j-bird
Moderator
The financial support and product placement is one thing - its the "use this and you too will harvest deer like this" - "buy this and you can be just like me" that makes you want to puke! 99% of it is TOTAL crap. The deer don't care what camo pattern you have, or which bow you shoot, or who makes your treestand.
Back when I did watch them it was simple - 99% of it was a well orchastrated lie! The "hunter" simply made the shot - somebody else did all the real work. I am not into that. Not saying they are all that way or that they still are, but that was what turned me off in general.
You want to see how most of us do it - it's a year round effort and only once in a while does it end in a harvest, and even more rarely does it end with a huge buck being harvested. No artificial emmotions, no product pimping, no "image" to sell, no outfitters or high fences. Alot of hard work, true hunters, knowledge of the land and the deer, and alot of patience, and if we're fortunate a little luck! Not much of a thriller - but it's real!
Back when I did watch them it was simple - 99% of it was a well orchastrated lie! The "hunter" simply made the shot - somebody else did all the real work. I am not into that. Not saying they are all that way or that they still are, but that was what turned me off in general.
You want to see how most of us do it - it's a year round effort and only once in a while does it end in a harvest, and even more rarely does it end with a huge buck being harvested. No artificial emmotions, no product pimping, no "image" to sell, no outfitters or high fences. Alot of hard work, true hunters, knowledge of the land and the deer, and alot of patience, and if we're fortunate a little luck! Not much of a thriller - but it's real!