All of the "hunting tv shows" are marketing tools for businesses selling the stuff we buy. The "plugs" for the bow, broadhead, gun, bullet, stand, camo, scent elimination, rangefinder, scope, binos, seed, attractants, and on and on, are designed to make us just have to have that item they are pushing. Most of the shows have turned into shooting rather than hunting. Webster defines "hunt"; to chase game for food or sport; to search eagerly or carefully for; to try to find".For the most part, the chasing and searching are not part of these shows. But who would watch if they didn't shoot the big ones. There is one shooting place where it will cost you $25,000 and up for a "trophy", with a + 200" costing $40,000. There is a breeding farm in Texas that will sell you a genetically engineered trophy breeder buck for $50-60,000, or you can get an off-spring from such a buck for $15-20,000 to start your "management" program. This goes back to the first point, it's all marketing. Pure hunting is searching for deer's natural travel trails to and from natural food sources and carefully planning and waiting and waiting for the chance to take a shot. Folks who hunt like this will probably never see a deer like those on tv. One of the freedoms we enjoy is choosing how we wish to "hunt".