ORIGINAL: thenuge15
Jeff, I think that I have a blast in the woods no matter what the outcome. I also think that watching someone sit and not harvest an animal would be boring. I don't think killing is what hunting is all about but it is the only aspect that other hunters can enjoy through tv. I can't get excited by watching some guy scout on tv and find a supreme spot like I can If I'm doing it myself.
Hmm..I'm not saying to just film a guy sitting in a tree for a half hour. Go watch some of the old Drury Borthers videos..the most exciting moments are when things don't go thier way..sure the kill is welcomed at the end...but there's some educational value in it and at least to me the HUNTING aspect is the exciting part...the KILL is just icing on the cake
With the shows we have today there seems to be a simple recurring formula
1) show introduction
2) commercials
3) show hunters arriving at camp
4) Commercials
5) Show big deer walk into camera view
6) Show hunter kill deer and find deer..hunter thanx sponsors
7) more commercials
8) talk about how great XYZ ranch and ABC outfitters is
9) More commercials
10) Next show starts
rinse..lather..repeat...
I see this on Realtree and Buckmasters all the time..the guy is Hunting for 30 seconds of air time and then he freaks out "Big Buck! coming this way"..pulls up his facemask...grabs his bow off his EZ bow hanger from Realtree...show deer 500 miles away one minute with the zoom lens..next minute he's jumping over a fence or a creek 50 yards away...CUE STUPID "KILL" MUSIC....DEER looks around thinking something is up..goes back to eating/chasing does/licking branch..Hunter draws bow...whispers to camerman "You on him? Can ya see him"...Cameraman whispers back "OK..take him/shoot him" hunter either makes perfect or very poor shot..deer runs like hell...Hunter watches where deer goes...'WHOOT..HES DOWN...HES DOWN..YEAH BABY..WHOOT...DAMN I"M ABOUT FALL OUT OF THIS TREE...Whoa...gotta sit down...I'm shakin..WHOOT..YEAH BABY HES DOWN..HES DOWN..RIGHT OVER THERE (points)...WHAT A BUCK...WHAT A HUNT"
Hunting shows can be done better with folks with the right attitude and the $ to do so...the show can be entertaining, educational, and inspiring/exciting to the hunting public..
I suspect most hunters though don't expect more quality from their hunting shows and hunting heros...same with regular TV...people complain it's crap..yet they continue to watch said "crap" all the time
...so they get good ratings [:'(]
sorry for the long post..hunting shows are a personal pet peeve of mine...
