Another influencer in the pisser?

[ozyclint]

I always wondered how this crew could survive WITHOUT poaching. I mean, social media is very much a "feed the beast" content bazaar. Stuff that's 2 months old is worthless - people always want to see something new. But there just aren't that many hunting seasons, even spread out over multiple states. Scheduling must be a bear, and I have to imagine there's a lot of pressure to poach even if nobody talks about it.

Not to mention using thermals without letting on they're using thermals.

 

[Dioni A]

Funny enough I bumped into him and his wife & kids in the backcountry yesterday. He lives just up the road from me…I had no idea about any of this. We had a nice little chat. When I saw this thread, that’s the first thing I thought of too. Hope it’s not what it seems to be, and hopefully their family can get through it. I’m not going to condone intentional wrongdoing, and I’m not generally a fan of the “hunting influencer” concept, but I also hate to see the ill will and vitriol towards others.


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It's borderline scary how quick some people are to get their torches and pitchforks ready to crucify someone. I Read some of the people's comments on here and it's obvious they have no idea who they're casting shade towards. The whole thing is sad. If he did it that's sad. People's ill will is sad and the general disposition of some of the people making the comments is sad.

 

[tater]

All human behaviour is incentive driven.
When dopamine hits and dollars are the bigger incentives than the integrity and honour of the pursuit you will always see a race to the bottom of human behaviours.
This is just the latest example in the "hunting sphere".
You see it in all aspects of life now.

 

[Dioni A]

On a more positive note. Didn't realize I could look myself up up in that site. I was a much worse driver when I was young. Lol

 

[Jon Boy]

I’ll agree with some that it seems out of character from what I know of him. But I guess I’m not sure what kind of pressure SM puts on these guys. When you look at alwine, muley freak, bowmars etc it seems as if they are no bounds with them. I can’t imagine what other things those guys do- cheating stealing poaching etc. if all my businesses, family, and life revolved around hunting and had the following they all do I feel like I would clear steer of any sort of conflict. Really curious who has the details of what. Was it a wolf that a deer or elk tag didn’t get put on? Or was there mulitiple big bucks getting shot for content?

 

[Hnthrdr]

It seems you took the previous "dumbest comment of 2025" as a challenge.

1. Politics: There's a significant and relatively powerful sector of the US population that would ban all hunting if given the opportunity. People tend to only care about what directly affects them. The worst thing that could happen to hunting is for the general public to become oblivious to its existence. When the next crazy lefty takes office and tries to regulate us to death or sell off public land we're screwed without the media and the "influencers" who have the reach to influence the general population. Like it or not the future of hunting needs them. Unless you have a better idea? I can say with confidence that it's not the gatekeepers here.

2. Economics: The reason we enjoy the gear that we do at "reasonable" prices is solely because there is a market for these products that incentivizes companies like Exo Mtn to bring to market quality products. The scale of the customer base is why this gear is only expensive and not at unobtainable prices. You can think social media and these "influencers" for scaling a small niche market to something that can demand innovation at cost effective prices.

3. Morality: The fact that so many people here would condemn a man because the state has accused him of breaking their rules is incredibly disappointing. As of now I've seen no details on the offenses nor have I seen a conviction. Did I miss it? FWIW, I've never heard of the guy before today.

Thinking that people posting pictures or videos of dead and dying animals is somehow going to sway the public in our favor is freaking the most laughable thing ever. Most people view hunting positively from having family or friends that hunt and share meat, watching YouTube’s of dudes dusting bucks at 700 yards and back slapping after 15 shots is not spreading the right message.

 

[Ucsdryder]

It's borderline scary how quick some people are to get their torches and pitchforks ready to crucify someone. I Read some of the people's comments on here and it's obvious they have no idea who they're casting shade towards. The whole thing is sad. If he did it that's sad. People's ill will is sad and the general disposition of some of the people making the comments is sad.

Influencers that don’t break the law are borderline intolerable so I don’t think it’s scary or even surprising people’s reaction to these things.

