Savage Arms,
Range Ready Studios and Remington Amo. We have a phenomenal show.
We've got Jared Serene all the way down in Louisiana
from Outside the Levees and then all the way up
into Minnesota. We've got Matt Addington with Matt Addington Photography.
(00:46):
Go give each of these guys a look. I promise
you're gonna love what you see today. Let's bring them
in right now. Let's start with content generation. We're gonna
teach you guys how to be better content generators and
what to look for on your next outing.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Let's start with Jared. Hey, welcome in man, good how
are you?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I'll do it, good man. You have found an absolutely
unique way. And if you guys haven't went and checked
out his channel, YouTube, channel, Instagram, Outside the levees, phenomenal
videos on day to day activities that he's just out
there doing. Jared, how have you found to be the what?
(01:25):
How did you find this unique perspective?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Uh So, my back Broun probably starts with web video,
then goes to TV, and then goes back to web videos.
So when I came out, I was making videos about
environmental issues in Louisiana. You know, we lose you know,
a football of wetlands every forty five minutes. So when
(01:50):
I came out of college in two thousand and seven,
that was kind of the avenue I took. And those
videos are going straight to the web, and then the
organizations I made the video sport would try to get
him watched from there. That was a little bit before
YouTube was really a thing and channels were a thing,
So it was kind of you were just using YouTube
to boost the video, but then your website or email
(02:12):
list or whatever would be what drove the traffic. Then
I grew that into a tea.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Oh you're I mean, when you look at how you've
created the video and you were on the you were
on the beginning cusp of of creating content for guys
like me and really as far as like educational purposes,
you've really blended that in Well, what what are the
kind of the best practices that you look for when
(02:39):
creating content?
Speaker 4 (02:44):
So do you want me to finish the Oh yeah,
well yeah, yeah, sorry, all right, yeah, no, no problem.
So yeah, I went from web video and then into
television and that was really fun. I learned a lot there.
I think that working with a really good host. I
had a guy worked with by the name of Greg Hackney,
one of the top bathroomt tremen and a really funny guy,
(03:05):
really talented outdoorsman. I learned from him how to host,
and then that came full circle back to YouTube. I
would say I started noticing YouTubers be a thing around
twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, So I came on in twenty twenty,
which I guess you could say I was a little
bit late to the party. But I had a vision
of what it eat it to be and uh and
I really let the audience guide that. So and that
(03:27):
continues today, right, Like I might have an idea of like,
oh I would like to watch a video about this
particular style of duck hunting, but it's not a big
enough audience for it on YouTube. There might be somewhere else.
But if I'm solely focused on YouTube like I am now,
I have to really take into account what that audience
is telling me they want to see.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
So, man, that's interesting. It's funny that you you work
with hack that dude. That dude is a phenomenal angler. Yeah,
one of the best, even better person, right, But it's
it's just really interesting content as far as like how
how you're able to turn ordinary moments into two I mean,
(04:10):
you've got videos millions of millions.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Of views, and what are some tips that you can.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Give these guys out here on how you're capturing those
little moments.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I would first learn storytelling so that as you're going
so like, the way I approach a video is the
same way I approach a hunting or fishing trip, but
I know that I'm trying to hit certain story beats,
so that might change a little bit of what I'd do.
So I think that you know, someone wanted to get
(04:43):
into content creation, I would still first learn storytelling. I
went to college for this. I have a degree in film.
We learned how to tell the beginning, of middle, and end,
so I carried that right into what I do and
it you know, it's in every video. It may not
come out the way and tended in every video, but
the you know, the ability to say, Okay, we're gonna
put this information together with the beginning of middle and
(05:06):
an end. Audiences have let me know they like to learn,
Like you said, you know, they also want to be entertained.
We were going to show them good food, so learn
how to storytell first.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Jared, are there any because we're in the midst of
gator hunting right now and it's the gator season down here,
are there any little moments that really stand out to
you and how you capture those and maybe something that's
just a little bit shocking this year.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
So I still have to go back to like that
process of me going from the cameraman to the YouTuber. Right,
So when I was the cameraman, I would hold the
camera and Greg would do the hunting to the fishing.
So it was all happening on those two pieces of
like he's the guy who says the things, I'm the
guy who videos are things. Now it's totally like we've
(05:51):
turned that on its head with YouTube. I'm wearing a camera,
I've got a camera, click somewhere, you know, clip somewhere.
But I'm also tugging on the alligator. I'm also so
I'm making sure the ladies don't shoot a hole in
the boat. So everything is authentic everything, you know, It's
like there's really not I'll get a SoundBite in every
once in a while where I hold the camera and
I talk and I'm like kind of bringing you back
(06:12):
up to speed, but like we're literally recording it as
it's happening through GoPros, So there's no there's no set
it up, there's no older you know, cameraman was it's
happening like that's what it is, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
I think you posted a little while back of I
think it like a really big gator. What has been
your biggest gator this season so far?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
So this year, I finally broke twelve foot, which it
all depends on how many gator tags you feel every year,
how how many twelve footers you've gotten. But for us,
it seems like the ten footer is the trophy. The
eleven is like the wild factor. But to get from
eleven foot to twelve, it takes that alligator a long
(06:58):
time to get from eleven to twelve. Like to get
from you know, one year old to ten, it's not
that long, let's say maybe twenty years, twenty five years.
But to get from ten to eleven, that that's another
ten to fifteen years. And then to get from eleven
to twelve. You see what I'm saying. So now you're
talking about a forty fifty year old alligator, which to me,
you know, in my hunts at twelve has been fairly rare.
