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"Don't confuse me with being anything else other than proud. Proud to be a hunter. It's time we stop apologizing for how we get our protein. This is who we are. Unless you’re a small time rancher, small time farmer, a hunter or fishermen... you really have no idea where your food comes from. Most people don’t even think about it. Well, we think about it. ” - Donnie Vincent.
If you’re like me and hunting is part of who you are, share this video and hopefully we can get some people thinking differently about how they acquire their food and maybe, just maybe... we'll change their opinion about hunting.
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I'm reading The Comfort Crisis and was lead here by Michael Easter. I have great respect for the way you hunt, for your dedication, method, reverence and ethic. Thank you for sharing this.
Same here!
+1
Same!
Ditto, ditto,& ditto@@obrienjackd
Same!
I've been against hunting most of my life. It's videos like this and conversations on certain podcasts that have changed my viewpoint. And for the first time (as I near 50) I'm starting to gain the skills to go on my own hunt. I think far too many people are simply disconnected from reality and where they come from.
Well said
A Deen the world can’t go vegan either. 90% of crops are year-round crops. They’re the ones that can survive northern winters, and are usually fed to animals because too much corn and grain is unhealthy to humans. 5% of crops are the veggies and fruits we eat. They have to be grown in warm climates and imported, because it’s too expensive and too hard to grow those crops in the north during the snow months, even if we used giant greenhouses. Those giant greenhouses are way to expensive for most farmers to have, especially in the late fall/winter/early spring months. The last remaining 5% that we eat are actually pastureland used to raise livestock. Yes, in farming terms, livestock are crops. To sustain a vegan world, we have to raze down forests in warm, rich climates to create cropland. Crops are grown on flat land because tractors aren’t off-road toys. You can’t grow crops on land that’s very steep, very rocky, too wet or too dry. It has to be just right for irrigation systems to work, for tractors to plow, and for crops to survive. This means to sustain a vegan world, you have to kiss the rainforests and plains goodbye. No more lions. No more sloths. No more elephants. No more bison. No more antelope. No more deer. No more trees. No more wheat grass. It’s bye-bye wilderness if the world went vegan. What people don’t realize is that the only reason why state/federal land, state parks, wildlife refuges, wildlife protection agencies, wildlife rescue missions, wildlife biology, wildlife support, basically the only reason why wildlife exist, is because of hunters. We bring in billions of dollars every year to support the conservation, management, and protection of wildlife and land. To do that, values must be placed on wildlife to draw people in and keep people from killing them. In Africa, there are no laws banning locals from killing animals. The locals can kill whatever they want, when they want, because they have mouths to feed and farms/villages to protect. Before, locals would kill anything that stepped paw, hoof, or talon on their land, but now that trophy hunting bring in $500,000-$700,000 per animal, the locals are now actively protecting wildlife from poachers, since trophy hunters give them millions of dollars and thousands of pounds of meat every year. Sure, locals still kill problem animals, but they don’t go out and destroy entire prides of lions 20 miles away from their homes like they used to. In the States, where I hunt, Theodore Roosevelt, an avid hunter to say the least, introduced regulations and encouraged hunting to bring back the bison, the pronghorn, and the whitetail deer just to name a few. Now, millions of deer and pronghorn and thousands of bison roam the American wilderness, all thanks to Teddy and his hunters. I’m an avid pronghorn hunter. They are literally everywhere on the high western plains. To save things, they must be valuable. We put price tags on wildlife for hunters, so hunters will hunt one deer out of 30, and bring $500 in for the protection and management of those 29 deer and the land they live on. If we can do this here and in Africa, we can do it anywhere, making hunting extremely sustainable. Sure, we need our fruits, veggies, and grains too, but the world cannot go herbivore nor can it go carnivore. We are omnivores for a reason, and we are predators. Plus, don’t pretend for a second that vegans don’t cause harm. There’s a reason why buzzards and coyotes follow the combines every time they harvest crops.
Mankind's greatest crime against nature is not progress, it's disassociation.
Where are we coming from???
An open mind is something to be proud of. Hope your hunts go well
Just read The Comfort Crisis which lead me to your video! I'm not a hunter but reading that book and watching your content has been a learning experience. I have great respect for you and what you do.
I just read page 93 with the note about this video and came here immediately!!
@naeemmarjaui8045 Page 93 brought me here, too.
This video is going to be timeless. Captures what many who hunt, feel.
