I agree with GMMAT about going to a game ranch, probably with high fences, and people saying "I hunted hard for four days". You hunt hard for a season and/or you work your *** off, before the season to be able to get that shot on a trophy early in the season.

I try to look at this from the perspective of someone new to the sport. If I'm told on every show that I have to go to "XYZ" ranch, that unless I have a Mathews Switchback and all of the Scent Lok that I can wear, and that I can only shoot bucks that are B&C 165 and above, I will lose interest very quickly. I exagerate a little but not much.

I like shows that aren't infomercials. Real people hunting under conditions where they have had to do all the leg work of planting food plots and scouting, for example. I like to see people take does and bucks that may not be 165 B&C but they are trophies to that person. I like seeing excitement by the person(s) who are hunting. I like to see people getting skunked every once in a while; after all it is hunting and don't you get skunked too?

I can't say that there are that many shows that fit the bill. I won't mention names of those that I like and those that I don't.