(07:19):
So this year I finally got my twelve two. But
I mean it's nothing for some guys to find. Thirteen's
and fourteen's.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Are really rare.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
But yeah, twelve thirteen down here will at least get
these people to stop and look, you know, but a
ten footer is pitty.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Gets them to stop and look.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, yeah, I was sitting there and I was bringing
my gators into a guy that processing for me, and
I walked into his cooler and there was a monster
and it was five hundred It ended up being eleven
foot eight inch, five hundred and one pounds. That's a
I mean, when you see it next to like a
seven foot you think a seven footer, Oh wow, that's
(07:56):
that's a good. No, that did dwarf it it's it's incredible.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Yeah, Well, and then getting it in the boat. Like,
so we don't have the setup that like a professional
hunter head they have like a wench and you know,
a deal where you can spin it and get it.
So we're like literally pulling these big gaters in by hand.
So that to me is the that's the spectacle part
is when you're trying to like get finally get the
head and then roll the tail.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And yeah, they're fun, man, it's a process to work
them out of there, Like, especially depends on where you
catch them, Like, it depends on where you're like how
you get them into that boat.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So what's your favorite bait to use? Cause I got
to know.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
For alligators, yep, I prefer beef melt. That is the
spleen of the cow. Okay, that's that's been my favorite,
you know, I think god like So once again, I
know folks who have to fill sixteen hundred tags a year.
You know, I'm filling twenty. So for them, it's chicken, right, Like,
that's the easiest to get in bulk. It's easy to
handle all that kind of stuff. But I like the
(08:55):
beef melt personally, that's my favorite.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
See that's what I found. I said, I've try the
beef Melt a couple of years ago.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Work phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So are there any like final like tips for listeners
to like maybe on their their hunts, on how they're
going to like capture their moments. Do you have anything
like maybe observations? I love your idea of like telling
a story. There has to be a starting point, a middle,
and there's got to be an end anything anything developing
(09:26):
wise that you would say for them to work with
out on the field.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Look, I'll be honest, you have to You have to
make a decision do you want to hunt or do
you want to make a hunting video? And those are
two distinctly different things. And most people just want to
hunt and they might bring a go prolong and they
might you know, but they don't want to make a
hunting video because your decisions are going to be different.
(09:51):
You're going to take the time to get it out
or replace the battery or whatever it is before you
take the shot. So I think that's a Then you
ultimately have to ask yourself, do I really want to
make the video or do I just think I want
to make a video?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Man, you just like you hit home really well for
me because I've never found myself being able to do both.
I'm either hunting or I'm filming. Like, you can't do both.
You can do you can both, you can do both,
but both are going to lack. I feel like one's
gonna take over. Yeah, but that's just me. Well ye,
(10:31):
all right, thanks Jared. Hey, you guys, we're gonna hear
from him at the end of the show. But go
check out Outside the Levees. Phenomenal channel, well put together,
and it's, man, it's daily life, it's food, it's culture,
it's it's hunting, it's I mean, it's conservation, it's a
little bit of everything. But right after this, we're gonna
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mean a ton to you in the field. And we've
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(14:37):
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Speaker 5 (14:40):
Hey, appreciate you having me. It's good to chat with
you again and meet these other guys and hear their
stories as well.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Man, I'm telling you, when you start talking to guys
like Jared who have found a way to turn passion
and conservation and you're the same, ilk like you have
turned your outdoor passions into a living and I feel
like you guys are some of the rare breed out
there that understands like we're all living in the same
(15:09):
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I just really would rather not do and make a
living at what I love to do?
Speaker 3 (15:17):
And you're one of those guys.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Man, No, I mean I've been blessed to Yeah, I
mean just kind of do the things like you're saying
that we love to do, and you happen to, you know,
bring a camera long enough and people buy into it
and you get asked a lot like how do you
you know, how do you get into this? And you know,
there's not a there's not a college degree or an
online course that qualifies you to go do these things.
(15:42):
But you know, you just hang around. You you develop relationships,
you hone your skills. Hopefully you've got some level of
a creative eye and stuff. But I know, you know,
Jared and Gary would say the same thing. It's just
like you just you get to know people and you
you try to tell good stories, uh visually, and you know,
it's it's been fortunate to work out.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
It definitely has worked out well.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
I mean, you've just spent what a week or so
up in Alaska filming. Are shooting bears not shooting shooting
bears like photography bears.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Right, what's that?
Speaker 1 (16:16):
What?
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Du what's that like?
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Because that's like on my list of like bucket list
things to go and pursue. The Kodiak Browns are like
the number one. That's the number one.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
It's a it's a different world, that's for sure. I
you know, people have asked, you know, what was it like?
And one, you know, weatherwise, it was kind of like
you're living in a cloud the whole time. It's sort
of you know, you're not worried about harsh light too
often because it's it's kind of foggy and misty and
drizzly a lot. But those those bears are are one
(16:52):
of a kind. Man. They I've been around, you know,
grizzly bears and brown bears in Alaska several times and
they are a really cool critter. And you know, to
be close, you know, the cat my bears, those ones,
you know Lake Clark something, you know. They they're as
(17:13):
remote as that is, they can still be pretty used
to people being around.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Right.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Kodiak's the same so to be you know, two arms
lengths away from a twelve hundred pound bore and just
listening to him breathe and look at you and walk
past you. It's it's pretty unnerving, but you sort of
get I don't know, it's a weird thing to say
that you get used to. You get used to it.
