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Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

This documentary focuses on the lives of American hunters, presented as an honest exploration of the controversies, emotions, and traditions inherent to this most primal human activity.

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Steven Rinella

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Zero Point Zero

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You understand them, then you understand
where they're gonna be at certain times. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

You understand them, then you understand where they're ...

This deer call here... - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

This deer call here...

And it would call in bucks... - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And it would call in bucks...

I mean, they'll come charging in, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I mean, they'll come charging in,

[deer call whistling] - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[deer call whistling]

[high-pitched deer call] - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[high-pitched deer call]

[Rorke Denver] That interplay
between loving the game - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Rorke Denver] That interplay between loving the game

It's, uh... I think it is a connection
to the natural world - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

It's, uh... I think it is a connection to the natural w...

I mean, I actually think
being a hunter falls much more in line - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I mean, I actually think being a hunter falls much more in l...

I mean, if our forefathers weren't
probably, you know, whacking a critter - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I mean, if our forefathers weren't probably, you know, ...

So I... I think there's a very primal part
of hunting that seems 100% natural to me. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So I... I think there's a very primal part of hunting t...

[Jones] Some people would say,
"Well, if it's natural, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Jones] Some people would say, "Well, if it's natu...

Look, I'm a vegan, but I can't say
that there aren't times - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Look, I'm a vegan, but I can't say that there aren...

We don't always follow through
on our instincts. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

We don't always follow through on our instincts.

[Steve] Could it be true
that our canine teeth - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Steve] Could it be true that our canine teeth

[Matt] Hunting colors everything I am. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Matt] Hunting colors everything I am.

[bleats] - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So I just knew then that, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So I just knew then that,

Trying to desensitize her head...
His head a little bit. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Trying to desensitize her head... His head a little bit.

So with this training,
desensitization is a big part of it. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So with this training, desensitization is a big part of it.

Like he's standing still right now,
he's not running away, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Like he's standing still right now, he's not runni...

Like this, this is just from a few
training sessions that I can do this. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Like this, this is just from a few training sessions that I ...

[chuckles] Go on, buddy.
Give him a kick on the butt. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[chuckles] Go on, buddy. Give him a kick on the butt.

It's just what... Steve, you wouldn't
believe this guy on the trail. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

It's just what... Steve, you wouldn't believe this...

I... I have a very deep love - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I... I have a very deep love

I mean, some of these places
are way back in there, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I mean, some of these places are way back in there,

I spend a lot
of my bow-hunting time alone, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I spend a lot of my bow-hunting time alone,

For me, personally, when I get
an elk with my bow, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

For me, personally, when I get an elk with my bow,

There's been many hunts
where I've been on, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

There's been many hunts where I've been on,

To go home every hour, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

To go home every hour,

In a way, I feel like... - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

In a way, I feel like...

I can't... I can't help it. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I can't... I can't help it.

That's what preoccupies my thoughts, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

That's what preoccupies my thoughts,

If somebody took issue with me hunting, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

If somebody took issue with me hunting,

Now, let's say that this is, a person that - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Now, let's say that this is, a person that

I don't know what to say to them.
I mean... they might have a point. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I don't know what to say to them. I mean... they might ...

I do not think that vegans,
including myself, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I do not think that vegans, including myself,

If I eat, you know, a carrot, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

If I eat, you know, a carrot,

I have no illusions
about vegans or vegetarians - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I have no illusions about vegans or vegetarians

What I am saying is that, um, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

What I am saying is that, um,

[Steve] When I was young, I first started
hearing the word, like "environmentalist." - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Steve] When I was young, I first started hearing the word, ...

Then later I learned that,
in the hunting world - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Then later I learned that, in the hunting world

The conservation ethic came to me
out of a very selfish desire... - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

The conservation ethic came to me out of a very selfish desi...

So I'm like, "So what would I need to do, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So I'm like, "So what would I need to do,

The second step was to all of a sudden
be like, "Okay, I like this spot, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

The second step was to all of a sudden be like, "Okay, ...

And maybe I like something
in South America as well." - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And maybe I like something in South America as well."

