Hunt is a Story.Your job as a cameraman is to capture the kill. Ah, but you’re not done.You must create a story. Every hunt is a story. Portions of hunting shows are“reality TV,” but much of it is crafted. Pure reality TV is extremely hard to do.Reality TV would require multiple cameras and 10 times more footage and 50times more editing hours. So, to create a cost effective hunting TV show, youmust re-create encounters and kills, and create short stories for the editors touse.Short stories are a must. A short story can be finding a shed antler, an animalencounter, showing a sponsor product, looking over a map … Short stories canbe as short as 10 seconds or as long as 5 minutes. They are important. Why?If you kill on the last day of a slow hunt, the short stories become very valuable.The hunter is a story. The land is a story. The outfitter is a story. You get theidea. Develop these stories. Find them. Make them. Get them. Think in terms of a beginning, middle, and end. Do these things well and the editors can createone big, beautiful TV show… even if your kill is weak!Short Story Example: Finding an arrowhead “Hey look at this!” The hunterbends to the ground finding an arrowhead. “I think we’ve improved upon this ancient design. But the idea is still the same… spill blood. I think this will bring us luck.” Hunter walks off. There you go, a complete story. Short andinteresting. Get the idea?Fig 1Short Story Example: Camp life sub-story: Loading up a plate of food(beginning), then some talking (middle), then some laughter (end). There, youdid it! A complete sub-story! Now eat