(17:39):
But the ultimate apex predator is literally, you know, eight
feet away from you is kind of a crazy deal man.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I don't know, Like, I guess it would be kind
of a can Like I guess Alaska's grizzly bear is
Louisiana is like twelve foot gator. Like I mean, I
feel like those two, like in their respective area.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Are like kind of at the top.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
But so you're doing a lot, you do photography with everything,
and when you're looking for the shot, what are a
few little tips for the listeners out there? And maybe
this is after the shot, maybe this is a trophy
shot that you want to capture the moments. What tips
do you have for these hunters out here?
Speaker 5 (18:27):
You know, it's interesting when we first started talking about,
you know, the questions and topics, I end up being
in kind of a couple different scenarios. You obviously and
most of you know, the listeners and viewers have been
in the classic grip and grin situation. You know, we've
got the trophy, caught, the big fish, you know, twelve
foot gate or all of those things, and there's there's
(18:48):
that element which is honestly, I'm not going to say
that's the easy element. But you're in control at that point, right,
I mean, the hunt is finished, you've got the fish
in the boat, You've you've winched twelve feet of five
hundred pounds of gator into your boat, which you know
that that stuff is kind of you know, water under
(19:10):
the bridge at that point. So much of what I do,
you're you're not in control. You're not in control of
the weather, you're not in control of the you know,
the animals that are out in front of you. You know,
if I'm documenting a hunt, you don't want to compromise
the hunt for the hunter. So you're there kind of
as a documentary you know, filmmaker, photographer, just kind of
taking in what's there. On my commercial side of things,
(19:33):
you are a little bit more in control, but so
much of what I do is outside in the elements,
So you're constantly juggling all of these things. And I think,
you know, bottom line, when I press the shutter, whether
it be for photo or video, I'm just trying to
think about, you know, composition, what's happening out in front
(19:54):
of me. And one thing that I do, regardless of
whether it's Grip and Grin or commercial or just absolutely documentary,
I'm always thinking about big, wide stuff and then bits
and pieces and trying to find a balance of those
two things. You know, set the scene with, you know,
(20:15):
a great, big, huge establishing shot of some fashion where
you maybe you've got epic light and you've got all
of these cool things happening around you, but then at
the same time, you know, punching in on some of
the smallest of details that if you were on the
other end of this, they're things that you remember. One
example that I've shared before is is on a cape
(20:37):
buffalo hunt in Africa. I mean, you've got this amazing place,
but I was taken by that and I was shooting
really really wide at you know, fifteen millimeters. But then
at the same time I was on my knees and
the hunter was you know, had his hand on the
boss of this unbelievable animal, and it was to see
(20:58):
the detail and the you know, all of the little
the textures and all of those things. I think equally
as important that helps to tell the story, you know,
And so those are things that I'm constantly ping ponging
back and forth and trying to assess it I did
I get both of those things and kind of helping
tell the story.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Man, that's it's for me. I've man, you and Jared
are like Lockstep. You guys are right here with me,
because for me, it is the it's the littler moments
for me that make the big, big story and picking
up little pieces of that. Because when I was in
Alaska on a Kodiak blacktail hunt, it was the little
(21:44):
tussocks and the journey out that that made the journey,
like the the trek out with a blacktail like worth it,
like because you like when you look at a tussox
like and you get really up on it. They're actually
quite beautiful, but they're a pain in the butt, Like
you don't realize how much of a pain they are.
And then just like you know, on maybe a gator
(22:05):
hunt or anything in the swamp, like you have beautiful
swamp areas and marshlands and you've got this big, wide stuff.
But man, once you start getting down to the finite details,
whether it's a lily pad on the water or something
like that. Like then it starts to tell a bigger
part of the story for me. And finding those small
(22:26):
details within your hunt, I think is a bigger attractor
to your content than the big wide stuff.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
Yeah, and I think, you know, the big wide stuff
is kind of the eye candy things that catch your
eye right away. If you would have done a photo
expose of, you know, your blacktail hunt, and you started
off with the hero shot being a tight macro shot
of a tussock, it wouldn't make much sense. But much
like we do with video and filmmaking, you need to
(22:58):
establish a scene, bablish a character, and sometimes those things
have to happen big. But you know, punching in and
bringing your viewer into detail and back out. I think that's,
you know, bringing their eye and their mind into some
of those things is really you know, it's really key,
you know, and then you know, ultimately, like you were
talking about the grip and grin shots, I mean, like
(23:20):
I said, those are easy, but I also, you know,
I love the shots that are the kind of the
candids that surround the grip and grin. I don't get
down on my knee and say okay, you know, hold
hold it up and I'll snap it. I'm shooting like
the yeah, I'll shoot the whole time where you get
that person maybe interacting with someone else that's off camera.
