I watched the show in question the other night but have not commented thus far because it seems that everyone else has touched on the way I feel about this issue quite thoroughly. In all honesty I just thought "Yep, that is the way it is on those hunting shows." in the sense that they would not put it on TV unless someone is shooting a big buck. How they get the big buck is irrelevant to the people airing the show as long as it is legal for the area they are hunting. Isn't that the way it is for just about all of the shows you typically watch on the Outdoor Channel, etc...?

Now, and not to hijack this thread, if you want to get me fired up then bring up the issue of Ted Nugent's hunting show last night. Anybody watch it? In it he was hunting some type of exotic deer out of a DB blind. Before the hunt he and the cameraman scattered some type of food attractant all around the outside of the blind. I do not haveproblem with that as long as it was legal in the area he was hunting.

However, his comments after he made the kill are what I find objectionable. He said something along the lines of ..."And to you folks that have an issue with me baiting before the hunt...Shut Up...you are a punk...." and then he went off on one of his diatribes about the spirit of nature.

That was entirely inappropriate in my opinion and one of the reasons I cannot stand his personality.

Enjoyable hunt though....