I'm a vegetarian (and trying to eat as less as possible from animals) but once a year, my dad, my uncle and I (and some other family memers, we are mostly 4-5 people) are travelling to Canada (we're from Germany) and going hunting. That's the only time I eat meat. I just love hunters and hunting with the right ethics and mindset. When I'm hunting, I'm feeling free and I'm just living in the moment. We hunt with hunting rifles and when u pull the trigger... the adrenalin rush stops, u feel like in Slow Mo. Incredible feeling. U are just one with nature. In the next evening, when we return home, completely exhausted, we sit together at a campfire in the garden from our family members (my uncle and aunt and their children are living in Canada) and hear the campfire making noises, hear the horses munching in the background their hay in the stables (they can go out to the fields whenever they want) an my family members laughing all together, it's indescribable. It's the moment when I can really rest, sit down and feel alive. Wonderful
As both a Hunter Education Instructor and film maker (winner of Gold and Silver Telly Awards) I think this is one of the most poetic dissertations on why we hunt I have ever seen, great job Doonie and the Sicmanta crew.
Jeff Banke Wow Jeff! Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.
Donnie Vincent .... Well done Regards, fellow hunter @darryldriftwest
Are you hunter too?
I've also been led here by Michael Easter's book 'The Comfort Crisis'. I have mad respect for your way of hunting and livind and for your dedication and ethic. Thankyou for sharing it with us! I wish that more hunters would spread this message in their communities!
I am a vegan and I judge people that buy meat every day from mass production and never give it a second thought. I would never judge these people, this is something completely else.
Marieles Mystic Music so you only eat food that comes from small farms and gardens?
Marieles Mystic Music don’t be so quick to judge. Most people still don’t know what they’re actually buying, and not everyone can hunt or go vegan/vegetarian. I’m a hunter, but I still buy a lot of my food from the store. Plus, agriculture does its fair share of damage. There’s a reason why birds of prey circle the skies above the combines every year...
Thinking all mass production is bad is a misconception about the food industry. Just because you watched the Farm to Fridge documentary doesn't mean the majority of mass production farms operate that way.
Martin Curtis no offense but people don’t really have the time to go hunt for their food everyday and these guys are lucky enough they can make a living off it and it’s their passion
You shouldn’t judge people that buy meat because what this guy does costs thousands and thousands of dollars and time that 99% of people don’t have.
I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. Thankyou Donnie, you've helped motivate my life towards greatness!
I am a meat hunter. never felt comfortable about so-called trophy "hunters." I only use primitive or traditional weapons, not modern centerfire guns. Sitting back 150, 200, 300 yards is not hunting. My mother died in August 2014, my wife passed away in November 2014. It's just my 12-year-old son and me adjusting to the new "normal." Money is tight. Young mouths must be fed. Nothing goes to waste though.I think some people are genetically predisposed to being a vegan. And some of us are true hunters. Most fall somewhere in between.
stfu, hunting with rifles is still hunting rather you like it or not. And more often than not, it's the most humane way to kill an animal instantly.
All I can say is u have experienced a lot of s##t(what with ur Mom&wife dying..May they R.I.P) So all ur trying to do is feed ur family,while using a time honoured method Now I have'nt eaten any "Red Meat" only "Fish and Fowl" in over 25 yrs(even though I was raised by Irish☘️ immigrants in London,UK,who both came from Dairy Farming backgrounds) But I'v been living in the US for nearly 21 yrs now,and if I was a few yrs younger(fitter)I def could see myself educating and attempting to acuire the necessary skills to live this "Way of life".. And I'm a firm believer Humans are a incredibly pragmatic and adaptable species and when "Push comes to shove"their principles will soon be shelved when their stomach's start rumbling and complaining..So stay well and good luck👍
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@@Talis1717 hunting fudds are the worst kind of fudds
The fact that we have to defend "why" we hunt, tells me what the world has become... I will never not hunt! The people who think I'm wrong in that decision can stay in the grocery store and believe what they want.
trying to relearn how to hunt on my own is a bitch of a t
And now imagine what you said came out of the mouth of a poacher who just killed a big elephant bull and is now grinding its teeth into powder for a fucked up chinese dude who cant get his little Willy to stand up any more... There is good hunting for food, population control or to hunt down sick animals etc and there is also the worst kind like is described.
I've watched this video a dozen times over the last year and it still captivates me, amazing work Donnie and crew
I have to say that as a vegetarian, the only hunting I understand and maybe even accept is hunting for food. There's something about looking an animal in the eyes before eating it that gives you perspective, an understanding of impermanence and respect for its life. What I really don't understand is a meat-eater that eats 10 hamburgers a weak, buys all his meat from dreadful, inhumane companies and then complain about people who hunt their own food. The level of hypocrisy in some people is astounding.
el poet Are you truly surrounded by people who eat 10 hamburgers per week yet complain about hunting? Strange.
HooDRidEWhiteY haven't you seen all the people in the internet who complain about hunting yet eat meat? 😂
Gnarly Not really, but I usually base most of my perspective off of real life so that could be the disconnect here. Anyone who eats meat should understand that hunting is more humane and more healthy in every way. Oh well, common sense isn't common knowledge and I understand that.