(23:42):
They're laughing, they're smiling, they're you know, shooting all of
that stuff. I think kind of helps to tell the
story as well.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Yeah, and man, one of my favorite shots is exactly
what you're talking about, especially with my boys, when you're
shooting them and they you know that it's a natural smile,
but you know they're looking at the animal. It's almost
like a almost a reverent uh kind of picture as
they're they're looking and they're processing, you.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Know, And those are the pictures that I love.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
I don't I'm getting away from like holding this animal
out and making look as big as you can.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
I just don't do it for me anymore.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
It's it's it's a respect for the animal thing and
just a natural picture that does it for me.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
You know what they're their hands interacting, whether it be
a you know, the a white tail rack or the
fur of a of a critter or the you know,
a turkey's tail feather. You know, we're just seeing fingers
and hands touching and kind of like like you're saying
in reverence to you know what just unfolded.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
The other the other little tip that I I've always
tried to snag that I would give to someone in
those moments is shoot some of the grip and grins
when somebody else is taking the picture. Maybe you know,
someone else is there and they got their cell phone
out the you know, the hunter is maybe looking at
the camera, move off to the side, and then shoot
from a different angle where they're not looking at you
(25:06):
in your camera. Kind of an intimate, kind of candid
little bit of a little bit of that reverence thing
happening too.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Ah, I dig it, I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
All Right, Hey, we're gonna get to We're gonna call
your shot. Let's call the final shots. Listen, We're gonna
bring both Mike's back up and bring Jared and Matt
into the fold on this.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Man.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Jared, We're gonna start with you, man, what are your
final shots on the on the content generation side of things.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
You know, I like what came up and Matt's interview,
the little things, and for me, it's not gonna be
necessarily you know, I've focused something with a lens on
something small visually, it's something in the in the trip
or in the cooking part. Like a great example is
like let's say we do it. You know a video
(25:55):
where I'm gonna go catch blue crabs, but on the
way to catch blue stop at this little you know,
hole in the wall joint to get the sandwich that
everyone knows. Guess how many comments I'm gonna get about
the blue crabs versus the little sandwich all going to
the sandwich. So we we learn a lot through those.
You know, I'm on YouTube, so you get comments on
every video, so it always even now, it's still surprises me,
(26:20):
like really, like I just showed you how to catch
one hundred and forty four blue crabs, and you worried
about the sandwich, you know, So still I'm like, I
still focus on the bounty, you know, on that, but
like they're picking those little oh you know, oh you
know they love like like when the ladies go on
the trip, well it's like the lady gets all the
comments no matter like if I call it, you know,
(26:40):
got the big deer or whatever. The lady at the
camp who you know, made the funny little so they
the audience finds those little things that they pick out. Yeah,
you know, I always kind of say like, there was
a difference between Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty, and you
want your videos to be more like Dynasty because it
(27:01):
brought more than just duck hunting in. So I think
it works the same and in my world, where yes,
the hunt is a great part of it. Yeah, it's
probably why they clicked, But what got them to stay
was those other little pieces, you know, like the little
things what mayonnaise you used? You know what brand? Because
people are apparently obsessed with brands of mayonnaise. But it's
(27:22):
those little things that I know this is, but that
those are the little things, at least in my world.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Are you are you Blue Plate or are you Miracle
Whip or I don't.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
I don't endure any of them unless they're unless they're
sponsoring outside the levees, they don't get any love. So
just don't matter.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Whatever I got exactly exactly.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
If they want a sponsor, we'll push it.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Man.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
Let's let's open it up to you, man, what are
your final shots?
Speaker 5 (27:51):
I think about kind of what Jared had talked about
with his journey and kJ you're mentioning it too, like
there's three levels of of kind of what we do.
I mean, you can be the hunter and that's what
you're doing, man Like you're hunting and you're not going
to try to do both. You can be the kind
of the hybrid maybe trying to do a little of both,
(28:12):
or you can be just completely content guy. And and
there's you know, they all. I enjoy all three of them.
But I totally agree with Jared that to choose one
or the other is probably going to put your best
foot forward. And I think if you are just the hunter,
obviously you know, hunter, fishermen or whatever it is that
(28:33):
you're pursuing, that's your goal. But I'd say, like, you know,
don't don't fail to pause once in a while and
take it all in as though you were processing the
content that was happening around you. You know, take a
take a picture of that sunrise, take a picture of
a tussock, shoot a quick video of the scene, just
(28:55):
just to have that and then get back to what
you're doing. And then obviously when when you do kind
of what we do, I like jaredis saying, I'll go
on these assignments and you know I want to see
and like I was on a on an elk hunt
this last week in Montana and the day started in
the dark and I was just super intur Like the
(29:18):
camera rolled, when that GMC diesel engine started and those
headlights popped on, I was like, I told them, I said,
you got to shut it off and do that again.
That was that was a defining moment, like hearing that
diesel and seeing those lights click on, and so trying
to just tell all of the story of you know,
we're we're We're just incredibly blessed to be able to
(29:40):
spend time out in creation doing what we do, and
there's so much more than just the animal coming in
or the catching or the shooting. Taking the time to
just process all that, I think is one of the
things that I find and you know, the most you know,
I'm that I'm most grateful for that I get to
that I get to do.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah, I love it all right, I'm gonna give you
my final shots here.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
It is.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
As hunters, we sometimes get locked into.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
The hunt.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
It's the pursuit, it's the trophy. I want to get
my hands on that. But there are so many more
little moments that make up the hunt and make up
your pursuit of that animal completely possible.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
And it doesn't stop there.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
It stops after your family is fed, after you get
those horns back, and then the reflection on.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
That for many years to come. So live in the
little moments.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I think that's what I took out of those conversations,
is live in those little moments in between all the
big moments. So that would be my final shot gun talk. Hunters,
thank you so much for joining us, and as always,
keep those muzzles point in a safe direction and always
be on the hunt.
