My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

You know, its tough coming home again from the woods after 2 full weekends of hunting and seeing nothing, to sit down and watch these guys on Realtree pass on on 8 and 10 pointers because "they just arent big enough, old enough or just not the quality deer" they are looking for. I'd take a nice Doe at this point. Anything!!

I think I'll pass on watching the show until next July when I'm starved for any type of hunting related action.

Any day spent huntin, is better than any day spent workin,,

Duckmastor2

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

*L* I have to agree with you on this one! I really think these shows lead some people to believe it is a everyday deal to see deer like the ones on the shows. They also lead people to believe you can walk right out and call up just about any animal, if you just bucked up and spent the cash for their call. Simple fact is, if you and I could hunt on farms and ranches that have not seen a hunter in 10-15 years, we could afford to pass on nice bucks, and marginal bulls and we could call up these animals with a minimum of practice. If Mr. Jordan, and Mr. Primos really wanted to impress me, they would dedicate an entire season to just public land hunting without guides, then I don't think we'd see them passing up basket racked bucks! All in all, the shows are fun to watch they have great footage, but to me they are really not that informative. Now I would like to see some of the less visual guys do some shows like, Larry Jones, Dwight Schuh, and to a lesser extent Chuck Adams. The guys seem to do more public land hunting than the rest of the TV and video guys put together.

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Duckmaster, I need to agree with you. This morning im watching one of those shows and here this woman has a nice 5x5 elk bull that I would give my time to whatever charity someone wanted me to . But no does she take the shot. Now we all must remember that this is a half hour show. But NOOOOOOOO she dosent take the shot she says that if this bull is here by itself theres got to be a bigger one close by with the the females. Now wait a second here in pennsylvania yes I can let does go by cause I know ill see another but to say I would let a 8 point with a 16 inch spread go by hell ill chase the thing over the next hill if I have to. Hope the rest of your season is better then the first couple weeks

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

I agree with you though I must admit I find the videos/DVDs very entertaining. My next biggest complaint is that all we usually see is the "kill scene"...not any of the preparation or the days without seeing anything, etc... That would make it more interesting to me.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Maybe something showing "Time Elapsed", so we know how long the've been in the stand, or the total days of hunting they've done.
Trebark

Become one with nature...then grill it.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

What PABowhunter said goes for me to!!

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

I think jealousy is getting to you all.The name of realtree videos is monster bucks not monster does or six pointers.Personally I like their videos they work very hard to produce a quailty video.They have two hunters in the stand so they have to hide twice the scent. They spend more hours in a deer stand than any average hunter.I don't care if your guided or not an old mature buck still has all his keen senses and you still have to make the shot when the moment of truth happens.What about the guys at mad calls watch their videos they also pass up inmature deer,and do most of their hunting on their own farms.I think we need to quit puttting down fellow hunters and apppreciate that there is hunting videos and tv shows to watch.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Hey arrow chuker, since when is a 10 point not a monster buck? I reckon that's the point Duckmastor2 was making.

God bless,
Brandan

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

I quit watching realtree and now pretty much watch nothing but the Drury brothers.They seem to hunt on their own property yeah it's like a thousand acres or something like that but they seem to do all of the footwork thmselves.I also think their videos are a little more personal and for the everyday Joe that can't fork out $5000 to go to Saskatchewan.Just my opinion

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

In all fairness to the guys that make these videos....they are made to entertain "US".
I dont think you or me would buy a video that shows the hunter taking basket-rack 1 1/2 year old bucks!!!!
Sure,I envey these guys being able to hunt Iowa,Illinois,Kansas and Montana all in one season,but it sure is fun to see them do it and see the trophy bucks they get and the ones that get away!
They dont show all of the endless hours that these guys put in because that would be pretty boring to watch...but if you listen to them talk,they do make comments about not seeing many deer or how tough the hunt has been.
The "TRUTH" videos by Primos are "AWSOME"!
These guys are real hunters and the videos are not like watching an infomercial.
Yes, they are hunting better spots than most of us and put in way more time on stand...I say good for them!
I`m glad not everyone has to punch a time clock and hit the salt mines week in and week out....sometimes I dream about what it would be like,but then the alarm goes off and I wake up!
Think positive when you are out there huntin and if what you are doing does not work try something else...knock on some doors and ask for permisson on that good lookin spot you drive by on the way to your huntin ground,smile and do a little B.S.ing with the landowner!
If you want to kill a good buck,the most important thing in my opinion is to find someplace that is not getting a lot of pressure and then hunt smart,be sneaky and dont let that big buck know your huntin him.There are more nice bucks around than you think...they just have people figured out!
Just my two cents worth!!!!!

