The Rinella Effect

[The Hedgehog]

About 6 months back Meateater ran a show on his buffer zone elk hunt in MT. Always a tough permit to draw since there's only 5 tags. There's usually some apps from my household that go in for the buffer zone with no real anticipation to draw, as it's always been a less than 1% odds type chance. I noticed first choice apps 5 years ago was 680. Odds always get a little tougher and I noticed they go up by about 50 first choice applicants every year. Until this year. Apps went from 1058 to 1310. His shows are always well done and I did get sucked in. My view contributed to dollars. I'm not gonna lie, it was gratifying to watch Rinella take a busted up dink spotted from the highway, with several days of season left.

 

[TexanSam]

Matt Rinella talked about this on his instagram a while back. I'm guilty of adding dollars to one brother while supporting the other. I don't really know what the solution is.

 

[Forkyfinder]

improved my odds elsewhere - not

 

[NR_Hunter]

Are people still watching Meat Eater the show? I haven’t been able to find the time and interest since they got pulled off Netflix. I guess I just figured the podcast had become the money maker and the show was basically just YouTube shorts at this point.

 

[Elky Welky]

Are people still watching Meat Eater the show? I haven’t been able to find the time and interest since they got pulled off Netflix. I guess I just figured the podcast had become the money maker and the show was basically just YouTube shorts at this point.

There are still things I really like, but it is tough. Really hard for me to enjoy watching the show once they started going on expensive guided trips with baseball players, country stars, and industry insiders; riding side-by-sides, and generally doing very little DIY boots on the ground public land hunting. In some ways, I am glad that's the direction it's gone, because less spots are getting blown out. I only listen to the podcast if the guests interest me, but I do watch the trivia every week and like how much they give to conservation. The cookbooks are pretty good too.

 

[The Hedgehog]

There are still things I really like, but it is tough. Really hard for me to enjoy watching the show once they started going on expensive guided trips with baseball players, country stars, and industry insiders; riding side-by-sides, and generally doing very little DIY boots on the ground public land hunting. In some ways, I am glad that's the direction it's gone, because less spots are getting blown out. I only listen to the podcast if the guests interest me, but I do watch the trivia every week and like how much they give to conservation. The cookbooks are pretty good too.

One click was all I gave if you can look the other way on the FHF gear bino harness I picked up last year.

 

[BAKPAKR]

One click was all I gave if you can look the other way on the FHF gear bino harness I picked up last year.

What is the new store like?

 

[The Hedgehog]

What is the new store like?

Never been in it, or by it. i bought that bino harness at big sky archery near where I work.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Big game hunting is mostly a spectator activity nowadays. 10% people hunting and 90% people experiencing vicariously through videos of the 0.1% of people filming.

I drank a lot from that well. It’s entertaining as shit, but it’s toxic to everyone. No more for me. No Newberg or Rinella, or really much of anyone else for about a year and a half now. I wish I had quit sooner.

 

[Nick87]

Big game hunting is mostly a spectator activity nowadays. 10% people hunting and 90% people experiencing vicariously through videos of the 0.1% of people filming.

I drank a lot from that well. It’s entertaining as shit, but it’s toxic to everyone. No more for me. No Newberg or Rinella, or really much of anyone else for about a year and a half now. I wish I had quit sooner.

Same. Growing up I couldn't get enough of Eastman and realtree monster bucks etc. Haven't watched any of it in a year or two.

 

[Sytes]

Never watched / listened to Meateater though read the articles every now and then.

This thread reminded me of a previous thread regarding hunt celebs.

Ever Had a TV hunter in your Hunting Area?

What Effect did it have? More hunters at the trailhead? Draw Creep in the unit? Did you see the TV episode? Did it give it away?

www.hunttalk.com

 

[Hem]

I've been mildly interested in Rinella and Meateater. No longer.
In fact I'm pretty pissed at that DB for mentioning locations.
Case in point.
Powder River turkey hunting episode.
As a result there has been a virtual bomb of NR running all over that country this year. Any BMA with land on or near the river. The BMA I have hunted for 30 years in that vicinity has been pounded. Guys from the South and Midwest shooting anything to fill tags. I saw one jake and one mature Tom. Shitwipe on ridges I've never seen a boot track. The Knowlton area has always been a sleeper. Friend of mine hunting Ekalaka yesterday talked to some guys from Missouri who asked about Knowlton.
It's done. I'm done there.
Everyone go to Knowlton.
Good job Rinella.

 

[TheTone]

Big game hunting is mostly a spectator activity nowadays. 10% people hunting and 90% people experiencing vicariously through videos of the 0.1% of people filming.

I drank a lot from that well. It’s entertaining as shit, but it’s toxic to everyone. No more for me. No Newberg or Rinella, or really much of anyone else for about a year and a half now. I wish I had quit sooner.

Like, share, subscribe and buy the merch so someone else can keep doing what you wish you could do. I get seriously confused that more people don’t recognize it

 

[Southern Elk]

It’s amazing how uninterested I have become in the shows they are putting out. I don’t care about duckhunting or any hunting in Texas or any deep-sea diving, etc. I occasionally watch an episode of western hunting or Alaska. The only podcasts that I listen to is when he has on an author that I am interested in. And all of the podcast commercials are are for side-by-sides and trucks. I even saw a Facebook ad for what looked like meat eater guided hunts. They’ve really gotten away from their core business.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I've been mildly interested in Rinella and Meateater. No longer.
In fact I'm pretty pissed at that DB for mentioning locations.
Case in point.
Powder River turkey hunting episode.
As a result there has been a virtual bomb of NR running all over that country this year. Any BMA with land on or near the river. The BMA I have hunted for 30 years in that vicinity has been pounded. Guys from the South and Midwest shooting anything to fill tags. I saw one jake and one mature Tom. Shitwipe on ridges I've never seen a boot track. The Knowlton area has always been a sleeper. Friend of mine hunting Ekalaka yesterday talked to some guys from Missouri who asked about Knowlton.
It's done. I'm done there.
Everyone go to Knowlton.
Good job Rinella.

Who wants to watch turkey hunting anyway? Almost as boring as watching bass fishing.

 

[peterk1234]

Who wants to watch turkey hunting anyway? Almost as boring as watching bass fishing.

Still better than golf

 

[reallyoldman]

Still better than golf

Ah but..............there is bowling !

 

[Bowmannate2000]

I've been mildly interested in Rinella and Meateater. No longer.
In fact I'm pretty pissed at that DB for mentioning locations.
Case in point.
Powder River turkey hunting episode.
As a result there has been a virtual bomb of NR running all over that country this year. Any BMA with land on or near the river. The BMA I have hunted for 30 years in that vicinity has been pounded. Guys from the South and Midwest shooting anything to fill tags. I saw one jake and one mature Tom. Shitwipe on ridges I've never seen a boot track. The Knowlton area has always been a sleeper. Friend of mine hunting Ekalaka yesterday talked to some guys from Missouri who asked about Knowlton.
It's done. I'm done there.
Everyone go to Knowlton.
Good job Rinella.

Man, I can't even bring myself to Turkey hunt around home, I can't imagine traipsing all over the country on a "Turkey Tour" . Who has that kind of free time anyway!

 

[David Gough]

Man, I can't even bring myself to Turkey hunt around home, I can't imagine traipsing all over the country on a "Turkey Tour" . Who has that kind of free time anyway!

"Influencers" trying to make money from YouTube.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Man, I can't even bring myself to Turkey hunt around home, I can't imagine traipsing all over the country on a "Turkey Tour" . Who has that kind of free time anyway!

The elk i get.

Those trash birds are beyond the scope of my understanding.