Big Buck Killer,
First, congratulations on killing your first buck. Keep at it. Hunting is like any other sport, the more you work at it the better you will become.

However, there are some things you need to know. I hate to burst your bubble about TV hunting shows but here goes. They are pretty much all acted out and pre-planned. I hate to use the word "fake" but many of them are pretty close to that. I have been involved with somewhere around 10 or so hunting shows that were made for TV and I've seen what happens. I've been around when some of the biggest names on hunting TV were filming and I can tell you first hand that most of the "hunting" is acting.
Kill shots are edited, the "walk up" on a dead animal is acted, the talking in a hush whisper while in the stand...also acting. I saw a show a while back where a guy was standing next to a running diesel pickup that wasmaking it's "clack clack clack" noise that diesels make, and the guy was talking in a hushed whisper like he was in the stand....rediculous. Many times the stalking and hunting scenes are done after the animal is already dead because they need more footage.

Most of these tv shows will call a guide or a rancher and make a deal for a free hunt in trade for advertising which is why they put the ranch/guides number up on the screen several times during the hunt. The TV people get a free hunt out of the deal and the guide/rancher may or may not get actual business out of the deal. Team ...tree requires guaranteed kills for all hunters and camera men on the hunt. Do you really thing they are out there busting their hump on a real hunt like everyone else?

It's all about the sponsors and the money. The best way for you to get yourself on one of these hunts is to be a sponsor, rockstar or racecar driver.

Remember a few things as you go about becoming a better hunter: A Team Fillintheblank sticker on your truck does not make you a hunter, it makes you a free advertisement for someone else. Belonging to Trophy Associations does not make you a hunter, it makes you a paying member of a for-profit club so the owners of the association can pay for their south Texas ranches and their deer breeding programs.

I hate to lay it out there like that but it's better that you learn it early before you grow up thinking that hunting shows are any different from any other shows on TV.