HooDRidEWhiteY ah well, yeah that's better😂. Ik those people irl too haha. And yes agree. Hunting is how it's supposed to be. Too bad where I'm at it's only Iguanas, and they always go in dirty waters and such.
We don’t care fuck off
Now this would be a trip to remember, awesome, you're living the life man -'J
Thorus Zwolf It definitely was a trip to remember. Thanks for watching!
Your podcast with Joe is what gave me the inspiration to start hunting. The factory farming industry is disgusting, my partner and I just stopped buying meat from the supermarkets altogether. I'm also at uni studying wildlife biology so hearing your stories was real special. Currently writing assignments waiting for my first bow to come in the mail. Just wanted to say good job. If more people knew that hunting is crucial to ecosystem stability I'm sure that hunters would get less flack.
I'm so thankful that you were able to put this feeling into words and that your crew gave everyone a visual of what the hunt means for some of us. Stay blessed and safe travels!
Outstanding Donnie, in every way! Your words ring true. I had a wolf pack visit my camp in Idaho several years ago, and I'll never forget it. I was hunting elk solo, and the perspective of how insignificant you are at that moment in time kind of resets your soul.? Hunting allows me to reprioritize what is really important in my life; family, friends, nature, love. Thanks again for the beautiful view of your wild north.
I hunted when I was younger and stopped because I felt like hunters just killed animals for fun. My father never took home any of the meat that we had killed, even if that was his original intention. I watched this video last year and it changed something inside of me. I've started hunting again and I'm going into my second season. Thanks for the video.
Good luck on your third season Justin!!!
They tried to take your identity. Your a man Justin Burk. Hold your head up high and do what makes you happy even if others don't agree.
Good stuff Justin, the killing part of hunting is such a small part and I get why u quit, I've been thru some of the same things with certain friends, it became a numbers game to them, who could shoot the biggest buck, the most amount of deer in a year..... it wasn't fun anymore..... I have had some of the best times in the woods hunting and not killed or shot at a damn thing....
so elaborate, why did you start hunting and what did this video change inside of you ?
Show them how! Keep the tradition alive!
Love hunting and outdoors but i haven’t really hunted anything except small game like rabbits and pigeons to eat and Anyone who See's this message you are so valuable and special to Jesus, he died for your sins so that they can be forgiven ,come to him as you are doesn't matter how broken you think you are , he loves you so unconditionally no matter where you've been and he knows you personally doesn't matter what you done he'll forgive and wait for you to come to him so he can give you rest no joke he loves you so much! I was spiritually dead wanted to die didn’t care about life ,I went through so much in life physically and mentally that my feeling became num in a way and I started seeking God and He found me he revealed stuff to me and why I had to go through certain stuff in my life, only to bear more fruit in my life ,I’m not telling people about Jesus because some pastor told me to or something else I’m telling people because He gives a peace that surpasses understanding 😔👍
glad you were on the Rogan podcast, may not have found this channel if it weren't for that!
Awesome video! Best way to rid ignorance is with the power of knowledge. You folks are doing your part.
Toby Johnson Glad you enjoyed it Toby!
If I could only convince my wife that this is what I want to do as well as raise our two sons to learn to appreciate. We are already an outdoor family, cooking over a fire 3 to 4 times a week all four seasons in Canada, especially right now with my young sons being homeschooled during the pandemic. Although this incredible video won’t help to switch my wife’s perspective quite yet, I’ll let ya know in the coming years out in the mountains if she had a change of heart;)
Surely you don't need permission lol
I'm no simp, but my wife is very much in opposition to hunting. My really close friend has been super into it in Western Canada for about 15 years. He's been trying to get me out there for sometime. Certainly camping at my kids' motocross races in a tent in some pretty adverse weather conditions over the last year has helped give us a decent base 😀 , after all only a small percentage of hunters will have success on average for something like 🐑. A lot of time I have been told is dealing with the elements.
So what’s the status update? Are you a hunter now? Get those kids out there hunting
Just watched this for like the 8th time in 4 years and it still gives me goosebumps. Donnie Vincent brother we have so much in common its crazy , were just on opposite sides of the world
I still love this video. The editing, Donnie talking. It’s great, I watch it all the time.
Great pictures and very well said. I'm a hunter aswell and I can honestly say that I feel great admiration and compassion for every animal I kill. When I pull the trigger, I extinguish the flame of life at the other end, but to nourish my own, and that, I think, makes it something really beautiful. All life comes from death. "Who could love a creature more than the one that kills it, takes its flesh into its body, depends on it for survival, and sees the world through its eyes?"
Amazing imagery, extremely well spoken; chills down my spin. I love your work, keep at it guys! Love from Australia.
