Aaron Warbritton works as a Editing and Producing Intern for the one of the leading hunting shows online – MidwestWhitetail.Com. Outdoor Freaks got a second of his time, and asked him about lady friends, singing Jimmy Ryser, Scott Prucha’s goatee. This Q & A session with this MW Intern only reiterates what I already knew – the Midwest Whitetail clan is full of great folks who love the outdoors.
OF – First of all – congrats on your buck! Was that your first filmed mature buck harvest?
AW – Thanks! Yes it was the first buck that I have killed on film. I have missed a few on film in the past but hopefully nobody gets to see those. (See Aaron’s successful hunt this year, here.)
OF – How did you first hear about the MW Intern Opportunity?
AW – I was a regular on the site and saw Bill’s post around the end of February last winter. I was in need of an internship to graduate college and this is the career path that I had wanted to pursue so it was a great fit.
OF – Who’s your favorite person to video for?
AW – My cousin Brandon Graupman who I have been hunting and filming with since I was very young. Jimmy Ryser is also good entertainment in a tree.
OF – Is the Midwest Whitetail Internship what you thought it would be? When did you start, and when does it end?
AW – In a sense it is. I was expecting to learn a lot about the business and I believe I have. Bill said it would be video production “boot-camp” and he was not kidding. We work long hours and have very little time during the fall for anything other than hunting, but it is a great learning experience. My particular internship stared around the first of June and runs until the end of January 2012.
OF – What’s been the worst part about the MW Internship?
AW – As interns, we don’t make a lot. Money gets a little tight around the end of the month but we make due.
OF – Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
AW – Hopefully working with a production company somewhere in the hunting industry.
OF – Tell us a little about yourself. Who in the hell is Aaron Warbritton?
AW – I’m from a small town in northeast Missouri called Paris. I graduated college from the University of Missouri this past year with a degree in Natural Resource Recreation Management. Since I was very young I have been in the woods-hunting anything you can legally buy a tag for. I love to bow hunt deer in the fall and chase gobblers in the spring-it is my passion. My dad, my uncles, and my cousins have taught me everything I know about hunting-if I make it anywhere in this business it will have been in large part because of them.
OF – You’ve been very fortunate to hang out with one of the biggest named whitetail hunters in the land…. clearly by that I mean Scott Prucha. What has Scott taught you, and is that goatee look as good in person as it does on my Macbook?
AW – Hahahaha! Scott Prucha is indeed an estute man with wisdom far beyond my years. I haven’t had the privilege of hunting with Scott this fall but I would say he comes up with the best names for a deer that I have ever heard.
OF - Favorite sports team?
AW – The Missouri Tigers and the St. Louis baseball Cardinals.
OF – Do you have a lady friend? If so, get brownie points here. If not – props!
AW – Currently no. Usually they tend to fizzle out before hunting season starts for whatever the reason!
OF – When you first started with Midwest Whitetail, how advanced were you in with cinematography and editing? Did you know what you were doing, or were you still wet behind the ears?
AW – I had been filming hunts and doing some freelance work for various hunting production companies for a handful of seasons. I had developed some basic editing skills and knew a little bit about running a camera in the woods before I started with Midwest Whitetail.
OF – What’s the one piece of advice you’d give a youngster interested in interning with Midwest Whitetail?
AW – It is a great experience-do not waste it. Hopefully you enjoy hunting because you will get opportunities to hunt and film during the internship. However, It is not a “hunting” internship so be sure you have the intentions to learn and work if you apply.
OF – When you applied for the Internship with Midwest Whitetail, did you have any idea you’d be producing the American Hunter series?
AW – No I did not. Bill came into the office one day and told me that I would be producing the series along with my state show around the middle of July.
OF – What are the chances you serenade a female counterpart to some Jimmy Ryser tunes in the next five years?
AW – Haha. I would say there is a very good chance of that.
Shout out to Aaron Warbritton for taking the time to answer these questions for the OF Blog readers! Much appreciated.
