Tyler Freel article on reality of the outdoor media world.

[geetar]

This probably needed to be said.

 

[geetar]

All Is Not As It Appears in the "Professional" Hunter and Influencer World

There’s a lot of comparing that happens when you see hunting personalities on social media, but successful hunting is much different.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[toprut]

+1

 

[Hunt&FishCO]

There’s no shortcuts - don’t compare your public land hunt to their “public land hunt” which may have take decade(s) to build points for. Pursue what makes YOU happy with the time you have - not what’s popular on social media. You’ll be happier and more grateful with the results.

 

[jt13]

TLDR: Most "professional" hunters and social media personalities also have day jobs but they should enjoy whatever time they get outdoors.

 

[Schaaf]

IDK who he's been talking to but I've been making bank drinking all this cheap and shitty beer for Instagram

 

[DouglasR]

If the dealership’s giving you a pickup to drive you’re getting pretty damn close.

 

[Carnage2011]

Tyler calls it how it is.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Good article.

 

[elkduds]

The only revelation in this piece is that some will find it surprising. Since I don't get paid by the column inch, allow me to summarize this article: There is no free lunch. It is what it is, so be here now.

 

[Pucky Freak]

I started watching hunting content in earnest in 2018, and I’ll admit I was pretty duped. After about a year or so it started to become evident that what you see is much different than what was going on behind the scenes. They don’t say, “we’ve been farming friends and family PP’s for 15 years to make these hunts possible”, etc. Others have crazy rich parents that float the entry costs and maintenance costs of being a hunting personality. I remember a teen I knew years ago who consumed a lot of this content and was aspiring to be an outdoor personality, get sponsors, have a product line, etc. I wish I had this article to share then.

 

[Ben Long]

It reminds me of what the honky-tonk guitar player James McMurtry said. "I thought I was an artist. Turns out I'm a beer salesman."