Wired to Hunt: Mark Kenyon

Whoa!!! This is a GOOD one, and I'm not trying to be biased. It's
just good.  
 If you're a hunter who likes to "follow" along with the
who's, who of the hunting side of social media and Youtube. Then
this episode is for you.
So, if you are one of those people, then I'm sure you have heard
of Meateater, right? How about "Wired to Hunt"?  Yep. My
next guest is none other than the Meateater's own,  Mark
Kenyon! 

I probably don't have to tell many podcast listeners who Mark is
or what he does. So I wont. But what I will tell you is how this
episode came about.
 I've known Mark for 10 years or so. He's one of the guys
who in the hunting world that I would say. "has made it" Right!?
Like a baseball player coming out of triple A. He's been "called
up". His platform is arguably one of the largest in the
industry.  He is literally 'livin the dream'. 
Well. At least that's what it looks like to us who follow along
on social media. I mean, think about it, his job is to travel the
Country chasing White-tailed deer basically from the beginning of
the early season all the way up until the last day of the late
season. Then, all he has to do is tell us about it via social
media, the website, articles and videos on Youtube.  How
hard can that be!? Ha!

Well.. That's where this story takes a turn. Not to say Mark
doesn't thoroughly love his job, he does. But it became NOT FUN!
That's right, I just wrote, Mark was "livin the dream", right?
But somehow it managed to make him miserable.  So he had to
ask himself so difficult questions. Somehow try to get it all
back into perspective. 

And that's what he did. He put it into perspective,  made a
new plan.  Then he wrote about it. 

 Back in September Mark penned an article "How to make Deer
Hunting, Not Fun". I read the article and it resonated with me.
It's very easy to get caught up in what we think is the "dream".
Especially in the days of social media.
 It's one big buck picture after another.  Mid October
through mid November after about 10 minutes scrolling though
Instagram I feel like the worst hunter ever. ha! "What am I doing
wrong!?" "Must be something, I better get out there!" "I need a
buck picture to post"! Right? Don't lie, we've all been
there. 

In this episode we unpacked it all. All the emotions, all the
anxiety and more. Have a listen. 

As always feel free to leave your question and comments. I'd love
to hear some feedback. 
 I hope you enjoy.