Meateaters buys First Lite

Definitely didn't think Rinella had that kind of money. His Netflix deal must have been pretty lucrative and his books must be selling like crazy. Or he has some serious investors.
 
Good for Steve. The guy is a fantastic spokesman for outdoorsmen.

I've always loved the way First Lite and Sitka have put their money where their mouth was. I say so not owning anything from either.

As for Steve, not only is he a green decoy, and anti gun, now has going to ruin a clothing company. What an evil basterd!!





"I don't care if the season is closed. Get off your butt and go hunt them"

TRISTATE
3/11/19

From the party of HUNTIN, FISHIN, PUBLIC LAND.
 
I think that First Lite was on a downhill slide. They moved to direct marketing only and eliminated their dealers. I have a lot of First Lite gear. The merino wool quarter zips (holes everywhere) and the vest (tears like paper) I purchased did not last at all. I won't even mention the pair of gaiters that fell apart in just 6 weeks in 2017. I have put them in the rear view mirror. Maybe Rinella will up the quality. Just sayin...mh
 
>Good for Steve. The guy
>is a fantastic spokesman for
>outdoorsmen.
>
>I've always loved the way First
>Lite and Sitka have put
>their money where their mouth
>was. I say so
>not owning anything from either.
>
>
>As for Steve, not only is
>he a green decoy, and
>anti gun, now has going
>to ruin a clothing company.
> What an evil basterd!!
>
>
>
>


Lol!
 
I've never owned or even been interested in first lite. Their stuff has always looks like cheap garbage and ever since that no killin, piggy back glory riding tool zac griffith started pushing their stuff, I really lost interest in it. I use to think Steve and the rest of the meat eater crew was in the right place and were trying to honestly represent all groups of outdoorsmen to the world, but the more I hear and see and read, the more I'm starting to see a specific agenda being pushed, all in a disguised fashion. Now any time their stuff pops up or comes on, I move on to something a little more my style.
 
>I've never owned or even been
>interested in first lite. Their
>stuff has always looks like
>cheap garbage and ever since
>that no killin, piggy back
>glory riding tool zac griffith
>started pushing their stuff, I
>really lost interest in it.
>I use to think Steve
>and the rest of the
>meat eater crew was in
>the right place and were
>trying to honestly represent all
>groups of outdoorsmen to the
>world, but the more I
>hear and see and read,
>the more I'm starting to
>see a specific agenda being
>pushed, all in a disguised
>fashion. Now any time their
>stuff pops up or comes
>on, I move on to
>something a little more my
>style.


I'm curious. I keep reading about these "agendas". What does that mean?


"I don't care if the season is closed. Get off your butt and go hunt them"

TRISTATE
3/11/19

From the party of HUNTIN, FISHIN, PUBLIC LAND.
 
>I use to think Steve
>and the rest of the
>meat eater crew was in
>the right place and were
>trying to honestly represent all
>groups of outdoorsmen to the
>world, but the more I
>hear and see and read,
>the more I'm starting to
>see a specific agenda being
>pushed, all in a disguised
>fashion. Now any time their
>stuff pops up or comes
>on, I move on to
>something a little more my
>style.

Yep.

And I've never used First Lite, but have heard from multiple people that have over the years that believe their quality has gone downhill. While other companies are trying to be innovative and improve, FL seems to be going the other direction. Maybe new leadership will fix that?
 
Now that somebody?s teen idol owns first lite, his closets going to be full of it and his credit card will be maxed out...
 
>
>>I use to think Steve
>>and the rest of the
>>meat eater crew was in
>>the right place and were
>>trying to honestly represent all
>>groups of outdoorsmen to the
>>world, but the more I
>>hear and see and read,
>>the more I'm starting to
>>see a specific agenda being
>>pushed, all in a disguised
>>fashion. Now any time their
>>stuff pops up or comes
>>on, I move on to
>>something a little more my
>>style.
>
>Yep.
>
>And I've never used First Lite,
>but have heard from multiple
>people that have over the
>years that believe their quality
>has gone downhill. While other
>companies are trying to be
>innovative and improve, FL seems
>to be going the other
>direction. Maybe new leadership will
>fix that?

What is this, like the 2nd time ever we've agreed on something?
 
Can?t be. Has to be the third.

(It probably is the second, but I can't agree to that or it would be twice in one day. Can?t have that!!!)
 
>Can?t be. Has to be the
>third.
>
>(It probably is the second, but
>I can't agree to that
>or it would be twice
>in one day. Can?t have
>that!!!)


