RealTree is hunting Pennsylvania
 

:D Yes guys, word is that this comming year, Team Realtree may hunt Pennsylvania. They have hooked up with Halley Caller and are discussing plans on filming hunts in Pennsylvania this year. This should be interesting and would make for an awsome video. My UPS driver is a pro-staffer for Halley Caller so I will try and get the scoop from him. Also, Michael Waddell is going to be hunting PUBLIC ground this year and filming it. This is gonna make for some AWSOME videos.

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Do you know where at in Pa?

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Hey bear72,,,,,,whereever there is a highfence operation,thats where they' ll be hunting....lol There has to be plenty in PA,just make a few calls.

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Not sure yet, all I know is that this years videos are going to be entirely 100% fair chase like the Primos and Drury videos. They will probablly hunt alot of the same places, because 99% of the the places they hunt are not fenced in at all, like the Milk River in Montana, they are just superbly managed and you have to pay to hunt there.

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That will be an interesting video and I would love to see what Michael Waddell can come up with on state game lands. However, " fair chase" doesn' t always mean it' s land that' s accessible to anyone. You always hear Will Primos saying " We were hunting with my good friend..." and you can bet that there aren' t a lot of guys other than the Primos team and that guy hunting that property. Don' t get me wrong, there' s nothing wrong with that and it is fair chase (no high fences and animals that grew up in the wild). Just remember though, if it' s not open to the public it can be just as good as some of those game ranches, and in some cases even better. It' s funny how many doors some $$$ and TV cameras will open up. Good for them though, I can' t wait to see the shows.

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I would love to see this type of video as well. Back in the day...Bill Jordan asked me for advice on how to hunt and I told him.....

:D

Seriously though, I think it is a great idea and would give more credibility to their program. Heck, if they are areally into a challenge then I would invite them to hunt with me a for a few days on the ground that I frequent....;)

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Please keep us posted as to the Public ground Mike will be on and when if you can. About time they came N.East .

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HuntingBry,

Yes, I understand that 100% fair chase doesn' t mean that they are going to hunt strictly public land, but, alot of people think of the places they hunt as high fenced in areas, when they are really just land that is private and managed for good deer. These deer are free to roam to any public land near there.

It will definetly be interesting to see. I can' t wait to see what caliber deer they harvest from the public land. I am pretty pumped about it. You can go to RealTree' s website and ask them questions about how they are going to be hunting and where, and they will get back to you.

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I just got to wondering if maybe Alt' s promises of large antlered bucks with the new deer management program had anything to do with their decision to come here...;)

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O Frank :D:D:D:D:D

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BM, I hear what you are saying. I think it will be good for the state' s programs to get some national exposure. I just don' t get too cranked up about these guys because they are very self serving IMO. They are high profile hunters that have the ability to reach different segments of the population including non-hunters. Yet they perpetuate the practice of primarily hunting managed, private land that the average hunter does not have access to. They do nothing to open doors for the average joe, or to encourage land owners that it might be in their best interest to make their land more accessible for hunters.

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man some of us here sound like scourned women ,most of the problems if not all in getting access to private ground goes back to slobs ruining the image of hunters ,most farmers i ask are not interested because they either had guys shooting up the joint stealling stuff or leaving does to rot .i know most guys are good law abiding hunters ,but it only takes one bad apple to ruin our image .we need to police our own ,.i had a farmer i was trying to get access from who kept denying me i would stop by on saturdays to talk and and he would let me walk around a little to take pics of some of the deer as he got to know me he eventualy let me bow hunt there and then offerd to allow me to gun hunt but i never did as i did not want to interfere with the family members who gun hunted ,it worked wel untill he passed and they sold the place ,we need to help our image anyway we can and turning in poachers and slobs is a great start .they are not hunters but theifs and slobs ,as it may turn the wrong person against us and we need all the favorable opinion' s of us as we can get

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That would be a move in the right direction for RT to hunt in PA. The only fenced place I know of that they use to hunt way back in their first couple of vidoes only was the Sanctuary up in Central MI. That didnt' last long though when everyone complained about " high fence" hunting. That was about the time, in my recollection, when the Drurys marketed the 100% wild, 100% fair chase slogan. Anyway, I' m really impressed when these " big names" go to the places that the average guy like me hunts, public land.

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Definitely keep us updated if you hear any more about this issue. I would really like to see the area that they plan on hunting.

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BMgnt,
Are they going to make a video or just film a segment for an upcoming episode of RT?

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I am not sure yet guys. I am going to go to the RealTree forums and ask them what is going to be happening with the situation. I' ll let you know when I get some more information.

Hopefully tommorow I can give you all a report!!!!!! :D

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One thing you can count on is these guys aren' t going to spend a s!@# load of money and drag a lot of camera equipment around in the woods and not kill some nice bucks. I highly doubt they will be on your heavily hunted public land!!!! As far as I' m concerened them guys wouldn' t make a pimple on a public land deer hunters a!@!!!!!!!

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stephen fox, you make some excellent points. I definitely agree that it only takes a few bad apples to ruin it for everyone else. However, unlike NJ, PA has 1 million plus hunters, meaning more bad apples to ruin it for the others. I am fortunate in that I live close enough to NJ that I hunt both states, and let me tell you getting permission to hunt private land in your state is far less of a challenge than it is in PA.
It will be interesting to see how Realtree presents their hunt in PA. Hopefully, they will present it as a challenging state to hunt due to the pressure and encourage land owners to allow more good hunters onto their land to help with herd management as well as alleviating some of the pressure from public land. On the other hand, they might say, " Hey look at us. We came to one of the most highly pressured states in the country and look at the whoppers we pulled out." Who knows? It will be interesting that' s for sure.

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Well guys,

I will have all the information tommorow. I e-mailed Scott Hughes, the Internet Marketing Coordinator for RealTree. He has family in this weekend and he said that he will have all the info for by Monday. I asked him to give me as much info on the Pennsylvania hunts, where they are hunting, what type of hunting, what type of public land, who they will be hunting with, and just about as much info as possible. I will also know what their archery set-ups will be for this year. I have heard that Michael Waddell will be shooting a 03 Hoyt RazorTec, but, that isn' t confirmed.

So, tommorow we will know everything.

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Huntingbry, You have stated my feelings to a tee. THey probable wont be hunting Public land as we all know it. They will most likely be on a private land that the rest of the public doesn' t have access to. Is this true public land nope not even close. Only difference is that it doesn' t have fences. Now if they go into deleware state forrest in the poconos and come out with a wall hanger out of there with another hunter walking under there stand site that would impress me to no end. BUt I doubt it. But still would like to see as it would be interesting.

Brian