How do you get into content generation in the outdoor industries. Well,
I've got two phenomenal experts right here on Gun Talk Hunt.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm kJ.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
You found the right place. We go all over this
little blue.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Orb sharing stories and tactics about chasing wild game.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Now let's get on the hunt.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
All right, Gun Talk Hunters, I'm your host, kJ, and
today's episode is brought to you by Vortex, Savage Arms,
Range Ready Studios and Remington Amo. We have a phenomenal show.
We've got Jared Serene all the way down in Louisiana
from Outside the Levees and then all the way up
into Minnesota. We've got Matt Addington with Matt Addington Photography.
(00:46):
Go give each of these guys a look. I promise
you're gonna love what you see today. Let's bring them
in right now. Let's start with content generation. We're gonna
teach you guys how to be better content generators and
what to look for on your next outing.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Let's start with Jared. Hey, welcome in man, good how
are you?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I'll do it, good man. You have found an absolutely
unique way. And if you guys haven't went and checked
out his channel, YouTube, channel, Instagram, Outside the levees, phenomenal
videos on day to day activities that he's just out
there doing. Jared, how have you found to be the what?
(01:25):
How did you find this unique perspective?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Uh So, my back Broun probably starts with web video,
then goes to TV, and then goes back to web videos.
So when I came out, I was making videos about
environmental issues in Louisiana. You know, we lose you know,
a football of wetlands every forty five minutes. So when
(01:50):
I came out of college in two thousand and seven,
that was kind of the avenue I took. And those
videos are going straight to the web, and then the
organizations I made the video sport would try to get
him watched from there. That was a little bit before
YouTube was really a thing and channels were a thing,
So it was kind of you were just using YouTube
to boost the video, but then your website or email
(02:12):
list or whatever would be what drove the traffic. Then
I grew that into a tea.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Oh you're I mean, when you look at how you've
created the video and you were on the you were
on the beginning cusp of of creating content for guys
like me and really as far as like educational purposes,
you've really blended that in Well, what what are the
kind of the best practices that you look for when
(02:39):
creating content?
Speaker 4 (02:44):
So do you want me to finish the Oh yeah,
well yeah, yeah, sorry, all right, yeah, no, no problem.
So yeah, I went from web video and then into
television and that was really fun. I learned a lot there.
I think that working with a really good host. I
had a guy worked with by the name of Greg Hackney,
one of the top bathroomt tremen and a really funny guy,
(03:05):
really talented outdoorsman. I learned from him how to host,
and then that came full circle back to YouTube. I
would say I started noticing YouTubers be a thing around
twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, So I came on in twenty twenty,
which I guess you could say I was a little
bit late to the party. But I had a vision
of what it eat it to be and uh and
I really let the audience guide that. So and that
(03:27):
continues today, right, Like I might have an idea of like,
oh I would like to watch a video about this
particular style of duck hunting, but it's not a big
enough audience for it on YouTube. There might be somewhere else.
But if I'm solely focused on YouTube like I am now,
I have to really take into account what that audience
is telling me they want to see.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
So, man, that's interesting. It's funny that you you work
with hack that dude. That dude is a phenomenal angler. Yeah,
one of the best, even better person, right, But it's
it's just really interesting content as far as like how
how you're able to turn ordinary moments into two I mean,
(04:10):
you've got videos millions of millions.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Of views, and what are some tips that you can.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Give these guys out here on how you're capturing those
little moments.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I would first learn storytelling so that as you're going
so like, the way I approach a video is the
same way I approach a hunting or fishing trip, but
I know that I'm trying to hit certain story beats,
so that might change a little bit of what I'd do.
So I think that you know, someone wanted to get
(04:43):
into content creation, I would still first learn storytelling. I
went to college for this. I have a degree in film.
We learned how to tell the beginning, of middle, and end,
so I carried that right into what I do and
it you know, it's in every video. It may not
come out the way and tended in every video, but
the you know, the ability to say, Okay, we're gonna
put this information together with the beginning of middle and
(05:06):
an end. Audiences have let me know they like to learn,
Like you said, you know, they also want to be entertained.
We were going to show them good food, so learn
how to storytell first.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Jared, are there any because we're in the midst of
gator hunting right now and it's the gator season down here,
are there any little moments that really stand out to
you and how you capture those and maybe something that's
just a little bit shocking this year.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
So I still have to go back to like that
process of me going from the cameraman to the YouTuber. Right,
So when I was the cameraman, I would hold the
camera and Greg would do the hunting to the fishing.
So it was all happening on those two pieces of
like he's the guy who says the things, I'm the
guy who videos are things. Now it's totally like we've
(05:51):
turned that on its head with YouTube. I'm wearing a camera,
I've got a camera, click somewhere, you know, clip somewhere.
But I'm also tugging on the alligator. I'm also so
I'm making sure the ladies don't shoot a hole in
the boat. So everything is authentic everything, you know, It's
like there's really not I'll get a SoundBite in every
once in a while where I hold the camera and
I talk and I'm like kind of bringing you back
(06:12):
up to speed, but like we're literally recording it as
it's happening through GoPros, So there's no there's no set
it up, there's no older you know, cameraman was it's
happening like that's what it is, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
I think you posted a little while back of I
think it like a really big gator. What has been
your biggest gator this season so far?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
So this year, I finally broke twelve foot, which it
all depends on how many gator tags you feel every year,
how how many twelve footers you've gotten. But for us,
it seems like the ten footer is the trophy. The
eleven is like the wild factor. But to get from
eleven foot to twelve, it takes that alligator a long
(06:58):
time to get from eleven to twelve. Like to get
from you know, one year old to ten, it's not
that long, let's say maybe twenty years, twenty five years.
