I hunt with a recurve (insert gasp of awe here) and itIS hard. It's hard to pass that nice buck that last year would have been a easier shot with a compound because I haven't gotten that good yet with the recurve. But it's fun too. I never was into all the gadgets of compounds, it seemed too much like a living math word problem. I hunted with a bare (not bear) compound shooting instinctive because I like it simple. This year I made it even more simple. As far as trying to make my hunt as hard as possible and making it all man-powered, well that's just insane. You are welcome to it but that's not my thing. I don't love making things that hard on myself. I'll hike back into the area's noone else will and pack my deer out because I have to to get the big ones I want but if I can do it sitting within the legal distance from the road, or by going out my back door and climbing a tree a couple hundred yards away I'll do that too and enjoy both. I don't have to crawl through broken glass to feel something has value or to enjoy it fully. Maybe that's just the way I'm wired.

Anyway...I've recorded a couple of Tred's shows: Duck hunting, Caribou hunt, and the Sailfishing trip with his wife. Personally I don't care for his personality. It's too much like Ted's for my taste. Too much alpha male bravado. But I also don't care for most of the other tv personalities that are out there (hunting or otherwise). Face it, certain types of people are going to be able to make it in the tv industry. The calm laid-back, "no, you take the shot I'm just glad to be here", enjoy sitting around the fire telling story types just don't get past the secretaries, or even have the desire to make their own show (why should I have a show? I'm just a guy who enjoys to hunt?). I'm not sure I'd want any of these guys as my hunting buddy. Can I learn something from them? Sure, but I wouldn't be relaxed and wouldn't want that to be my everyday hunting partner.

As far as him flinging arrows: yeah he does do that a lot and I think it's kind of iffy but he does say he practices for those ranges but prefers the closer shots. If he's proficient at those distances I guess it goes to show how low odd a shot those are.

As far as a guide service being 100% enclusive: Yeah there are hunts like that but they aren't the majority and not one I'd book. Most of those types of hunts are either HIGH-END hunts with a gourmet meal at the end of the day or a fee factory that rotates hunters on burned out stands as fast as they can book them.