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I haven't bought a video in a long while. It gets rather redundant to see highlight reels of large deer getting arrowed/shot followed up by why you NEED to buy a T/C ProHunter or Brand XYZ clothing in order to make it all happen.

I feel that there is very little, if anything for me to learn from MOST videos, therefore not worth the money.

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GMAT,

I hear you man - and thanks for the feedback. I talk to a TON of guys, and I don't think any of them ever makecomments like "That show was awesome" or "did you see this show?". More guys say things like "who is paying for this show" -or- "That was the worst show I've ever seen". There aresome good ones that I enjoy watching, but the majority IMOareno an enjoyment to watch.It is also somewhat rareto see whitetail bowhunting. This is pretty much all I enjoywatching. I've cancelled all my "sporting" channels for that reason. I would get more irritated watching them than I would enjoy them! Instead, I'd rather pay for the shows season DVD's, when I can watch the ones I want, and can fast-forward through commercials.

I think the hunting industry is currently in a TV Show frenzy - and at some point - when there are too many shows on the air - it's going to be very difficult to pay for the time slot because there isgoing to be too many shows - not enough sponsors - and most shows will just get lost in the shuffle. It all comes down to sponsorship.

Even though we have litterally thousands of channels of Television playing 24 hours a-day - people still go to the movies. It's not only about what you're watching - but the experience of watching it with others, at you're convienience. The "experience" is what both myself and my buddies watch DVD's for. It's just fun...

IMO - that is what is going to allow us to continue to sell DVD's. Plus, we have a pretty serious whitetail bowhuntingaudience who pretty much watches TV, Videos, plays online, and generally thinks - breathes - and lives Bowhunting every-minute of everyday! The number ofDVD's wesell at the shows we attend tell me that the DVD industry is far from dead. If anything, I just hope to be a-part ofwaking it up and trying to lead by example!

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I wish you luck.

Gotta respect the drive.....;)

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Jeff have you not seen the WKP videos?? I have both, and they are great. I mean there are some slow periods and overkill on some footage, but it is a great peice of work. I like the fact that they try really hard to make it as non- commercial as possible. Overall I give the team 8.5 out of 10. I will be buying next yr as well.

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Pretty much my thoughts exactly. The shows that are bad are made even worse in my eyes since I watch them more from a producer/editor point of view now rather than just a hunter's pov.

We are going to do TV one more time in 2009 to see if we can make it worth it. If we can't do any better than breaking even, then we'll step back and do the DVD's only. Everyone and their brother that has a digital camera thinks they can make dvd's and do a tv show and potential sponsors are so overloaded with requests (and many are tired of getting ripped off by "shows" that never make it to air) that it is becoming more than a full time job just to sell the advertising.

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I don't buy DVD's to learn from them as much as just to get my head back in a treestand in the offseason. :)

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Amen!

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I never purchased a hunting dvd till just recently. I have actually purchased several in the last few months. I have all the outdoor channels so I have access to all the shows. What I like about the dvd's is it gives me the opportunity to watch any hunt at anytime I want. I don't have to put up with all the commercials and have the ability to skip around and watch only those parts that I want. I fully intend to continue purchasing dvd's and as that happens I assume that my tv program watching will continue to drop.