But it took me a long, long time
to shed that idea, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

But it took me a long, long time to shed that idea,

[Robert Abernathy] If it's a perfect
morning, it is completely dead calm. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Robert Abernathy] If it's a perfect morning, it is com...

As soon as it came out of that egg,
every movement that it experienced, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

As soon as it came out of that egg, every movement that it e...

If you're good enough to kill a bird
every three or four or five hunts, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

If you're good enough to kill a bird every three or fou...

We are mammals,
so when we're looking at a turkey, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

We are mammals, so when we're looking at a turkey,

When a turkey is looking at a turkey
or a turkey is looking at a decoy, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

When a turkey is looking at a turkey or a turkey is looking ...

My son came up with the idea,
"Well, you know, why don't you - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

My son came up with the idea, "Well, you know, why don&...

I did not grow up hunting turkeys. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I did not grow up hunting turkeys.

By the time I was born, in the mid-'50s, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

By the time I was born, in the mid-'50s,

And they disappeared
from most of the United States. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And they disappeared from most of the United States.

It was a... It was a massive failure
and just did not work. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

It was a... It was a massive failure and just did not work.

And the restoration
really didn't get started - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And the restoration really didn't get started

We started using rocket nets
to capture the birds. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

We started using rocket nets to capture the birds.

It was an army of biologists - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

It was an army of biologists

But we get that question a lot, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

But we get that question a lot,

I just don't see that level of commitment - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

I just don't see that level of commitment

[Jim] These wild animals
have a social and cultural value - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Jim] These wild animals have a social and cultural value

They represent a social, cultural
commitment to their existence, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

They represent a social, cultural commitment to their existe...

The European method of wildlife management - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

The European method of wildlife management

By virtue of the Declaration
of Independence, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

By virtue of the Declaration of Independence,

The irony is that before and after
our decision about who owned the wildlife - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

The irony is that before and after our decision about who ow...

Louis and Clark came up here
in 1805 and 1806, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Louis and Clark came up here in 1805 and 1806,

Eight decades later,
it had fallen to zero. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Eight decades later, it had fallen to zero.

We had become the wildlife
boneyard of a continent. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

We had become the wildlife boneyard of a continent.

Throughout history, there have been people - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Throughout history, there have been people

So, the United States had market hunters. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

So, the United States had market hunters.

Market hunters were individuals
in the 19th century - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Market hunters were individuals in the 19th century

And that's kind of a centennial milepost, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And that's kind of a centennial milepost,

In '85, he had published Hunting Trips
of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

In '85, he had published Hunting Trips of a Ranchman &a...

Roosevelt shoots a second buffalo, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Roosevelt shoots a second buffalo,

This noble beast. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

This noble beast.

And all of a sudden,
Theodore Roosevelt is the president. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And all of a sudden, Theodore Roosevelt is the president.

Now look, that damn cowboy
is President of the United States." - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Now look, that damn cowboy is President of the United States...

They put a rider
on an Ag Appropriations Bill - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

They put a rider on an Ag Appropriations Bill

He has seven days to sign
or veto that bill. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

He has seven days to sign or veto that bill.

In those seven days, he adds
16 million acres to the forest system, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

In those seven days, he adds 16 million acres to the forest ...

That's leadership. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

That's leadership.

He says, "Look, people,
if you want these resources, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

He says, "Look, people, if you want these resources,

They put through Congress - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

They put through Congress

[Martin] I mean,
I think it's worth considering - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

[Martin] I mean, I think it's worth considering

And it's not that way
in the United States. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

And it's not that way in the United States.

We have, not only public wildlife
through the North American model, - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

We have, not only public wildlife through the North American...

Hunters pay for that conservation. - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

Hunters pay for that conservation.

On the state side, you've got
the sale hunting licenses tags - Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

On the state side, you've got the sale hunting licenses...

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This documentary focuses on the lives of American hunters, presented as an honest exploration of the controversies, emotions, and traditions inherent to this most primal human activity.

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Director: Steven Rinella

Writer: Steven Rinella

Production: Zero Point Zero

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

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Released: 06 Aug 2020

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Homepage: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/starsinthesky