We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jaylen Posey a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Jaylen thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s jump right into how you came up with the idea?

This idea and name came about way before our time. My dad created this name in the late 90s. His close friends and family started to call him Kountree because of the activities that he did. From hunting and fishing to backyard bonfires, he began to obtain the name Kountree. Him and his brother have always had the idea of filming the moments of hunts and it had passed down to me.

Us being African American hunters is something that is not as common. I’ve always felt as if we can get our name out there and show our hunts in 4k video, people can see the life that we actual live and allow them to join and experience what we experience.

Jaylen , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My family and I have got into hunting many decades ago. Our love for hunting was passed down generations after generations. My brother and I communicated about starting a YouTube and showing the world what we really do. Initially we wanted our brand to strictly be hunting videos. It soon moved forward to hunting caps and shirts because the amount of people we had reach out.
The beginning of this year, we reached 1000 subscribers on YouTube and that has been one of our biggest accomplishments so far. I thank God for letting us get to this moment!

I feel as if we stand out in so many ways. I have taken the time to learn to love of filming and having the eye for It. Also we have a logo that is like no other. My father, years ago created a tree that had deer horns as the limbs and a turkey foot as the roots. The logo stands out in so many ways and we cannot wait for our new hats to come out! We film all of our videos in 4k to vividly see the colors of the outdoors and feel as if they are in the video. We try to add music that can catch the audiences ear and to add some flavor.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Our goal driving our journey is to inspire. We want to show the younger generation that there other things to indulge in instead of video games, television, and crime. We want to be able to take the younger generating into the outdoors and show them the miraculous things in nature and what it offers.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

When we first came up with the name KountreeOutdoors, this was something we knew we would have for a long time. We never thought about legal issues or anything like that. We just knew the name was secured. When the time came around when we got into the trademark aspect, things changed. We found out that our name had to be changed. I knew it wasn’t going to be the end of the world, but we didn’t know what to change the name to. The KO was so significant and we wanted to keep those two initials. I prayed to the Lord and asked him to allow us to find a name that will continue to benefit us and that name soon became Kountree Origins. I thank God for allowing this name to be a fit and I pray he allows it to flourish moving forward.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/kountreeorigins
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kountreeorigins?igsh=NGxmcHdxZTN1cXMx&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: Kountree Origins
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@kountreeorigins8523?si=psoYPP5dcjm7WTLB