But to get from ten to eleven, that that's another
ten to fifteen years. And then to get from eleven
to twelve. You see what I'm saying. So now you're
talking about a forty fifty year old alligator, which to me,
you know, in my hunts at twelve has been fairly rare.
(07:19):
So this year I finally got my twelve two. But
I mean it's nothing for some guys to find. Thirteen's
and fourteen's.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Are really rare.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
But yeah, twelve thirteen down here will at least get
these people to stop and look, you know, but a
ten footer is pitty.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Gets them to stop and look.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, yeah, I was sitting there and I was bringing
my gators into a guy that processing for me, and
I walked into his cooler and there was a monster
and it was five hundred It ended up being eleven
foot eight inch, five hundred and one pounds. That's a
I mean, when you see it next to like a
seven foot you think a seven footer, Oh wow, that's
(07:56):
that's a good. No, that did dwarf it it's it's incredible.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Yeah, Well, and then getting it in the boat. Like,
so we don't have the setup that like a professional
hunter head they have like a wench and you know,
a deal where you can spin it and get it.
So we're like literally pulling these big gaters in by hand.
So that to me is the that's the spectacle part
is when you're trying to like get finally get the
head and then roll the tail.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And yeah, they're fun, man, it's a process to work
them out of there, Like, especially depends on where you
catch them, Like, it depends on where you're like how
you get them into that boat.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So what's your favorite bait to use? Cause I got
to know.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
For alligators, yep, I prefer beef melt. That is the
spleen of the cow. Okay, that's that's been my favorite,
you know, I think god like So once again, I
know folks who have to fill sixteen hundred tags a year.
You know, I'm filling twenty. So for them, it's chicken, right, Like,
that's the easiest to get in bulk. It's easy to
handle all that kind of stuff. But I like the
(08:55):
beef melt personally, that's my favorite.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
See that's what I found. I said, I've try the
beef Melt a couple of years ago.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Work phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So are there any like final like tips for listeners
to like maybe on their their hunts, on how they're
going to like capture their moments. Do you have anything
like maybe observations? I love your idea of like telling
a story. There has to be a starting point, a middle,
and there's got to be an end anything anything developing
(09:26):
wise that you would say for them to work with
out on the field.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Look, I'll be honest, you have to You have to
make a decision do you want to hunt or do
you want to make a hunting video? And those are
two distinctly different things. And most people just want to
hunt and they might bring a go prolong and they
might you know, but they don't want to make a
hunting video because your decisions are going to be different.
(09:51):
You're going to take the time to get it out
or replace the battery or whatever it is before you
take the shot. So I think that's a Then you
ultimately have to ask yourself, do I really want to
make the video or do I just think I want
to make a video?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Man, you just like you hit home really well for
me because I've never found myself being able to do both.
I'm either hunting or I'm filming. Like, you can't do both.
You can do you can both, you can do both,
but both are going to lack. I feel like one's
gonna take over. Yeah, but that's just me. Well ye,
(10:31):
all right, thanks Jared. Hey, you guys, we're gonna hear
from him at the end of the show. But go
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We're talking about like how to develop as either a
filmmaker or a photographer, or just capturing those moments that
mean a ton to you in the field. And we've
got Matt Addington, phenomenal photographer outdoorsman. Man, if you've been
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Speaker 3 (14:38):
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Speaker 5 (14:40):
Hey, appreciate you having me. It's good to chat with
you again and meet these other guys and hear their
stories as well.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Man, I'm telling you, when you start talking to guys
like Jared who have found a way to turn passion
and conservation and you're the same, ilk like you have
turned your outdoor passions into a living and I feel
like you guys are some of the rare breed out
there that understands like we're all living in the same
(15:09):
world together. But man, why bust my tail at something
I just really would rather not do and make a
living at what I love to do?
Speaker 3 (15:17):
And you're one of those guys.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Man, No, I mean I've been blessed to Yeah, I
mean just kind of do the things like you're saying
that we love to do, and you happen to, you know,
bring a camera long enough and people buy into it
and you get asked a lot like how do you
you know, how do you get into this? And you know,
there's not a there's not a college degree or an
online course that qualifies you to go do these things.
(15:42):
But you know, you just hang around. You you develop relationships,
you hone your skills. Hopefully you've got some level of
a creative eye and stuff. But I know, you know,
Jared and Gary would say the same thing. It's just
like you just you get to know people and you
you try to tell good stories, uh visually, and you know,
it's it's been fortunate to work out.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
It definitely has worked out well.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
I mean, you've just spent what a week or so
up in Alaska filming. Are shooting bears not shooting shooting
bears like photography bears.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Right, what's that?
Speaker 1 (16:16):
What?
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Du what's that like?
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Because that's like on my list of like bucket list
things to go and pursue. The Kodiak Browns are like
the number one. That's the number one.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
It's a it's a different world, that's for sure. I
you know, people have asked, you know, what was it like?
And one, you know, weatherwise, it was kind of like
you're living in a cloud the whole time. It's sort
of you know, you're not worried about harsh light too
often because it's it's kind of foggy and misty and
drizzly a lot. But those those bears are are one
(16:52):
of a kind. Man. They I've been around, you know,
grizzly bears and brown bears in Alaska several times and
they are a really cool critter. And you know, to
be close, you know, the cat my bears, those ones,
you know Lake Clark something, you know. They they're as
(17:13):
remote as that is, they can still be pretty used
to people being around.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Right.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Kodiak's the same so to be you know, two arms
lengths away from a twelve hundred pound bore and just
listening to him breathe and look at you and walk
past you. It's it's pretty unnerving, but you sort of
get I don't know, it's a weird thing to say
that you get used to. You get used to it.
