Definitely a pet peeve of mine 15 min of guys explaining what they are doing. BRO group set the stage for this putting 45 min of everyday online regardless if they saw anything or not. I get trying to tell a story and capture the struggle but man it got painful in a hurry. So now no animal footage is the norm, a lot of face shots talking followed by a recovery sequence. I don't watch hunting shows to see guys walking around telling me what they saw! Give me some elk please! Close, far, grainy, shaky, noisy, quiet it is all better than looking at your pretty manicured beard telling us about your hunt. You have something people can learn from great, I doubt any content over 5% would qualify on the top end guys.
I get elk hunting is hard to film, I've been trying forever. I actually tried to strap a 8mm cameral to a pack frame 20+ years ago trying miserably to self film hunts. I've gotten lots of bear footage (baiting in a tree stand lends to easy footage), but calling elk especially solo has eluded me even with new tech advances.