Of course it is everyone's choice to watch or not watch. I choose not to. That isn't the point. The point is, the entry level hunter, unless he has a mentor, may come into the sport thinking what he sees on TV is the way it is. he should pass up every buck he sees until a 150 comes along. He is unseccessfull for a year or two and gives up.

Guys like Stan Potts, Mark Kaiser and Winke and several others are actually tremendous hunters and they do not hunt behind small, high fences. I knew them long before they were on TV and hunted with them. I know what they can do. But when faced with the a short amount of time to kill big deer, they have to have help and they have to sell products. So they hunt the very best places at the verybest time. The end product is climb the tree, kill the deer, whisper like an idiot when that damn deer is laying there dead and then wait until tomorrow go find it. That gives them time to pose the deer exactly where they want it and clean up all the blood.

Did they actually hunt? Sure, and in many cases, they hung their own stands and did much of their own scouting. You just don't get to see that just as you don't see the bad shots very often. They have 3-5 days to get the show and get to the next state. They barely have time to get 26 products shown. The products pay the bill. They come first.

Some are worse than others. Some are absolutely horrible. Some should be banned. Anyone who constantly pumps his fist and bangs knuckles with the camerman and whispers "He's Down, He's down" 100 times, should just be gut shot. There are a couple from down South, almost neighbors of mine, who are almost totally impossible to understand. I live down here and I have no idea what they are saying. Those are some of the reasons why I don't watch them.

I have to go now. There is a doe just dying to get "smoked" and take a "dirt nap" or some such ridiculous crap.

Of course, that is just my opinion and in watching some of my old videos, I did a non-no one time. I was talking to the camerman in a normal voice while the deer was still flopping around. I wouldn't let them edit it out, either. I think I said, "He's not going anywhere, stay on him." I had broken both front shoulders and double lunged him and the arrow was still sticking out. I felt that was something that needed to be shown. It was/is a part of hunting.

Also just my opinion. Now where did I put my cough silencer and my pee tube?