I watched a Canadian lynx stock three turkeys in Northern Maine last fall for about 5 minutes last fall. One of the best outdoor experiences of my life. Never would have saw it if I wasn’t out hunting. Last fall I got a nice 8 point and tons of my favorite game ruffed grouse. But that lynx encounter was the highlight of my fall. It’s not all about harvesting game it’s about the whole experience. Great video. I wish this showed up in everyone’s recommended
Respect. Not a lot of people understand hunting/fishing correctly as you detail in this video. My father passed it on to me when I was young, and I did the same for my children. Thank you for posting
Huge for eyes, huge of escape, huge of humility, a journey for the meditation. I would like knowing the music that goes with it.
can't help but watch this video multiple times. outstanding
Everytime I watch this I just feel the same as the narrative. Donnie every video and trailer you produce just portrays the hunter in the utmost positive spiritual connected way. I am not a man know for my spoken vocabulary but your truly the embassador needed for us hunters that can bring the point across.
Makes me wanna cry that I may never be able to ever experience something like that. Great respect and love to you guys.
Amazing video! I saw this at an outdoor film festival and after that all I've wanted to do is get all my hunts on film, and some friends and I have really made it a goal. Thank you for your inspiration!
🍀 Hello from Ireland 🍀 Food for the table is something I respect from any hunter , and this video has shown the truth that many choose not to see nor hear .. Most people these days fight for a cause they , "I believe" don't hear all the fact through and through. Yes of course I do understand their is a lot of cruelty in the world and many people who call them selves hunters , hunt to kill for sport .. Food to go wasted .. Your video / videos need to shown more to let people know who are where we came from .. Thank you for this video 🍀 Safe journey
Connemara Baby Thanks for watching!
You're and I respect hunters with conscious like you guys. Nothing can be more human than hunting for food. Love from Fiji 🇫🇯
“Every living man on earth is a hunter, only they haven’t discovered their true self yet”.
Fantastic statement
@@KingofRenko Tell us how you really feel.
@@KingofRenko Most other animals do it.
@@KingofRenko this is the law of nature... and we are the first in this chain , in the holy Bible, it is said that every animal on the earth is for human food ! if you don't like these videos then why do you watch them, just pass it ! My advice to you , don't be a whiny girl.
@@KingofRenko Did you even go to school?! Animals such as dogs and cats were bred and domesticated specifically for the home . If you don't know such basic things, I have nothing to talk to you about . Lose yourself in the darkness of your ignorance and pathetic fantasies heathen !!!
As an ex-vegan, I never in my life thought I’d become a hunter. Unfortunately, veganism did not bode my body well. I am still adamantly against the mass production of meat (or anything for that matter) and this video beautiful conveys what it means to get back to my roots. We belong to the land
Great work! When I get up at 4am every morning to workout to prepare for hunting season sometimes I need some motivation to get going. This does it every time. Thank you.
Michael Karr ... Brother ... I know that feeling too. I’m preparing myself, and my buddy, for hunting season this Spring. Good Hunting brother !
I absolutely love this video! This short film draws out the hunter Instinct inside of me. Huge respect for you guys thank you for this.
I have tried to live everyday of my life as a journey to self discovery and the appreciation of others and their perspective(s). This path of mine sometimes fraught with peril, sheer terror and at times overwhelming acts of love and humanity has brought me great joy. I have spent a fair amount of time in the jungles of Central America, deserts, mountains and cities. Your film is powerful and impactful. I am not a hunter. However, I certainly respect those who hunt for the same reasons as you. Many of my closest friends are hunters and some of the most amazing people I have ever known. Selfless, strong and determined. The attributes that make us human. Thank you.
I heard you on Joe Rogan....your experience and insight is fascinating. The time with the wolves that you spoke of on Joe Rogan podcast was incredible.
This video needs about 5,000,000 more views.
Daventure We agree! :)
Why? To make hunting more popular? What for? Humans hurt ecosystem enough already, fuuck off.
@@panmarek931 we are territorial like animals and we are on top of food chain. Thats what you need to know and also not be rude like this. I wonder if you are like this in person or you are internet hero like all of them are
@@panmarek931 You haven't understood anything they said in the video
@@MrDeanonline Regardless of what they said, they enjoy killing animals. They want people to admire them because they pursue their self-fulfilment. I don't see how they are any better than any supermarket customer.
Simply amazing...what a gift this film is...I will sit with it, ruminate upon it, and savor the marriage of your words and imagery...thank you.
Always loved this video! I have a big appreciation for those who get out there and hunt. Some great points.. and an even bigger appreciation for those who Bow hunt. Y'all are some skilled individuals!
I'm not a hunter, but I certainly admire those that harvest their own meat like this.
