I knew it too Rob, I went to the site to see what they said and just to see what people pay for such crap. I knew it the minute the first shooter passed on a monster and said it wasn't what he was looking for.... then they shot a 7 pointer out of this shooting house. I think it was decorated by Martha. LOL Germ, we watch it because we can.
I hate to admitt it but the future of hunting is revolving more and more around money and the big money being made from all aspects of hunting.It makes me sick to see how all these hunting shows are brain washing everyone into their way of hunting,it is just not realistic for the average hunter to hunt the way it is portraded on t.v. so much emphases s being placed on antler size and none on the hunt or animal itself. Now I have to defend myself from hunters and non-hunters alike if I kill a deer that is not a mature trophy,what a crock of sh$t.We all need to hunt and kill what makes us happy as long as it is within the laws of the area we each hunt and start feeling good about ourseves even if we kill a doe or small buck and not have to explain it to anyone who has a different opion.
I've been saying the same thing ever since they came up with the catchy QDM and for the Health of the Herd and all that Tecomate crap. They're ruining hunting as a sport. It's now feed lots and shooting houses and high fences. The problem is, the big money is pushing and pushing. In another couple years the states that have enacted horn size regulations will start to see the big bucks from out of state take over and they'll wonder what happened. All the cutsey little TV gals will invade their lands and lease it out from under them. I say hunting was better off as a sport when the TV stations wouldn't let them on. At least the average Joe enjoyed the game and wasn't chastised for killing a nice little 6 point on one of the 4 days a year he got to hunt in a year.
And why do we watch??? Well I think it's our duty. I can bring it here and we can discuss it and someone will show them the link and maybe some idiot producer will get back to hunting and out of the comedy/fashion show business.
Many of us watch because we remember what the Drury boys were like before they started producing soap operas and beginning hunting 101. We remember when Roger Raglin did it the right way. We remember when Knight and Hale didn't feel the need to come up with a new call or Steady Eddie or whatever every year. The last 2 years of hunting shows have really taken a turn for the worse. If they continue I think they're done. Even all the newbies who want to be the next TV stars are falling into the same traps..... comedy, frills, towers, QDM etc and of course a cutie. We watch because we can... but we're watching it less. We've stopped setting TIVO to record because it no longer matters if we miss it. We watch because we've stopped buying their videos. I remember running to the stores as recently as a few short years ago to buy that years installment. I haven't bought a video in a while. I gave 150 to a nephew last year.THere were some real hunting videos in them. Now it's show time, soap operas, comedy and a cutie We watch because I think they're setting themselves up to be dropped from grace by the hunters of the world and we'll enter another period of no hunting shows. They really are getting ridiculous now.