Field Ethos with Jason Vincent & Baker Leavitt | BRCC #362

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Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Join Field Ethos founder and CEO Jason Vincent and Baker Leavitt for an unfiltered conversation through the world of modern adventure hunting. From the raw instinct of staying calm when a plane is crashing to stalking Cape buffalo and elephants in Southern Africa, tracking lions with local hunters, dodging venomous snakes, and navigating Australia’s elusive dangerous gameunder strict gun laws—this episode is packed with real stories from the edge. The conversation flows from spearfishing and lobstering in crystal waters to calling elk in the American West, tasting hippo steaks washed down with African beer, and debating the finest wild-game meats on the planet. Gearheads will love the deep dive into hand-built custom rifles,Q’s groundbreaking designs, and SIG Sauer’s latest innovations. At its core, this nearly two-hour episode is a passionate manifesto for bringing hunting back to its roots: true adventure, ethical harvest, conservation through utilization, and the unapologetic pursuit of wild places and wild game. It’s also the origin story of Field Ethos Journal—how two hunters set out to build the most trusted, credible, and beautifully crafted hunting media brandfrom day one. TOPICS COVERED:● Hunting in Africa● Bringing Hunting Back to Adventure● Founding Field Ethos and Using Journals to Spark Interest in Adventure

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0:00.0	Black Ribble Coppy, baby.
0:01.5	Freedom kill him.
0:23.6	And the guy's like, no, no, no, no, I got it. And like the guy's fucking everything up. And Barry's like, hey, do you want me to take over? And the guy's like, no, no, no. And Barry goes, have you ever crashed a plane? And the guy said no. And Barry goes, I have. Why don't you let me crash your plane for you? and the guy's like, okay,
0:37.6	and he can very crashed this plane. They both walked away from it. And I'm like, so Barry's crashed two planes that I know of. That's the guy I want to fly with. Yeah. Yeah. I think there's a point in which you could crash too many. And then that's like, yeah, you're just a bad pilot. Yeah, yeah. But then there's like just crashing planes based on the number of hours in the places that you're flying. Like, I don't know if you can be a successful Bush pilot in Alaska without crashing a plane. I don't want a guy that's crashed a bunch of them, but I want one that knows how to crash one. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. It's pretty important. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever been in any type of crash with a helicopter or anything? Hard landings, any that stuff?
0:57.9	Uh, Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. It's pretty important. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever been in any type of crash with a helicopter or anything?
0:56.3	Hard landings, any that stuff?
0:58.5	Um, not really.
1:01.9	I mean, yes and no, right?
1:04.2	Where it's like nothing of remarkable intent, you know?
1:08.4	I've flown a lot of fucking horrible weather
1:10.6	and a lot of really nasty
1:12.6	situations where you're like, God, we're, but every time, like, knock on wood, man, like,
1:17.7	I've... Up and down. Yeah, up and down, dude. Like, I've been one, one plane, like, that I, like,
1:24.1	my one, like, pseudo-remarkable, not not even remarkable story where I am not exaggerating
1:31.3	we were perpendicular landing that plane onto the where like the nose was almost it not a 45 but it was
1:39.4	it felt like it and it looked like we were coming in completely perpendicular to the runway.
1:44.3	That's how strong the fucking wind was, but we didn't have any other options.
1:48.1	We had to land.
1:49.3	And then locked right in.
1:52.6	And then going in, like it was the first time, like I actually tightened down my lap belt
1:58.0	and put my fucking helmet on because I was like, this is, this is going to be it. It's going to be a good one. and put my fucking helmet on because I was like this is this is going to be it
2:02.9	going to be a good one I put my fucking put my helmet on I was like this is fucking warball
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