Absolutely nice film and great comments about hunting. This is also my way to live and take food to family. Go and have excellent shots! J from Finland
-iime liking this...solar my story good
Just saw this video for the first time even though it was uploaded four years ago. Great footage. Great message. I feel inspired by it. I will absolutely be digging deeper into your videos. Much respect and admiration for what you and the your crew have done here. Cheers.
Hola donnie,disfruto mucho viendo tus documentales, uno no tiene acceso a esos lugares maravillosos !!! Ser cazador es noble,tomar solo, con conocimiento y sabiduria, lo que la cadena de la fauna brinda, solo por sustento y solo por eso!! Al contrario de lo que la mayoria de las personas opinen dentro de su zona de confort ,los grandes depredadores son las factorias multinacionales ,que solo dejan devastacion en todo el planeta!!! Gracias por compartirlo,saludos!!!!
I've watched this video at least 4 times. I keep coming back and watching it because it brings the point home on the actual experience of hunting. The trophy shows on television are nothing like reality, and unfortunately those shows are all people think of when they think about hunting. This video brings the authentic hunting experience to the general public and shows them what hunting is really about. The places, the experience, the wildlife, and ultimately the goal of providing a healthy natural source of protein for your family. I wish more people saw this side instead of the shows where the guy rides his 4 wheeler out to a feeder in a cornfield and sits for 5 minutes until a buck that's been practically hand fed shows up and they shoot him. I strongly feel that you need to work for your meat, that you need to earn it. Put in the time and effort in scouting locations, hiking all day and not seeing a thing, then finally seeing an animal and having the opportunity to harvest. It's a beautiful thing.
When you're n the hand of God 24/7.. It gives you a love, trust, and fear for Him. and gratitude. Normal people are dependent on corporations and the government
Those are not normal people, normal people take care of themselves and their families and still love God!
@@stankygeorge normal people have jobs is what I'm saying, which is fine
Heard about you today on the BIg Woods Bucks podcast and glad I came looking for this short film. Great to be introduced to your work. You make me proud to be a sportsman. Thanks for what you do speaking for the hunters out there in a positive way!
3 years later and I still enjoy watching this epic video. If you ever want to hunt in NZ contact me.
Wow I would have never known about you if someone on a gaming community wouldn't have sent me here. This is beautiful work!
***** Glad you enjoyed it!
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Let me guess...Red dead?
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amen brother im sure all of the real hunters back u 100%
Everything about this......fantastic!!! Thank you! Kudos for the production quality, shooting, planning, editing......but so well done with the delivery. From a guy that shares your perspective 100 percent and happens to own a production company at the same time.......500 thumbs up!! Well done my friend.
I’ve never had any experience with hunting other than on the internet but my love eating good quality meat and my family grows a lot of our own fruit and vegetables and the feeling of eating something you’ve grown yourself is amazing I can only imagine what it’s like with something you’ve hunted
6:10 Oh an Opinel knife, this guy knows how to find a good reliable cheap blade
Well done. People say hunters a sick or messed up because they actually take the life. I say kindly that because I have taken the life of something and utilized it to it's entire potential I therefore appreciate it a not just a slab of meat, however a gift and nourishment. Every hunter is conscious of taking a life however we should be no more regretful than any other predator when doing so. Never tracking your game or even raising it yourself then killing it has so many people disconnected and around the wrong way. It Is true, those who have the convenience of being able to have a hitman kill their meat for them have it backwards and have no welfare or logical leg to stand on. Knowing that I honoured the animal by giving it a swift death and using it in it's entirety is what matters not farm animals jammed in stalls in poor conditions. Great video, however you hunt spear, bow, knife or gun support your fellow hunters, encourage ethical quality meat harvesting and most of all stand up to the bullies who contradict themselves. Thanks
SimmoAusful The problem is some hunters don't hunt like this they just go around shooting anything that moves or can hunters for example
Franklin Michael yes that is true in some cases ...there will always be a minority that spoils it for the majority no matter what it is in life ...cheers for pointing that out
You know I've never really thought of it that way before, but your right agriculture is actually more cruel than hunting is. The livestock are bred to be fat and stupid so they can be slaughtered, that is all they live for. But wildlife..they are in their natural habitat you have to outsmart them to get them
Simply because those wanna judge others while eating their Macdonald burger, fuckin stupid
So I don't really have a no or yes on hunting .cause I have been a hunter and I have not anymore..but by simply saying u eat what u kill and say a couple of hail Mary's over the forever dead animal makes it ok .really doesn't work ..yes we all came from hunting gathering but now we have cows and chickens .
that was amazing and motivating. you live the life style that our ancestors thousands of years ago only knew. those shots in this short preview was breath taking and I respect you for all that you are doing out there in the wild.
best video on youtube gives me goosebumps everytime
Hunting isn't the issue, hunting is perfectly ethical to the standards of natural order. It's going back to 'The way We Should Be'. What's not ethical is our methods of industrial scale consumption of meat, and all these ppl hating on hunting are probably consuming animals that were squeezed into tiny pens for their whole lives with fungal infections and diseases before they get squeezed into a smaller pen and get a bolt in the head or knife to the neck. People are so ignorant these days to what are the REAL ISSUES that they're constantly criticizing the things that we should be taking example from. That's not me saying everyone should hunt for their meals obviously. That's me saying, hunting is becoming a part of and appreciating the source of our meat and therefor should be something respected (when done right).
