TheWanderer
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- Feb 11, 2012
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So I've been filming some of my hunts and am looking to do more and better with a couple friends and its been a lot of fun.
Today I went over to a local refuge to sign up for a spring turkey hunt they have. In the course of filling out the application I ask if my buddy draws the permit and I don't can I call and tag along and they say "Yes." I ask can I bring my camera and film and they say "Absolutely not."
They stated that still photography is fine but any filming is prohibited in all refuges because they have no way of knowing what is intended to be commercialized and what won't be. They said that the Forestry Department (federal) has a defined application process for this, but that the refuge systems fall under US Fish and Wildlife which falls under the Department of the Interior and there is no well defined process to approve filming on areas under their control. I asked isn't BLM under that umbrella and they say yes.
Soooo doesn't Randy film on BLM? Is there really no defined process for this?
Looking to learn more about this and the differences between national forest land and land under the Dept of Interior. Hoping to have some fun filming hunts (I'm not out there for a TV contract)
Today I went over to a local refuge to sign up for a spring turkey hunt they have. In the course of filling out the application I ask if my buddy draws the permit and I don't can I call and tag along and they say "Yes." I ask can I bring my camera and film and they say "Absolutely not."
They stated that still photography is fine but any filming is prohibited in all refuges because they have no way of knowing what is intended to be commercialized and what won't be. They said that the Forestry Department (federal) has a defined application process for this, but that the refuge systems fall under US Fish and Wildlife which falls under the Department of the Interior and there is no well defined process to approve filming on areas under their control. I asked isn't BLM under that umbrella and they say yes.
Soooo doesn't Randy film on BLM? Is there really no defined process for this?
Looking to learn more about this and the differences between national forest land and land under the Dept of Interior. Hoping to have some fun filming hunts (I'm not out there for a TV contract)