(17:39):
But the ultimate apex predator is literally, you know, eight
feet away from you is kind of a crazy deal man.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I don't know, Like, I guess it would be kind
of a can Like I guess Alaska's grizzly bear is
Louisiana is like twelve foot gator. Like I mean, I
feel like those two, like in their respective area.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Are like kind of at the top.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
But so you're doing a lot, you do photography with everything,
and when you're looking for the shot, what are a
few little tips for the listeners out there? And maybe
this is after the shot, maybe this is a trophy
shot that you want to capture the moments. What tips
do you have for these hunters out here?
Speaker 5 (18:27):
You know, it's interesting when we first started talking about,
you know, the questions and topics, I end up being
in kind of a couple different scenarios. You obviously and
most of you know, the listeners and viewers have been
in the classic grip and grin situation. You know, we've
got the trophy, caught, the big fish, you know, twelve
foot gate or all of those things, and there's there's
(18:48):
that element which is honestly, I'm not going to say
that's the easy element. But you're in control at that point, right,
I mean, the hunt is finished, you've got the fish
in the boat, You've you've winched twelve feet of five
hundred pounds of gator into your boat, which you know
that that stuff is kind of you know, water under
(19:10):
the bridge at that point. So much of what I do,
you're you're not in control. You're not in control of
the weather, you're not in control of the you know,
the animals that are out in front of you. You know,
if I'm documenting a hunt, you don't want to compromise
the hunt for the hunter. So you're there kind of
as a documentary you know, filmmaker, photographer, just kind of
taking in what's there. On my commercial side of things,
(19:33):
you are a little bit more in control, but so
much of what I do is outside in the elements,
So you're constantly juggling all of these things. And I think,
you know, bottom line, when I press the shutter, whether
it be for photo or video, I'm just trying to
think about, you know, composition, what's happening out in front
(19:54):
of me. And one thing that I do, regardless of
whether it's Grip and Grin or commercial or just absolutely documentary,
I'm always thinking about big, wide stuff and then bits
and pieces and trying to find a balance of those
two things. You know, set the scene with, you know,
(20:15):
a great, big, huge establishing shot of some fashion where
you maybe you've got epic light and you've got all
of these cool things happening around you, but then at
the same time, you know, punching in on some of
the smallest of details that if you were on the
other end of this, they're things that you remember. One
example that I've shared before is is on a cape
(20:37):
buffalo hunt in Africa. I mean, you've got this amazing place,
but I was taken by that and I was shooting
really really wide at you know, fifteen millimeters. But then
at the same time I was on my knees and
the hunter was you know, had his hand on the
boss of this unbelievable animal, and it was to see
(20:58):
the detail and the you know, all of the little
the textures and all of those things. I think equally
as important that helps to tell the story, you know,
And so those are things that I'm constantly ping ponging
back and forth and trying to assess it I did
I get both of those things and kind of helping
tell the story.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Man, that's it's for me. I've man, you and Jared
are like Lockstep. You guys are right here with me,
because for me, it is the it's the littler moments
for me that make the big, big story and picking
up little pieces of that. Because when I was in
Alaska on a Kodiak blacktail hunt, it was the little
(21:44):
tussocks and the journey out that that made the journey,
like the the trek out with a blacktail like worth it,
like because you like when you look at a tussox
like and you get really up on it. They're actually
quite beautiful, but they're a pain in the butt, Like
you don't realize how much of a pain they are.
And then just like you know, on maybe a gator
(22:05):
hunt or anything in the swamp, like you have beautiful
swamp areas and marshlands and you've got this big, wide stuff.
But man, once you start getting down to the finite details,
whether it's a lily pad on the water or something
like that. Like then it starts to tell a bigger
part of the story for me. And finding those small
(22:26):
details within your hunt, I think is a bigger attractor
to your content than the big wide stuff.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
Yeah, and I think, you know, the big wide stuff
is kind of the eye candy things that catch your
eye right away. If you would have done a photo
expose of, you know, your blacktail hunt, and you started
off with the hero shot being a tight macro shot
of a tussock, it wouldn't make much sense. But much
like we do with video and filmmaking, you need to
(22:58):
establish a scene, bablish a character, and sometimes those things
have to happen big. But you know, punching in and
bringing your viewer into detail and back out. I think that's,
you know, bringing their eye and their mind into some
of those things is really you know, it's really key,
you know, and then you know, ultimately, like you were
talking about the grip and grin shots, I mean, like
(23:20):
I said, those are easy, but I also, you know,
I love the shots that are the kind of the
candids that surround the grip and grin. I don't get
down on my knee and say okay, you know, hold
hold it up and I'll snap it. I'm shooting like
the yeah, I'll shoot the whole time where you get
that person maybe interacting with someone else that's off camera.
