Ep. 19: Ben "ShedCrazy" Dettamanti
The Hunting Collective
MeatEater
4.5 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
You don't have to hang around very long and it's easy to figure out that the hunting industry has some interesting stories to tell. One of the most interesting is that of Ben "ShedCrazy" Dettamanti, a Utah-based content creator and shed hunter known for his funny-as-hell social media presence. Here's a guy that left his job as a school janitor to post videos on YouTube about running around the mountains collecting antlers and making folks laugh. It takes some courage to make that jump.
Ben joined me at the Total Archery Challenge in Terry Peak, SD, to fling arrows and attempt to make each other crack up at full draw. It was a great weekend, highlighted by our conversation about his career as a content creator, the lures of social media fame, grip and grins (gasp!) and how much money a guy can make from selling sheds. It was an interesting chat and I look forward to hanging out with ol' ShedCrazy again soon. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | Schools out. Hey, do you remember that Alice Cooper? |
| 0:03.2 | Was that Alice Cooper? Schools out. |
| 0:08.4 | Humb that Alice Cooper song and then think about this. My new title. |
| 0:12.4 | Ketch a crayfish, Count the Stars. |
| 0:14.8 | Chock full of fun activities and adventures that will help build serious outdoor kids. |
| 0:20.8 | We're talking knowledgeable, tough, competent kids with a little bit of a raw edge to them. |
| 0:29.0 | You want to build up a good hunting buddy, a good fishing buddy out of your kid? |
| 0:33.2 | Well, start me young by teaching them how to build a wildlife viewing blind, |
| 0:38.2 | how to gig a bullfrog, how to navigate through the wilderness using a variety of |
| 0:42.6 | orientating skills. They'll also learn how to climb trees, build emergency shelters, |
| 0:47.6 | hunt for fossils, gut fish, track critters and much more. |
| 0:51.6 | It's me, eaters first, but for kids. |
| 0:54.2 | And one, I've been wanting to write my whole career. |
| 0:56.8 | I was just waiting until I had kids long enough to give me some expertise on the subject. |
| 1:00.6 | And now that my oldest is 13, I've been at this a long time. |
| 1:04.8 | We've got projects and activities for the whole family to do together and for kids to try out on their own. |
| 1:11.0 | Go to the meater.com to order your copy today available wherever books are sold for kids eight and up. |
| 1:19.8 | Hey everybody, welcome to episode number 19 of the hunting collective. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm Ben O'Brien and today I am joined by Shed Crazy, also known as Ben Dede Monti. |
| 1:32.6 | Ben, if I'm saying your name wrong, your last name, I'm sorry, but your first name is awesome. |
| 1:37.8 | I was joined by Ben for episode number 19 in Terry Peaks, South Dakota at the Total Art Challenge. |
| 1:43.4 | Once again, just like episode 18, we hopped into Sam Soho's public lands bus to talk about Ben's life and times. |
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