BRO Breakup

[Jethro]

Nothing lasts forever. So no reason to expect that group would stay together. I don't know which one Eric was.

We make fun of them now as just another youtube bunch forcing material for clicks, likes, and to stay relevant. The truth is though, that first year of LOF series remains some of the most entertaining elk hunting I've ever watched. By season 3 I was only watching if title showed a dead bull and by season 4 don't watch at all. Nothing lasts forever.

And yes, my opinion is nobody did more to promote the western hunting "everyone get a tag and you can do it to" phenomenon as these guys. So I understand if somebody doesn't like them cause of it.

 

[AnnualRye]

I queued up YouTube and...


Their best days ended about 2018. They seemed genuine back then. I liked their videos and older DVDs. Then they turned into corporate shills, started hunting private land for "content," and made a grab-assing mockery out of hunting (Dirk and Trent playing WWE Halloween dress up in the backcountry).

Consequently, the public land I hunt for deer and elk started to have rigs with BRO window stickers on every spur road, with flat-brimned idiots bugling without rhyme or reason like they were auditioning for 1st chair in the marching band. Call me a gatekeeper or elitist all you want, but their recruitment of new hunters to flood public land to put on a First Lite fashion show and parade Hoyts around the woods ruined hunting for a lot of us, while they reaped the financial benefits and ran off to far away lands on either private land, or choice spots the fine folks at OnX or *insert other big name hunting company* had picked out for them ahead of time.

I don't watch any of these clowns anymore, or anyone else who whores out hunting for "clicks", "likes" and "subscribes."

 

[Grundy53]

Yeah I stopped watching just about all of it a handful of years back when i realized that I was actively contributing to my own pain and misery of it being much harder to get tags in my own state. I had a guilty pleasure of hunting videos, but these days living vicariously doesn’t cut it at all. Also I think when you get out and hunt a bunch and become somewhat proficient at it a lot of these videos are extremely cringey, and do not promote the ethical or conservation side of hunting. Hunting is best lived through the eyes of the hunter and stories around a camp fire.

Well said

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[LFC911]

Call me a gatekeeper or elitist all you want, but their recruitment of new hunters to flood public land to put on a First Lite fashion show and parade Hoyts around the woods ruined hunting for a lot of us, while they reaped the financial benefits and ran off to far away lands on either private land, or choice spots the fine folks at OnX or *insert other big name hunting company* had picked out for them ahead of time.

I don't watch any of these clowns anymore, or anyone else who whores out hunting for "clicks", "likes" and "subscribes."

Hey i resemble that Hoyt and FL statement and i will admit, they probably influenced me to look at and buy FL when they were wearing their predator camo but i was a Hoyt fan, way before BRO's LOL

 

[AnnualRye]

Hey i resemble that Hoyt and FL statement and i will admit, they probably influenced me to look at and buy FL when they were wearing their predator camo but i was a Hoyt fan, way before BRO's LOL

Those were just the first brands to come to mind they used to peddle. And I'm not saying they aren't good products! No judgment.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Hey i resemble that Hoyt and FL statement and i will admit, they probably influenced me to look at and buy FL when they were wearing their predator camo but i was a Hoyt fan, way before BRO's LOL

Yeah I bought a grip of FL with 40% off vet discount, these days I’m apt to look elsewhere, seems like when they got huge as a company their quality went wayyy down. I’ve burned through stuff like shirts in a season I have some old asat stuff from them that’s going strong though

 

[el_jefe_pescado]

Real question: Does anyone know if these guys have/need special use permits for filming on USFS ground?

I've always wondered this.