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There has been a lot of discussion lately about the new video Essential Encounters: Primal Dreams II by Wensel/Mitten Productions. David Petersen has written a review of this film, which has been posted as a Feature Article on this site. We welcome your comments as well.
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Hmmmm. That’s a mighty glowing review. It sounds like these films are in the style of the Fred Bear films. Curious that his name wasn’t mentioned except that one of his guides is interviewed in the extra stuff…
I guess I’ll have to break down and buy a hunting video, and see for myself. I’ve never watched the outhouse channel 😯 , nor do I own any hunting videos other than the Fred Bear ones. But I have seen enough of them to know about the off-putting mentality you speak of.
If I end up wasting my money 👿 😈 …
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Steve Graf wrote: Hmmmm. That’s a mighty glowing review. It sounds like these films are in the style of the Fred Bear films. Curious that his name wasn’t mentioned except that one of his guides is interviewed in the extra stuff…
I guess I’ll have to break down and buy a hunting video, and see for myself. I’ve never watched the outhouse channel 😯 , nor do I own any hunting videos other than the Fred Bear ones. But I have seen enough of them to know about the off-putting mentality you speak of.
If I end up wasting my money 👿 😈 …
Steve,
I think you will be very impressed with the two DVD’s…
Ireland
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I like the second video well enough, but it is the first that I like the best, Primal Dreams. This is because it is such a well done wildlife video, without the killing. Non hunters that I show the video to really enjoy it. And so when you tell them that the video was done by hunters, many are surprised. They seem to think our view of the outdoors is vastly different then their own view.
And so we find common ground in this first video, and it opens a few eyes to hunting, but ethical hunting. And that is what video #2 brings to the table. We need more of this, and less of the derogatory rhetoric of the commercial hunting product ho-shows on cable tv. Humility in the taking of an animal is important, as is our understanding of our place in the wild. The videos are well done efforts, and much appreciated.
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WIcanner — I would have to go back and check to confirm this, but I believe Essential Encounters is set up where most of the best wildlife sections have no killing. That is, there are arrows flying in some “chapters” and not in others. By using menu-select, it should be easy to “edit” a version of the film with no killing. At least that’s what crossed my mind while watching it. dp
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