Well it's a start. Probably won't last long, but we tried ??‍♂️
 
>I've never owned or even been
>interested in first lite. Their
>stuff has always looks like
>cheap garbage and ever since
>that no killin, piggy back
>glory riding tool zac griffith
>started pushing their stuff, I
>really lost interest in it.
>I use to think Steve
>and the rest of the
>meat eater crew was in
>the right place and were
>trying to honestly represent all
>groups of outdoorsmen to the
>world, but the more I
>hear and see and read,
>the more I'm starting to
>see a specific agenda being
>pushed, all in a disguised
>fashion. Now any time their
>stuff pops up or comes
>on, I move on to
>something a little more my
>style.


No killing? ? And he hunts his way for his reasons I'm curious what the big beef with Zac Griffith is...I tend to believe his older hunt vids were pretty good quality
 
Deerkiller, Zac Griffith is more into lifting weights and posting the same 3 workouts on IG all the time. But then again all these supplement junkie dudes are a joke to hunting anyhow. Firstlite is overpriced and far behind Kuiu and sitka. And I could really care less for steve rinella. What will all the vlogging influencers (public figures) do when their brand first lite tanks. I guess they'll release an unboxing video of another new brand they jumped on the meat for.


"We don't have a gun problem we have prescription drug problem."
 
Let me guess, he's going to buy a clothing company, a pack company, a boot company and probably a knife company, and that way everyone that watches MeatEater can dress and act the same.
 
> Deerkiller, Zac
>Griffith is more into lifting
>weights and posting the same
>3 workouts on IG all
>the time. But then again
>all these supplement junkie dudes
>are a joke to hunting
>anyhow. Firstlite is overpriced and
>far behind Kuiu and sitka.
>And I could really care
>less for steve rinella. What
>will all the vlogging influencers
>(public figures) do when their
>brand first lite tanks. I
>guess they'll release an unboxing
>video of another new brand
>they jumped on the meat
>for.
>
>
> "We don't have a gun
>problem we have prescription drug
>problem."

?OMG,call life flight I've got a cut on my arm?
You mean that Zacy boy?
 
>> Deerkiller, Zac
>>Griffith is more into lifting
>>weights and posting the same
>>3 workouts on IG all
>>the time. But then again
>>all these supplement junkie dudes
>>are a joke to hunting
>>anyhow. Firstlite is overpriced and
>>far behind Kuiu and sitka.
>>And I could really care
>>less for steve rinella. What
>>will all the vlogging influencers
>>(public figures) do when their
>>brand first lite tanks. I
>>guess they'll release an unboxing
>>video of another new brand
>>they jumped on the meat
>>for.
>>
>>
Summit strong bro! Lmao let's not forget the Hush life groupies...
>> "We don't have a gun
>>problem we have prescription drug
>>problem."
>
>?OMG,call life flight I've got a
>cut on my arm?
>You mean that Zacy boy?
 
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This is one of my all time favorite memes ever
 
"Summit strong bro! Lmao let's not forget the Hush life groupies..."

Yes, how could I forget about the Hushpuppies...
 
You guys are brutal!

I was forced to go find the subject matter for the meme.

I don't know much about first lite. I just picked up my fanciest camo last week at King's outlet, $50 xkg pants.

As to the vloggers. My youngest likes to watch hushin. Not my taste at all, although they seem like nice enough guys. I like the BRO and Elk 101 daily elk hunting, it's much better than whatever is on ABC. NBC, CBS. I really like Mtn. Project stuff.

Last I checked every outdoor show either on cable, or YouTube has sponsors, product placement, etc.

I personally wear a ton of kings. It's local, usually find a sale. But im aware that they are tied into THE DON and his new "Hunter nation". My cheapness overrides my distain for anything THE DON related.

I thought I knew stuff, I had no idea who zac Griffith was until that meme. Brutal, but freaking hillarious. And pretty sad at the same time.



"I don't care if the season is closed. Get off your butt and go hunt them"

TRISTATE
3/11/19

From the party of HUNTIN, FISHIN, PUBLIC LAND.
 
Pure gold on those memes. I've come to the point I'm sick of the social media movie stars. There?s some guys doing great things for kids. I'm sick of the brand whoring. The famous line when they jump brands. ?Been using this stuff for months.? Lmfao the hell they have.

"We don't have a gun problem we have prescription drug problem."
 
>
>
>
> Pure gold
>on those memes. I've come
>to the point I'm sick
>of the social media movie
>stars. There?s some guys doing
>great things for kids. I'm
>sick of the brand whoring.
>The famous line when they
>jump brands. ?Been using this
>stuff for months.? Lmfao the
>hell they have.
>
> "We don't have a gun
>problem we have prescription drug
>problem."

?
 
>LAST EDITED ON Jun-28-19
>AT 10:41?PM (MST)
>
>who eats more tuna fish than
>Chester?
>
>
>
>
497fc2397b939f19.jpg



Brookie
 
I'm so embarrassed for these guys. Their lives are so empty that they try and fill them with social media fake friends and fake popularity.
 