 

[Dioni A]

Influencers that don’t break the law are borderline intolerable so I don’t think it’s scary or even surprising people’s reaction to these things.

I agree that most of them are insufferable. Doesn't make it right to be an A-hole on the internet. Folks get behind a keyboard and think it's license to say anything they want about whoever they don't like. Some people would be better served to say a lot less publicly.
EDIT TO ADD- I fully support aggressive levels of memes!

 

[180ls1]

Saw this recently, he has another one where he claims to beat a corrupt ID LE.

This is not me taking sides, but while were all gossiping and sipping Starbucks I figured I would share.

 

[RyanT26]

It's borderline scary how quick some people are to get their torches and pitchforks ready to crucify someone. I Read some of the people's comments on here and it's obvious they have no idea who they're casting shade towards. The whole thing is sad. If he did it that's sad. People's ill will is sad and the general disposition of some of the people making the comments is sad.

I hear ya, but unfortunately, for Ryan he chose to be part of the hunting industry which is a group of people that have decided to make a living off the commercialization of a resource we all enjoy.
The hunting industry and the hunting community as a whole are two separate and totally different things.
Time will tell if the charges are pled down, he pleads guilty, or whatever other options he might have.
I’m sure there’s plenty of people that think CJ Alexander, Greentree, MF, gritty, and the Bowmar’s are really good people and don’t deserve the shade. But they do.

 

[KenLee]

Step up, thermals are better....

Doesn't hurt as much to chuck a Q-beam out the window.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Don’t know the guy, don’t know his content, but that’s because I made the personal choice to refrain from any social media sites all together. Which I’d recommend to anybody if they want a boost in overall quality of life.

In general “hunting content” on sites not dedicated towards what we do is a huge swing and miss in my opinion.

In saying that, I think a decent person can make a stupid choice or choices and have to deal with consequences. I seriously doubt this guy would have poached if it weren’t for pressure from social media to “perform” or whatever it is guys do on there for hunting stuff.

Being quick to crucify someone behind a keyboard is a bit cheap when we don’t have all the facts but I understand “hunters” not wanting “that behavior” representing us to “the masses” if you will.

I will say this… I’d imagine if this guy could go back in time and never become “internet famous” and just hunt and live he’d take it.

 

[RyanT26]

Saw this recently, he has another one where he claims to beat a corrupt ID LE.

This is not me taking sides, but while were all gossiping and sipping Starbucks I figured I would share.

And every person in prison is innocent. Every single one was framed.

 

[Dioni A]

Don’t know the guy, don’t know his content, but that’s because I made the personal choice to refrain from any social media sites all together. Which I’d recommend to anybody if they want a boost in overall quality of life.

Hate to break it to you but rokslide is social media....

 

[woods89]

Don’t know the guy, don’t know his content, but that’s because I made the personal choice to refrain from any social media sites all together. Which I’d recommend to anybody if they want a boost in overall quality of life.

In general “hunting content” on sites not dedicated towards what we do is a huge swing and miss in my opinion.

In saying that, I think a decent person can make a stupid choice or choices and have to deal with consequences. I seriously doubt this guy would have poached if it weren’t for pressure from social media to “perform” or whatever it is guys do on there for hunting stuff.

Being quick to crucify someone behind a keyboard is a bit cheap when we don’t have all the facts but I understand “hunters” not wanting “that behavior” representing us to “the masses” if you will.

I will say this… I’d imagine if this guy could go back in time and never become “internet famous” and just hunt and live he’d take it.

Well said. Especially the part about just hunting for fun.

 

[woods89]

Hate to break it to you but rokslide is social media....

In the same way that ibuprofren and fentanyl are both drugs........

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Hate to break it to you but rokslide is social media....

I supposed so. A bit unique from what I gather though.

 

[tipsntails7]

It seems you took the previous "dumbest comment of 2025" as a challenge.

