Mar 4, 2021
Britt Longoria’s education and career journey took her to Africa, where she had the opportunity to experience an incredible landscape and its animals. At home in Texas, Longoria is still a hunter - and her passion is exploring how the hunting community can tell stories that share with the world the emotion, the adventure, and the “why” of our journey as hunters.
00:35 Rabbit-hunting with beagles. Is there anything cuter? See the pics in the Artemis Facebook group!
2:00 Gazelle vs. whitetail, plus breeding Dama gazelle for land management
3:00 Need hamburger inspiration? Try South African Bobotie curry
6:00 Telling the story of hunting heritage - Hunters feel their pursuit is moral; non-hunters often feel the opposite
7:00 Stories from individuals are sometimes better received than stories from a group as a whole... speaking from the heart versus the head
10:00 Hunting as a connection to place, spirit, and self
13:00 The discussion about who hunts and why should be complex... #alltheshadesofgray
15:00 Back to the beagles, everyone
17:00 "You don't win hearts and minds with facts and figures."
22:00 Telling your story often means exposing yourself to the worst of social media
24:00 Childbirth and hunting – both experiences are powerful, visceral, and lifechanging. How do we convey the depth of the experience and help it connect with people who’ve never experienced it?
30:00 When you lack connection to the natural world, it's easy to disassociate your thoughts from death -- especially when, say, you're feeding yourself
35:00 Lord Derby eland - worth a Google search, everyone!
37:00 Film slides on a carousel #blastfromthepast
40:00 Hunting in Africa - a totally unique experience
43:00 How do you get home from overseas hunts with meat?
45:00 The tradition of oral storytelling in the hunting world; photos can be easy to misunderstand
46:00 @HonorTheHunt on Instagram, beyond the trophy shot
49:00 Ashley's kidney pie with venison shanks and pork kidneys... that awful feeling when something turns out inedible
51:00 Find more of Britt's storytelling work at BrittLongoria.com and @brittlongoria
52:00 Sometimes that $16 DoorDash burrito is worth every penny