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RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Yep you gotta be right it has to be tough to sit in a stand all those hours and watch a planted field and wait for the right buck to come along oh and by the way get paid for it. Yep thats tough. I'm not downing them but give credit where credit is due. I spend hours and days in the stand to get a basket rack and am damn proud of it yes I like to see those hugh deer but I know I will never get to hunt them I will never have the money but one thing is for sure if I ever hit the lottery you will be watching old Roy hunting all those ranch's and farms.................

Take a child hunting,for they are not only our future but also the future of hunting. Roy .

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

while it is true they are entertaining us,at the same time how many of us have 20 to 30 thousand acres to manage and buy their products to make them grow big and healthy,to me they seem to push their seed more than ever while it may help on large tracts of land in texas which has poorer quality land how about the average joe who has a 100 acres do you believe it actually helps these people or the people who sell the seed to thousands of 100 acre people.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

If you wanna see some more realistic hunting...and can put up with (or fast forward past) the commercial parts of it, I suggest "That's Hunting" and "That's hunting 2" You see these guys shoot little bucks, and does. Yeah, They get a couple of big ones...but at least you get the feeling that was a BONUS, not the norm.
Oh yeah...they are FREE....well.....$3 P&H but where else you gonna get vids for $3?

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

The thing I dont like about these videos, is that they pass off what they are doing as hunting, and I guess it is, after a fasion, but compared to what most of us have to do to get a deer, its not even remotely similar. Killing tame deer off cornpiles and shooting barnyard turkeys makes it easier to get good film footage, but hunting pressured and truly wild animals is much harder to film. I have to laugh out loud sometimes when I see these big bucks look up at the camo camera and lick his lips and just walk on by. Where I hunt, if a buck sees you he will turn inside out getting the hell out of there. And no turkey in my hunting woods will ever stand around after seeing anything that wasnt there yesterday. I still watch them though, so I guess I support it in a way. I just dont see it as real hunting, at least not the kind I get to do.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Irishlad32 there are alot of 10 pointers that are not monsters.I trying to put anyone on this board down.I have around 100 videos and in 80% of them you can hunt in the exact spot the hunters are killing the deer.As far as the cost of the hunts save your money.You can't kill a monster if it dosen't live in your area.These guys worked hard to be able to hunt for a living.Now they are being rewared by being paid.We should be happy for these guys.I am with stealthman if you are not happy with your hunting situation then do something about it(knock on dooors and ask permisssion).

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

If you really have spent the last two full weekends hunting and saw "nothing" then plopped down in front of the TV, then perhaps you you are spending too much time in front of the TV and not enough time scouting. I guess I don't see the connection between Realtree Outdoors and YOU not seeing anything. It's not THEIR fault- it's YOURS.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

It appears you have given us TWO reasons for you not seeing deer for two full weekends. Neither one seems to be the fault of Realtree Outdoors.

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Larry338,
Which vids are you watching that showes " Killing tame deer off cornpiles" ?
I just wanna make sure I don't buy those....I like the rest of them though

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Lets see more of the preparation and scouting for these hunts and time spent in the tree stand so I could see that they just don't get up in a tree a 5:30 am and shoot a deer a 6:30am. We need more.

Brian

RE: My turn to vent, Realtree Outdoors
 

Guys, I appreciate your points and wish I was able to hunt some of the spots these guys hunt, but get over it. These guys put out videos and show to entertain and promote their product. If you don't like what you see either write to the company and voice your opinion or quit watching. It's that simple.