1. Politics: There's a significant and relatively powerful sector of the US population that would ban all hunting if given the opportunity. People tend to only care about what directly affects them. The worst thing that could happen to hunting is for the general public to become oblivious to its existence. When the next crazy lefty takes office and tries to regulate us to death or sell off public land we're screwed without the media and the "influencers" who have the reach to influence the general population. Like it or not the future of hunting needs them. Unless you have a better idea? I can say with confidence that it's not the gatekeepers here.

2. Economics: The reason we enjoy the gear that we do at "reasonable" prices is solely because there is a market for these products that incentivizes companies like Exo Mtn to bring to market quality products. The scale of the customer base is why this gear is only expensive and not at unobtainable prices. You can think social media and these "influencers" for scaling a small niche market to something that can demand innovation at cost effective prices.

3. Morality: The fact that so many people here would condemn a man because the state has accused him of breaking their rules is incredibly disappointing. As of now I've seen no details on the offenses nor have I seen a conviction. Did I miss it? FWIW, I've never heard of the guy before today.

Couple things.

1. Hunting to the general public is non existent, with a majority having basically no idea about it. There’s a vocal minority that would love to see it gone, and when individuals who “represent” hunters in these type of mainstream social formats do stuff like this, it’s extra fuel on the fire. Whoever this guy is, is not moving the needle for anyone in relation to the general public, except for this potential black eye. Social media personalities are a dime a dozen, and there’s less than a handful that I would ever point to and say they are a good representation for our community. The list is almost endless at this point of influencers that have embarrassed the hunting community after preaching what it is to be a hunter. 30 second clips of a guy smoking a bear and fist pumping his friend are nothing but detrimental and that’s because hunting can’t be explained to the general public in a 30 second reel, or a 30 minute video. It has nuance, and means something a little different to each one of us.

I’m not sure why you brought politics into it, but as a point of clarification, the “crazy left” are the only ones in the past 20 years that have done anything to protect public lands. Republicans have been introducing land sale bills for the better part of 30 years at this point.

The future of hunting needs everyday hunters to be good stewards of the land, and represent themselves well with their local people in their local communities.

2. I’d rather hunting companies stay smaller than continue to expand. There’s not a single company that started small that has either grown or been bought that’s not worse off then they were, at least from a customer standpoint. Theres also been a mass introduction of complete garbage, fads, cons etc.

Outdoor activities in general have grown, camping, hiking, biking etc. Pinning the 8% growth of hunters over the last 20 years solely on “influencers” is a bit of a stretch.

Not to be disparaging, but hunting companies rarely “innovate” outside of very few instances, they are simply adopting technology, strategy, fabrics etc that technical outdoor gear providers have already adopted and used. Before they existed, mountain hunters used technical mountain clothing, mountain packs, mountain footwear etc.

3. No idea who this is, but generally you don’t catch game violations and beat them. You either get caught in the act, or clearly have the evidence that you did it. State wildlife agencies don’t really hand them out at this scale unless they have the evidence they need.


My opinion, social media and influencers are a net negative for the hunting community. Like mentioned earlier there are less than a handful that I would show their content to my non-hunting friends. Compare that to the thousands of hours of content that’s either a poor representation, or a glorified gear add.

Your mileage may very though.

 

[ColPenguin]

I can see that. But Peax is looking to benefit from Lampers fame he achieved partially by poaching.

It looks to me like Peax Equipment purchased his design and put their own branding on it. In no way are they promoting his brand, StHealthy Hunter, or him at all.

 

[OXN939]

I agree that most of them are insufferable. Doesn't make it right to be an A-hole on the internet.

Partially agreed with this one. Like it or not, the influencers with big audiences on social media are speaking for you and I, as millions of non- hunting voters view their content and form opinions on our sport based upon what they see. So, when one of them makes the decision to abuse the resource for personal gain, it is absolutely incumbent upon the rest of us to hold them accountable. If we don't, it's a win for the antis and a loss for conservation.

I don't know this dude and hope everything ends up being totally false. But in this day and age, this is how you pay to play. If you post yourself everywhere with dead animals for free stuff, you had better expect to be held to a higher standard, because you're representing us all.