The Creator gave us human beings dominion over the animals...no explanations needed...brother. Peace and love to all humanity.
The Lord has blessed the earth and man... some of us... know ...it. Some day... not all that far away, they will all realize this. Worry not Donnie! Her greatest lesson is harmony. Does us good to see your part well done!
You my man are living the life of every wild man's mind. Some amazing places and amazing journey!
Fantastic video - a joy to watch :)
John Davidson Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video!!!
Where. Can I get the music playing throughout this video? It was a great video by the way.
Awesome narrative. Ever since as a boy reading,’To build a fire’ by Jack London, I have been intrigued by the Northern Territory. I have never been there, but through people like you I get a glimpse, a feeling of awe, of what I have missed. To be a responsible hunter, I have no problem with that. It’s the trophy hunters I abhor. Take good care hunter man, Thank you.
great job! the extraordinary feelings has come after I've seen this video... thank you !
Splendid ! You're are able to combine the primal aspects of life, without ever losing an ounce of respect for nature and the prey.
Peekingduck Glad you enjoyed the short film!
I have watched this video literally a hundred times. Love the way you explain hunting, in a similar way this is how I envision spearfishing. Thanks for the inspiration Donnie.
And I love the soundtrack you put behind it, awesome!
Adventureman Dan Spearfishing is totally unnecessary suffering for the feeling creatures like fish are. Fish also feel pain quite similar way as other vertebrates do. No one's hobby should not be other's suffering. Or if you think to put food in the table, fish or other meat is not optimal diet for humans. And there is lots of better and less pain and suffering causing ways to get fish in the table than penetrating their bodies with spears(which is in many case torturing and pure cruelty to animals).
Amazing, puts everything in a whole new perspective and I have respect for you guys. Don’t stop doing the things you love for the right reasons. Great film 👏🏻
Ive been a hunter in Australia for many years now and this is one of the best videos i've seen! Wish i could have told all the haters that critcised my hunting all the things you pointed out. Definitely a fan now, keep up the awesome work. Thanks again
One more thing you're the man standing eye to eye big grizzly smelling his breath you have my respect love to hunt with you sometime
Hunting is deep within the soul, to ignore it is to become lost.
never read such nonsense. hunting equals killing. so what your basically saying is that killing is within the soul. wow!
@@Valeria-hy1ey it's true. There is a action and reward circuit in the brain that specializes in tracking objects/prey with the eyes, and cooperating with other hunters. Humans and their ancestors have been killing for half a million years. Killing feels good for most men, that's why you see more men than women playing FPS games and hunting.
@@Valeria-hy1ey Have you never been around a bunch of kindergartners? Once it gets them they do everything just to get the feeling that they are hunting something, lol... It's in us in one way or another, can't deny that
@@michaelam9738 yes I have been around children and no I never witnessed anything like that. when you look at the human evolution you will find that the first humans (Australopithecus) actually were vegetarians/ lived on a plant-based diet. The meat consumption started later in the evolution. And the big amount of meat we eat nowadays started 100-200 years ago because of the industrialisazion...I would say maybe the children you observed just showed behavior of collectors and not hunters ;)
@@Valeria-hy1ey Yeah, truly pure gatherers the kids were, trying to spear a squirrel... Anyways, yes, gathering allways was a giant part of our life, and that is very deeply ingrained within us too, but so is hunting, even if it started later. The way and amount we eat meat nowadays is ofcourse ridiculous and not good for us or natural at all, but our ancestors did hunt actively and very well and eat meat and did develop the urges to hunt, so kill, that we still feel nowadays.
Fantastic!!! These guys are living my childhood dreams.. Back then I didn't know how to balance a natural life with a financial existence.. No one was there to teach me.. Financial existence won out and my dreams waited.. I say "good on you guys" for finding a way to support the life you love and share it with others in a way that promotes your ability to continue on your path.. Again, Fantastic!!! Yours is truly a life worthy of itself..
