Originally Posted by
Valentine
First, I don't watch cable television, so I do not watch the numerous hunting shows available on the years, on TV.
But early this morning I clicked into a local station, and one of their extra signals made available by HDTV. It was a hunting show.
I've enjoyed hunting for decades, but I could only take some three minutes of this "hunting" program. It was horrible. The acting was bad. They also made a couple of basic shooting mistakes. I saw mistakes at the rifle stand; the wrong overpowering rifle for a young shooter; a rifle flinch that was terrible. And I assume that this video was suppose to be instructive. I can see one short experienced hunter. Didn't the "experienced" film maker see it?
And who knows the number of big city viewers, getting their first "experience" with the joys of hunting. To put it in perspective, what I watched would have made one of those commercial informercials, high art.
After watching three short minutes, the loss of hunters in the U.S. doesn't seem so remarkable.
i believe that hunting isn't much like what is seen on tv. i watch some to gain some insight on how big some animals can get but im pretty sure that anyone that has been hunting realizes that the amount of animals that these tv personalities see and pass up would be a great trophy for the average hunter. i wouldn't say that these shows are ruining hunting, they are just producing the best show that they can, because they realize that non-hunters wouldn't be enticed by someone walking around and sitting in a stand for hours on end, without seeing anything (as true as it is)