Matt Rinella knocking it outta the park

[Gerald Martin]

Just for the record, Cam and Rogan are fair game for mockery. They invite it with the type of media they put out for clicks and likes

 

[SaskHunter]

Agreed. Family is important. To throw away a relationship over something like this is wild. Does Matt expect Steve to abandon what he's built? Sad to see, but I'm not throwing away my success because a sibling decided to take a stance against it.

Is it jealousy of Steves success?

The same people here who support Matt are the same ones constantly posting and sharing hunt stories and photos here. Ironically, one of the things Matt hates...

That's a fair take. But in a different world Steve Rinella could also take a hard look at what his business has become and the negative impacts it's had on most hunters. He could use his platform to advocate some of his brother's takes and adjust MeatEater's course. Hunt Quietly lays out what hunting non-profits, orgs and business do, or don't do, to help wildlife and improve hunter satisfaction. Sure MeatEater has taken a stance on corner crossing and have done a lot for this particular case (and maybe others) but they also are part of the reason why hunting hasn't gotten any better. One step forward two steps back.

Matt Rinella's going against his brother and crew being disingenuous, lying by omition, and doing everything they can to sell merch/recruit.

I love my brother but if he negatively impacted my hunting I'd be f&cking pissed too.

 

[rjthehunter]

That's a fair take. But in a different world Steve Rinella could also take a hard look at what his business has become and the negative impacts it's had on most hunters. He could use his platform to advocate some of his brother's takes and adjust MeatEater's course. Hunt Quietly lays out what hunting non-profits, orgs and business do, or don't do, to help wildlife and improve hunter satisfaction. Sure MeatEater has taken a stance on corner crossing and have done a lot for this particular case (and maybe others) but they also are part of the reason why hunting hasn't gotten any better. One step forward two steps back.

Matt Rinella's going against his brother and crew being disingenuous, lying by omition, and doing everything they can to sell merch/recruit.

I love my brother but if he negatively impacted my hunting I'd be f&cking pissed too.

Do you see the irony in a hunting brand promoting Matt's take??? I can guarantee meateater isn't having a negative impact on most hunters. Quite the opposite.

And now I'm curious, how has Steve & meateater negatively affected you as a hunter?

 

[brymoore]

Matt responded later today and said the estrangement is not hunting related.

As the world turns.

 

[Matthew57]

Do you see the irony in a hunting brand promoting Matt's take??? I can guarantee meateater isn't having a negative impact on most hunters. Quite the opposite.

And now I'm curious, how has Steve & meateater negatively affected you as a hunter?

Not Steve but just this year an influencer hunted near where I usually do. It’s pretty obvious where it is located, when people saw the photos there wasn’t really a question. I was told no by that landowner. I moved on, but later a friend sent me their social media post and I went ah, makes sense. This spring I bumped into two influencers from Seattle hunting my favorite turkey spot. Steve hunted and spilled where he was in an area I’ve dreamt of hunting that already has tough draw odds. I don’t deny he’s been a big help on lots of access issues, but these examples have been aggravating to me personally. You may not feel negatively impacted in the same way I do.

 

[huntin24/7]

It’s hard not to at least appreciate Matt a little bit for ripping on influencers even if he probably takes it too far. I think he says what a lot of us are thinking, especially those of us living out west.

 

[lastlight]

Putting up YouTube podcast views as if anyone watches videoless podcasts no matter the producer is both disingenuous and stupid. All the podcast numbers come from Spotify/apple. I’m not at liberty to give numbers but it might surprise people, might not. He’s got 20k followers and growing. No one at HQ expects Meateater type numbers and it’s besides the point.

Lots of points Matt and others are making go over peoples heads really easily. You have an org like BHA who push R3 to satisfy their corporate donors now being led by a corporate donor lol. This is the same shit as when a FDA official retires to work for a pharmaceutical company they regulated. It’s a conflict of interest, and if that ain’t clearly obvious to you….I think Ryan believes everything he says and does as a good thing, and a lot is. But to pretend R3, over crowding, opportunity vanishing everyday, etc isn’t an issue for our way of life and that Meateater and BHA don’t contribute in big ways to these issues is straight bullshit!

No influencer will ever answer this question honestly - Why can’t they help fight issues like corner crossing and public land sales without filming dead animals or selling something? Giving away spots, how to video everything every single year! wtf. Why do Randy’s kill videos (he said so himself) have so many more views than the more important ones like conservation and policy? People cling to SM like it’s heroin. It’s been here for around 10-15 years yet to some it’s the only way to remain relevant, they must show strangers dying wildlife and exactly where and how to hunt to get the message out.

Do you see the irony in a hunting brand promoting Matt's take??? I can guarantee meateater isn't having a negative impact on most hunters. Quite the opposite.

And now I'm curious, how has Steve & meateater negatively affected you as a hunter?

Are you actually being serious? Or are you just totally naive or completely ignorant to the dozens of spot burning episodes of meateater? Just becuse it may not have happened to your favorite elk or deer spot doesn’t mean it won’t in the near future. Steve even apologized to a bunch of hunters in X state over X tag he drew for an elk because of how much backlash he got. Then take a guess what he did 5 more times, the exact same thing in a different unit/state. He’s an asshole corrupted by money.

Why can’t influencers at the very least just stop spot burning? Why can’t they just go hunting without telling millions the mountains/town/region they are filming?