"Autumn surprised me in the midst of these uncertainties; I entered with delight on the months of storms. Sometimes I wanted to be a warrior wandering among those winds, clouds, phantoms; sometimes I went so far as to envy the shepherd’s lot, whom I saw warming his hands at a humble brushwood fire which he had lit at the corner of a wood. I listened to his melancholy songs, which reminded me that in every country the natural human singing voice is sad, even when it expresses happiness. Our heart is an unfinished instrument, a lyre lacking some of its strings, on which we are forced to render the accents of joy in a tone dedicated to sighs." "Rene" by Chateaubriand
If it wasn't for hunters, we still be swinging from trees eating berry's. Its truly sad our society attempts to de masculinize men by shaming our inherent male instinct to provide. I live in the pacific northwest, I haven't game hunted, but I fish regularly, I totally respect this man.
Jesus how much money the whole experience might costs. Equipment, Planes, Boats, Horses... I need to get wealthy asap to have that soon!
But remember that there is only maybe 1% of hunters who have all the stuff these guys have. You don't need planes, horses and expensive bows to be great hunter. And I don't mean that if you have money to buy those things you shouldn't. I am saying that you can be hunter with only a gun/bow&arrow. That is what the most people have. Couple guns or bows and arrows. Maybe dogs. And they can be great hunters. It is not the money you spend on equipments and traveling. It is the experience you get from going to wilderness and managing to catch your deer or rabbit. That is what hunting is. Experiences with your friends or family and doing what you love to do.
@@ymparipohjolaa887 Gotya. I am a german hunter since last month by school. Am doing a lot of outdoor stuff with my ex army boys. However seeing this adventure and knowing what we spent and planned for our "not-so-easy" trips just stuns me. This is def our goal but boy the road to that equipment and possibilities means lifetime commitment.
@@xetra1155 yeah I know. That is everyones dream im ngl
Went on my first Elk hunt in Utah last weekend. It was an incredible experience I will never forget. I now understand what Donnie means in this video. Hunter for life.
This video just says something that I really can’t explain just what hunting means to people is mind blowing. I have never hunted before but after watching this I cannot wait to learn how to hunt and teach my kids how cause after seeing this video everyone needs too. It’s just amazing I have watched this video over 10 times and it’s better every time it truly is
*is being hunted by wolves “AMAZING”
I'd rather be hunted by wolves than the human rat race many are prey to!
Yes! Especially when your the Alfa male!
hunted is probably a bit of exaggeration, just stalked and checked out! If the wolves were really hunting and the guys were only armed with bow and arrows and knives and not a handgun it‘s fair to say he wouldn’t be here to tell the story 😂
@@xx-dt8hm Totally agree with you, we have had two separate wolf packs run through our line of bow hunters whilst calling and hunting moose in N.W.Ontario. One of the most exhilarating experiences in my life to be at ground level with a pack of wolves.
In the world where money has no meaning, who would survive? ;) I would love to try this kind of life where you must hunt in order to survive.
I come back to this video twice a year, incredible
Just a gorgeous film... beautifully crafted... amazing.
When I hunt I feel alive and I feel productive, I can feel the hunting spirits of my native ancestors
You are sooo wrong!!!!
@@adrianaghitoaie2996 go to the store and enjoy your processed meat while I eat what I hunt, a lot cheaper too
@@adrianaghitoaie2996 What is he wrong about?
@@donwade_ Nice to know the deer I'm eating wasn't fed on exclusively corn, bone meal, antibiotics and hormones...
@@michaelam9738 exactly
What is the background music? Anyone know??
Its so beautiful right?
Did you end up finding it, i can’t find it anywhere
Absolutely fantastic. These are filmmaking goals.
One of the best videos I've ever seen if not the best. I am with you brother. God made all of these animals for us to use, Great job. God be with you on every step of your journey.
I really don’t see how hunting would be ’controversial’. Sure, there are some extremists but most people, the vast majority, at least here in Sweden, don’t see hunting as controversial. In fact, Inwould say most people here view game as preferable to farm-raised meat. Mybe it’s controversial among US coastal types, but for most people in northern countries it’s definately not.
2:44 Kinda sad to see plastic lying around in such a remote and just amazingly beautiful place :/
What a amazing story telling film. Enjoyed every second of it. Great Job.
Incredible footage and you nailed it brother. 👌👌
Unfortunately the Darwin affect no longer takes the winter kill on humans who don't produce. Now we must rely on Darwin Awards for this. I wish all people were made to hunt for there own food for some time in their life. I believe environmental laws should all be written and monitored around the ability for all to produce their own food if needed.
An interesting theory -- and I mean that; that's not snark. I like it in principle. But am I wrong in suspecting that would make most cities beyond a certain size (and I'm guessing on the order of at most tens of thousands, possibly just thousands) illegal? How is it even remotely possible for someone in a megalopolis like NY (metro area ~ 20m), LA (~13m), or even St Louis (~3m) to produce their own food supply?
