Why do more people not film their hunts?

[two4hooking]

I want to simplify and enjoy the hunt....not carry a bunch more extra crap.   Does not appeal to me.

[Crittergetter]

Daniel, I use my tactacam all the time. Great little camera IMHO. It has never cost me a shot bc if I can't get the camera on in time or whatever I shoot anyways!  I missed one deer this year and made a bad shot on another. That footage got deleted pronto!!! Lol
I also shot a 250ish lb boar at 4 yrds but the camera only picked up the sound. it was a bad angle and it was to dark.
It can be frustrating at times but it can be fun too. At least for me anyways.
Ps.. I have footage of "counting coup" on an armadillo when I was hunting with you in La. Got to about 2 yrds and poked him in the butt with a field tip! Lol

[Stump73]

I take photos and video with my phone during the hunt. But feel I may have an opportunity for a shot I wouldn't try and film because that be extra movement that I don't wanna have to worry about.

[Killdeer]

I find that either I am photographing or I am hunting. Photos are nice to look at later, but in the moment, there is a camera between you and living the experience.

I find kill videos can be somewhat educational, but they strike me as being snuff films. Something is happening that to me, is sacred, between me, the animal and God. To film that is akin to filming losing my virginity, the death of my father, or a birth. I know, lots of people have filmed births. I just can't see that. I am an old crustacian.

Killdeer

I take hundreds of film pics of song birds and humming birds every year, humming birds can sing.  They also have a tendency to poop on my camera lens when I am taking pictures from straight under the humming bird feeders in my yard.  I am never very impressed when someone takes a picture with me in it.  I can almost feel the strain that the camera had gone through.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I pack a handicam along sometimes and have gotten some nice wildlife footage, but like many here I have no interest in filming my kills.

Sorry, but for me shooting a big game animal is a heavy moment, and nobody has any business being there with me.  Besides, watching me would be anticlimactic after watching hunting shows....I don't jump around, hyperventilate, cry, or yell "That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!" while doing the fist pump after shooting something.  I generally just hang my bow up on a limb and put my hands in my pockets 'till its time to track.

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[Bowwild]

I've tried it. I just set up a small HD Camera on a clamp that is used on windows for spotting scopes.  

I have never filmed a shot, for various reasons. I'm not going to sacrifice the shot for the camera. So, the camera isn't on yet or pointed in the right direction.  I do think it would be neat to get a shot on film though.

[Orion]

I take camp pictures, and landscape pictures, pictures of plants and critters, even hero pictures of the critter after it's dead, but not video of me killing critters.  Killing an animal is a very personal experience, and not something I feel comfortable filming or "sharing."

[Bowjunkie]

Bear bowman x4.

I don't take or share 'kill pictures' either. Heck, I don't even tell folks when I kill something. Why would I?

[ozy clint]

Originally posted by Killdeer:
I find that either I am photographing or I am hunting. Photos are nice to look at later, but in the moment, there is a camera between you and living the experience.

I find kill videos can be somewhat educational, but they strike me as being snuff films. Something is happening that to me, is sacred, between me, the animal and God. To film that is akin to filming losing my virginity, the death of my father, or a birth. I know, lots of people have filmed births. I just can't see that. I am an old crustacian.

Killdeer

Killy, you took the words right out of my mouth. I feel the same way. Some thing's are best experienced in their purest form. I respect those who do it because it's very difficult but too me trying to do two things at once detracts from the pure experience I seek.

[ozy clint]

Originally posted by Killdeer:
I find that either I am photographing or I am hunting. Photos are nice to look at later, but in the moment, there is a camera between you and living the experience.

I find kill videos can be somewhat educational, but they strike me as being snuff films. Something is happening that to me, is sacred, between me, the animal and God. To film that is akin to filming losing my virginity, the death of my father, or a birth. I know, lots of people have filmed births. I just can't see that. I am an old crustacian.

Killdeer

Killy, you took the words right out of my mouth. I feel the same way. Some thing's are best experienced in their purest form. I respect those who do it because it's very difficult but too me trying to do two things at once detracts from the pure experience I seek.

[ron w]

Originally posted by ozy clint:
 

Originally posted by Killdeer:
I find that either I am photographing or I am hunting. Photos are nice to look at later, but in the moment, there is a camera between you and living the experience.

I find kill videos can be somewhat educational, but they strike me as being snuff films. Something is happening that to me, is sacred, between me, the animal and God. To film that is akin to filming losing my virginity, the death of my father, or a birth. I know, lots of people have filmed births. I just can't see that. I am an old crustacian.

Killdeer

Killy, you took the words right out of my mouth. I feel the same way. Some thing's are best experienced in their purest form. I respect those who do it because it's very difficult but too me trying to do two things at once detracts from the pure experience I seek. [/b]

X3  

[ChuckC]

I'm just not interested.  I am there for me, not to show the world.
CHuckC

[Bvas]

Normally I wouldn't mess with self filming. My time in the woods(both by myself and with my kids)has become to short and precious to risk wasting opportunities trying to film.
Notice I said normally.
My buddy talked me into trying something this year. Since I was hunting bait, I used my trail cam to video the hunt. When I went in for the evening sit,I switched the camera to take 60 sec videos with 5 second delay between triggers.
I'll be darned if it didn't work. Not the best quality video, but good enough to see where the arrow enters. No hassle, and no distraction in the tree.
If I knew how, I'd load it up for you guys to check out.

[McDave]

I'm a meat hunter. Sure, it's more exciting than shopping at Safeway, but should I film myself picking a roast up out of the freezer?

[Gun]

I'm after a different caliber of critter than most. I don't want to worry about something else going wrong.

[Hermon]

Originally posted by Gun:
I'm after a different caliber of critter than most. I don't want to worry about something else going wrong.

X2

[BAK]

No, EVERYONE does not want to watch hunt videos.  At 66 years old I've never filmed one and never will.  

When I hunt it  is a personal experience between me, the animal, and nature.

I have no d#$$ desire to share it with anyone else.

[WhitetailHtr]

I think that filming the kill takes something away from the sacredness of the event, and the very fact that I have been given a gift to be the unique individual to experience those precise moments.  Instead of a great story told at camp, it becomes an analytical procedure of sorts.  And there is no imagination required by anyone because a video is the next thing to actually being there.

For teaching purposes, I think they have their place.  I used to enjoy watching videos, but I've come to the point where they are all the same, boring, self-promoting exercise.  That probably soured me, too.

In addition, I have no desire to blow shot opportunities when messing with camera equipment.  I have no problem with pictures of the hunt, camp, game killed, etc. though.  In fact, still photos write the story of the hunt and leave our imaginations to take us there.

Another thing that I feel very strongly about is standing over or filming an animal as it dies.  I will never do that.  I can only imagine what it would be like to have a predator standing over you as you breathe your last (even for a prey animal that lacks the ability to rationally think). If I need to administer a second shot, I do.  But then I walk away for a few minutes and let that animal have some peace.  Might sound "soft" or weird, but any animal in my book deserves that respect as it dies from a wound that we inflicted upon it.  My $.02.

[MCNSC]

Never had a desire to film a hunt. I don't see hunting as a spectator sport. We all know the rush and excitement of getting close and getting a shot. Filmed hunts don't and can not convey those feelings.