RE: TV Hunting show hosts and their credibility....
Anybody that says they pay no attention to what the "pros" are using and why is full of BS.
IF you watch hunting shows, then you see new products advertised all the time, there is no avoiding it. None of you can tell me that you see a new product on TV and you just completely disregard it. You see it, you ponder it, you look at the package when your at the store,and maybe it peaked your interest just enough to buy it. Not for every prodcut you see, but for some that peak your interest.
Say a new product comes out, no advertising, its on no tv shows, and there is no one endorsing it.....that product has a very low chance at selling because people that dont have indespensible amounts of money rarely will they buy anything they have not heard or seen anything about . Its the tv and seeing new products in action that sells, and someone had to get suckered by that intitially to post the first review aboutit that perked someone elses interest and on down the chain.Many of the archery products each of us use was endorsed by a pro at some point, not all, but many!
I dont think it hurts their credibility, I for one take what they say with a grain of salt, so they didnt have muych to start with, but I along with each of you that watch pay attention to some of the products they are using.