(23:42):
They're laughing, they're smiling, they're you know, shooting all of
that stuff. I think kind of helps to tell the
story as well.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Yeah, and man, one of my favorite shots is exactly
what you're talking about, especially with my boys, when you're
shooting them and they you know that it's a natural smile,
but you know they're looking at the animal. It's almost
like a almost a reverent uh kind of picture as
they're they're looking and they're processing, you.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Know, And those are the pictures that I love.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
I don't I'm getting away from like holding this animal
out and making look as big as you can.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
I just don't do it for me anymore.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
It's it's it's a respect for the animal thing and
just a natural picture that does it for me.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
You know what they're their hands interacting, whether it be
a you know, the a white tail rack or the
fur of a of a critter or the you know,
a turkey's tail feather. You know, we're just seeing fingers
and hands touching and kind of like like you're saying
in reverence to you know what just unfolded.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
The other the other little tip that I I've always
tried to snag that I would give to someone in
those moments is shoot some of the grip and grins
when somebody else is taking the picture. Maybe you know,
someone else is there and they got their cell phone
out the you know, the hunter is maybe looking at
the camera, move off to the side, and then shoot
from a different angle where they're not looking at you
(25:06):
in your camera. Kind of an intimate, kind of candid
little bit of a little bit of that reverence thing
happening too.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Ah, I dig it, I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
All Right, Hey, we're gonna get to We're gonna call
your shot. Let's call the final shots. Listen, We're gonna
bring both Mike's back up and bring Jared and Matt
into the fold on this.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Man.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Jared, We're gonna start with you, man, what are your
final shots on the on the content generation side of things.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
You know, I like what came up and Matt's interview,
the little things, and for me, it's not gonna be
necessarily you know, I've focused something with a lens on
something small visually, it's something in the in the trip
or in the cooking part. Like a great example is
like let's say we do it. You know a video
(25:55):
where I'm gonna go catch blue crabs, but on the
way to catch blue stop at this little you know,
hole in the wall joint to get the sandwich that
everyone knows. Guess how many comments I'm gonna get about
the blue crabs versus the little sandwich all going to
the sandwich. So we we learn a lot through those.
You know, I'm on YouTube, so you get comments on
every video, so it always even now, it's still surprises me,
(26:20):
like really, like I just showed you how to catch
one hundred and forty four blue crabs, and you worried
about the sandwich, you know, So still I'm like, I
still focus on the bounty, you know, on that, but
like they're picking those little oh you know, oh you
know they love like like when the ladies go on
the trip, well it's like the lady gets all the
comments no matter like if I call it, you know,
(26:40):
got the big deer or whatever. The lady at the
camp who you know, made the funny little so they
the audience finds those little things that they pick out. Yeah,
you know, I always kind of say like, there was
a difference between Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty, and you
want your videos to be more like Dynasty because it
(27:01):
brought more than just duck hunting in. So I think
it works the same and in my world, where yes,
the hunt is a great part of it. Yeah, it's
probably why they clicked, But what got them to stay
was those other little pieces, you know, like the little
things what mayonnaise you used? You know what brand? Because
people are apparently obsessed with brands of mayonnaise. But it's
(27:22):
those little things that I know this is, but that
those are the little things, at least in my world.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Are you are you Blue Plate or are you Miracle
Whip or I don't.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
I don't endure any of them unless they're unless they're
sponsoring outside the levees, they don't get any love. So
just don't matter.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Whatever I got exactly exactly.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
If they want a sponsor, we'll push it.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Man.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
Let's let's open it up to you, man, what are
your final shots?
Speaker 5 (27:51):
I think about kind of what Jared had talked about
with his journey and kJ you're mentioning it too, like
there's three levels of of kind of what we do.
I mean, you can be the hunter and that's what
you're doing, man Like you're hunting and you're not going
to try to do both. You can be the kind
of the hybrid maybe trying to do a little of both,
(28:12):
or you can be just completely content guy. And and
there's you know, they all. I enjoy all three of them.
But I totally agree with Jared that to choose one
or the other is probably going to put your best
foot forward. And I think if you are just the hunter,
obviously you know, hunter, fishermen or whatever it is that
(28:33):
you're pursuing, that's your goal. But I'd say, like, you know,
don't don't fail to pause once in a while and
take it all in as though you were processing the
content that was happening around you. You know, take a
take a picture of that sunrise, take a picture of
a tussock, shoot a quick video of the scene, just
(28:55):
just to have that and then get back to what
you're doing. And then obviously when when you do kind
of what we do, I like jaredis saying, I'll go
on these assignments and you know I want to see
and like I was on a on an elk hunt
this last week in Montana and the day started in
the dark and I was just super intur Like the
(29:18):
camera rolled, when that GMC diesel engine started and those
headlights popped on, I was like, I told them, I said,
you got to shut it off and do that again.
That was that was a defining moment, like hearing that
diesel and seeing those lights click on, and so trying
to just tell all of the story of you know,
we're we're We're just incredibly blessed to be able to
(29:40):
spend time out in creation doing what we do, and
there's so much more than just the animal coming in
or the catching or the shooting. Taking the time to
just process all that, I think is one of the
things that I find and you know, the most you know,
I'm that I'm most grateful for that I get to
that I get to do.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah, I love it all right, I'm gonna give you
my final shots here.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
It is.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
As hunters, we sometimes get locked into.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
The hunt.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
It's the pursuit, it's the trophy. I want to get
my hands on that. But there are so many more
little moments that make up the hunt and make up
your pursuit of that animal completely possible.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
And it doesn't stop there.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
It stops after your family is fed, after you get
those horns back, and then the reflection on.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
That for many years to come. So live in the
little moments.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I think that's what I took out of those conversations,
is live in those little moments in between all the
big moments. So that would be my final shot gun talk. Hunters,
thank you so much for joining us, and as always,
keep those muzzles point in a safe direction and always
be on the hunt.
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