Thanks for the video, he spends half an hour spreading out his little chalk horns, I still can't believe he called lifeflight. I'm really surprised he didn't rip off his mt op shirt and bandage his little cut and then he could have really flexed those upper chest muscles for the camera. Heck of a poster boy for first lite.
 
>I'm so embarrassed for these guys.
>Their lives are so empty
>that they try and fill
>them with social media fake
>friends and fake popularity.


Or maybe they are making good money, hunting all over the US, and don't really care what others think. To be embarrassed for them is retarded. They are living a pretty solid life and getting to hunt/fish/shed hunt whenever they want. Sure, the 30 posters on this thread don't care for them, but they have a giant fan base and it's turned into a solid living. Like they say, ?If someone talks ##### about you, but still follows every move you make, they are a fan.? And before you guys claim that I'm a hush fan, I don't own any of their stuff and I don't watch any of their videos. But I don't knock them for what they do.
 
I think they're all Dweebs and attention whores. I don't watch any of them and I have No FB/Instagram btw, this is as social as I'll get. They have ruined my hunting unit because these idiots have to Post every pic or video. Then bring every Tom, ##### and Harry from the city. It ruins hunting spots for attention and likes, it's pathetic the times we live in.
 
>I think they're all Dweebs and
>attention whores. I don't watch
>any of them and I
>have No FB/Instagram btw, this
>is as social as I'll
>get. They have ruined
>my hunting unit because these
>idiots have to Post every
>pic or video. Then bring
>every Tom, ##### and Harry
>from the city. It ruins
>hunting spots for attention and
>likes, it's pathetic the times
>we live in.


Bingo. They pimp our wildlife and public lands out for the entire world to see, all while making a profit
 
LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19 AT 03:47PM (MST)[p] Griffith doesn't hunt for a living he works for someone. Hush boys and rinella are the only ones who do.

"We don't have a gun problem we have prescription drug problem."
 
>LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19
>AT 03:47?PM (MST)
>
> Griffith doesn't hunt for
>a living he works for
>someone. Hush boys and rinella
>are the only ones who
>do.
>
> "We don't have a gun
>problem we have prescription drug
>problem."


Griffindork is a loan officer of some kind
 
Deerkiller, it's pretty clear you watch all of his videos if you know he's a loan officer. He does DIY hunts or the occasional land owner tag. He doesn't tell anyone the units he hunts except the Wasatch which is where he grew up. As stupid as the brand pushing is, and it's ridiculous, it's good for hunter recruitment, which is what we all claim to be for, and it helps people get started who didn't have parents or uncles or grandparents who hunted out west. I still think it's a net positive for hunting overall.
 
WiscoKid,
Zac and his ?#summitstrong? boys are one of the reasons that areas that use to be great places to go are now flooded with people. To be fair, he's not the only culprit.
 
>WiscoKid,
>Zac and his ?#summitstrong? boys are
>one of the reasons that
>areas that use to be
>great places to go are
>now flooded with people. To
>be fair, he's not the
>only culprit.


That's because the groupies would sell their favorite honey hole for a possible name drop...

this sh!t has been a HUGE part of the decline of mature animals and nothing is a sleeper anymore...
 
That may be....and I'm not trying to call anyone out I just think there are a lot of keyboard warriors in here and there's a lot of disguised jealousy. "No kill" ? he's slammed some giant mule deer and a few decent elk with archery tackle, loves his family and works pretty hard in the gym and on the hill, so I think there are a lot worse guys out there. Just my opinion
 
And most of those ?giant mule deer and decent elk? have come from the boot leather of aforementioned groupies...

I ran into two of them groupies on an Arizona hunt a few years ago...
 
LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19 AT 07:53PM (MST)[p]>Deerkiller, it's pretty clear you watch
>all of his videos if
>you know he's a loan
>officer. He does DIY hunts
>or the occasional land owner
>tag. He doesn't tell anyone
>the units he hunts except
>the Wasatch which is where
>he grew up. As stupid
>as the brand pushing is,
>and it's ridiculous, it's good
>for hunter recruitment, which is
>what we all claim to
>be for, and it helps
>people get started who didn't
>have parents or uncles or
>grandparents who hunted out west.
>I still think it's a
>net positive for hunting overall.
>

