Interesting thread, at least to meit is.

There is little or no pure profit in DVD sales. Part of that is market saturation, part is the cheapness of the viewing public who would rather pirate or borrow their buddy's buddy's cousin's DVD. There are a ton of Drury wannabes out there, for sure. I guess some would call us (Aim Low) that as well, but we do what we do for reasons other than trying to be someone else. It is quite evident that anyone and everyone that gets a camera believes they can do a tv show and/or DVD's, because there is no outdoors related company that isn't just pounded for sponsorships right now. Also, it is very evident that a big majority find out how tough it can be because thereseemingly isn't a company out there that hasn't been burned by a production company that doesn't "produce" a final product as promised.

For me, I actually enjoy the hunt more now that I have a cameraman with me on all hunts. Keep in mind though, that any of my cameramen are people I would want to share time with (Friends, family, etc.) and not just a paid come along guy that I don't know. We aren't making a living doing it (or even trying to make a living), but decided to go commercial with our stuff simply to increase our outdoors opportunities.

Our stuff is real life stuff. Private land, though not big managed leases or anything. We either knocked on doors, own it, or have family that own it. We shoot animals of all sizes, including plenty of antlerless. We show it as it happens, good, bad, funny, stupid...whatever. You won't find us trying to be "teachers" though, because we don't think hunting is overly complicated and would certainly not be entertaining as an instructional type video. Besides, we don't know anything more than the average hunter. So, we just hope what we put out is entertaining to some folks, because we have a good time putting it all together. When it is all said and done, we won't be accused of showing hunting that is out of reach of the average guy, but no one is going to say they liked how we took the time to educate anyone on much.

Back to the question of is it a good time to jump in? Not sure about that. I scratch my head daily at sponsor's choices of who they sponsor. I watch stuff out there that is just terrible to watch in both quality and content. I watched an episode of one of the biggest name shows out there last night. It showed a great hunt, but man, was the quality bad. It was like watching Blair Witch, and that is normal for that show. Some of the most widely negatively discussed guys and shows somehow keep landing big name sponsors year after year. I guess we need to figure out how to BS our way intomore of the big corporations decision makers, LOL.