I fully understand what you mean and what you do. And I can also see that you are a good man, with the respect to the nature. However to be honest with you you are going backwards and you reactionary. Yes, our ancestors have hunted, but it does not say we have to do that. They have hunted and they have to eat food which is not optimal for them(meat) because there was not any better sources available. Our ancestor also killed, raped and did violence to other humans, does that mean we have to do so too or that it is justification to do so? Yes, we have urge to hunt, but we also have urge to be violent to others. You say that you go with urge to hunt when some other people say that hunting is wrong. There is no need for kill other animals(yes a human is an animal too), why do so because of hobby and because of urge to do so? We see that to be violent to others or kill other humans is wrong too. With your logic it is OK to be violent to other humans or kill them because our ancestors did that. And if modern society falls down, then we must fight and kill other humans for surviving. Can you see analogy between that and regarding what was your argumentation? Truth is that in human evolution we have created of certain type features which really makes us to be humans. Every animal has their own special features which make them what they are. Our features which really make us what we fundamentally are, are for example rationalism, empathy, compassion and moral. By living through these features we redeem our humanity and we became what we really are. You are not cultivating these features, you are looking back to the history of human evolution. Your hobby or lifestyle is to stimulate primitive aspects to be humans, but right thing would be stimulating features which make us today what we are and what is most important to help us to develop even greater. We can respect where we have come, but we do not need to be attached to it, that is declining situation.
Isocatch Do you eat meat?
Skeggs: I don't think he does... otherwise he would be a MONSTROUS hypocrite :D Isocatch: I see your point, albeit I don't agree. Anyway, I wish rationalism, empathy, compassion and morals were the only things that define our species. There is also unprecedented, organized brutality... if ethics are this paramount to you (which is not a bad thing at all), why do you concern youself so much with hunting, a natural form of violence? Isn't the man-made violence worse? Don't factory farm animals live and die in worse conditions than game?
Skeggs of Horkabjork Couple of times in the year I eat wild trout when I am having a longer(couple of weeks) hiking in the wilderness. Otherwise no meat, specially not any animal products form the horrible factory farming. Many aspects are against eating meat and drinking milk. Basically meat and milk are unnatural foods for human body and far away from the ideal food for humans. Human animal is not meant to eat meat. Human anatomy and physiology is not "designed" to use meat as a source of nutrition(or only very little of meat, about 0 - 150 grams in month). Milk is 100% bad for for humans, excluding human milk as a source of nutrition when we are age of infants. Teeth, length of the intestines, time of digestion, hydrochloric acid, salivary glans, fiber requirements to stimulate peristalsis etc. are different compared to animals which are carnivores. With all these anatomical and physiological differences, it is easy to understand that meat is also very unhealthy. And specially in the context of factory farming we torture and cause lots of suffering to other living creatures just that we can eat unnatural and unhealthy food which makes us sick. Eating meat causes for example cardiovascular diseases, intestinal, bowel and rectal cancers and diabetes. Eating meat also makes you look older more faster because of free radicals which has effect to your cell's functions. Also reduce body's recovery time from stimulus like physical exercises.
+Kryštof Pazdera Isocatch is right and like his(I think Isocatch is a man?) writing shows he has deeper thoughts about the matter and things. He does not wrote that empathy, rationalism, compassion and morals are ONLY features, but he wrote those features really makes what we are as a human beings. And those features we should emphasize and cultivate, not bad features like brutality. If you emphasize human features which are primitive, you take energy out of from those features which really makes us to be humans and which will develop and civilize us. Emphasizing and cultivating primitive features, like urge to hunt and kill, It is like emphasize crawl on all fours when we have also potential and ability to walk with two feet.
Amen! What a beautiful statement and thanks for the try to explain what we are ! Really Awesome Thank you from Germany Take care🙏👍
Beautiful work, so grateful to get a look into what you do and what hunting can be.
All I could see is people with a lot of money.
I mean, yeah, but I'll take rich people hunting for food over rich people shooting lions, eating beluga caviar, racing jet skis over coral reefs and snorting mountains of coke. Any day.
Provide people with enough value and maybe some day you too will have a lot of money..
@Jared Greenwald This is not true. So many people provide enough value and will never have a lot of money. This is not how the world works. Maybe it depends on ur term of value. But usually value is taken from somewhere at some point. Don't make th world easier at it is (sorry but that is what ur comment seems to me)
You must be poor.
@@grafforbust depends on ur term of poor but now i suspect that u are, poor u.
This video is just so well made and beautiful, it made me want to ger into hunting like you do. There is just something about hunting and the whole experience of being in nature that I have loved my whole life. Thank you for this amazing video
incredible. great respect. keep strong. cheers!
Amazing footage. I appreciate the message. Keep going strong.