Incorrect. If you are familiar with Utah at all, after watching 1 video, you can tell exactly where he's at. He?s destroyed a good thing for a lot of people. I don't follow him, watch his videos or idolize him in any way. In fact, I trolled the ##### out of him on several accounts, harassing him about background shots and making obvious where he was and he blocked me every time. Coincidentally, that's around the time his spots started getting over run with other guys and he started blurring out backgrounds and trying to hide where he was. But at that point it was too late... And honestly, I'm tired of hearing the hunter recruitment argument. Every year the application numbers grow. We?ve got enough hunters as it is. The serious parents and mentors will get the right people involved. We need to stop trying to get everyone and their dog applying for tags. All it's doing is hurting hunters in the long run and making even general tags impossible to draw and turning LE tags into OIL tags. Zac griffindork and Eric cheesedick aren't helping ?hunters? at all. They are making money off a brand they designed to target punk ass kids who only want to shed hunt and hunt because it's ?cool?. Sorry, but I have no desire to share my hunting areas with flatbrim wearing punk kids that are hunting for ?likes?, that's don't have respect for the wildlife or others hunting the area, that only found this new spot by watching a YouTube video, getting on google earth and figuring out where their hero was hunting because they are familiar with Utah geography
 
You are absolutely right, I am a hunter and a meat eater and it's been in my family for along time. I have been blessed with some fantastic hunting. I am trying constantly to stay ahead of the curve to find quality animals to hunt and I have no problem waiting to draw a tag. Hunting is a year around venture for me, I have no other hobbies. These poster boys, and hunting movie stars are becoming a joke, they start humble and when get a following they become god like and start there own brand and become famous. Because of these great guys making a brand for themselves they have brought you and I the new norm throughout the west called opportunity hunting. Next thing you no they will be crying out let's save the backcountry
 
Dudes been posting videos since 2013, before HUSH was a stain on daddy's pants. Summit is a tax write off, nothing more. You guys are frickin babies, plain and simple. Plenty of real estate in Utah that isnt overrun with people. I'd be much more upset by the guys driving around in sidexsides guns loaded and arrows nocked. Haven't seen your boy Griffith doing that ?
 
LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19 AT 08:51PM (MST)[p]>Dudes been posting videos since 2013,
>before HUSH was a stain
>on daddy's pants. Summit is
>a tax write off, nothing
>more. You guys are frickin
>babies, plain and simple. Plenty
>of real estate in Utah
>that isnt overrun with people.
>I'd be much more upset
>by the guys driving around
>in sidexsides guns loaded and
>arrows nocked. Haven't seen your
>boy Griffith doing that ?
>


2 things I get from this post. 1) you're swinging on zac?s meat and are obviously a fan. 2) you've never had a place that's very special to you, posted on social media, exploiting it to the world, showing potentially thousands of people, who otherwise would have no clue this place exists, a new place to go who think ?if my hero is hunting it, it must be a great place for me to start hunting.?
 
>only have points in Utah, have a few favorite places, have lost plenty of places to hunt in the Midwest. Filled archery mule deer tags the last 5 years on public land. Adapt, overcome, hunt. ?



LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19
>AT 08:51?PM (MST)
>
>>Dudes been posting videos since 2013,
>>before HUSH was a stain
>>on daddy's pants. Summit is
>>a tax write off, nothing
>>more. You guys are frickin
>>babies, plain and simple. Plenty
>>of real estate in Utah
>>that isnt overrun with people.
>>I'd be much more upset
>>by the guys driving around
>>in sidexsides guns loaded and
>>arrows nocked. Haven't seen your
>>boy Griffith doing that ?
>>
>
>
>2 things I get from this
>post. 1) you're swinging on
>zac?s meat and are obviously
>a fan. 2) you've never
>had a place that's very
>special to you, posted on
>social media, exploiting it to
>the world, showing potentially thousands
>of people, who otherwise would
>have no clue this place
>exists, a new place to
>go who think ?if my
>hero is hunting it, it
>must be a great place
>for me to start hunting.?
>
 
I am not being a baby at all. Like I said he isn't the only culprit. The Great State of Utah just needs to get rid of trail cams ?like Nevada has limited ? and make these Social Media guys work for it...
 
LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-19 AT 11:07PM (MST)[p]What would guys with Belgian malinous illegally bringing a dog in to watershed areas do without 40 stealthcams have to hashtag if cams were regulated. Guess they'll have to do more unboxing videos.

"We don't have a gun problem we have prescription drug problem."
 
LAST EDITED ON Jun-30-19 AT 11:43AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Jun-30-19 AT 11:41?AM (MST)

Lost places in the Midwest over private property issues isn't the same as public lands being over run due to hotspotting on social media. Oh wow! 5 years in a row? With a bow?? How many bro staffs are you on?? ? just because you killed a deer with a bow, doesn't mean the deer was worth killing. size comes into play on that. 2 points 5 years in a row isn't impressive...
 
Isn't the Wasatch the 2nd or 3rd biggest unit in the state? You really thought it was a secret?






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