Gotta love the the Whitetail Freaks. The Kisky family was harvesting big bucks even before they became famous. The Lakosky's for the most part hunt their own land and manage it very strict. That is why they have so many big bucks running around. The Drury boys are the same way. I understand it is easier for them, because they do have the best of the best. That is land, equipment, and they can hunt all season because that is their job. Anybody that can shoot a bow could be harvesting a big buck year after year if they had all that. I do believe though if they could hunt the ground I am allowed to now, with the kind of equipment I use, and they hunt the same amount of time as me, they could still get the job done.

Had to laugh at your choice of Larry Weishunn [ sic ]. He is a KNOWN high fence, game farm hunter. Probably not always, but enough to turn me off. Also, it gets real old listening to him describe 120-130 class deer as 140-150 trophies.

Like him or not, Tred Barta is one of my favorites. You want to see real hunters, if the films are still available, check out footage of Howard Hill and Fred Bear. While Hill was better known as a " shot " than a hunter, his book " hunting the hard way " turned me on to archery hunting. As for Mr. Bear, they don't get any more humble and honest as him.

I don't know if they had a tv show . The Benoit family, trackers from Vermont, when they cut a track of a mature whitetail buck they hunt it down till they kill it. Some times successful, some times not. Finding a big buck and killing it in the millions of acres of Maine is more impressive than these stars who sit on private farms and ranches killing managed deer IMHO.

Hunters and nonhunters differ in their descriptions of what hunting is "about." For
nonhunters, hunting is about killing; they approve of, or tolerate, hunting when the
goal is meat, but are less approving when the goal is thought to be something else.
For hunters, hunting is about more than killing, and meat is often a secondary
goal to the quality of the experience. Connecting hunting with meat functions
to reduce anxiety for meat-eating nonhunters, but it makes their understanding
of hunting less likely.

The Salerno brother's who hunt the adirondack region of NYS. Trail big bucks for miles into the 3500' region of the mountains. Year after year they shoot multiple NY mature bucks. Check out their website, they are true, dedicated hunters.

http://www.salernobrothers.com/

Just viewed the web site. I couldn't imagine having the opportunity to hunt with a half-dozen people, even two people, where I hunt in the highpeaks. THAT is a recipe for success.

Never heard of these guys before but they sound like the real deal also. What I find interesting about these guys and the other big name northeast deer hunters is they all have regular jobs they go to aside from their hunting. Just average every day folks that are some of the best whitetail deer hunters in America.

Another person that I think is the real deal is Tim Farmer. Most of you guys won't know him, he is the host of a hunting show here in Ky called Kentucky Afield. He goes on other peoples private property and hunts. His first priority is meat, well thats his only priority. To add on he can't use his left hand, got paralyzed in a motorcycle accident. That is what I call real hunting.

Yep... Uncle Ted!

I understand the allure of Tred Barta because he hunts the old fashioned way, but he still hunts with outfitters just like all the rest of the "Pro Hunters" mentioned. Every single show he does he has someone guiding him to his animal and most of the time he scares it away before he gets a change to take a shot. And then if he does actually take a shot, he misses the majority of the time. I've seen him make more bad shots on animals than any other person on TV. I think it's a little unfair to classify him as a real hunter simply because he uses a stick & string with stone-tipped wooden arrows. Anyone can pick that gear up but it doesn't mean they're a real hunter.

And I know he's having medical issues but that doesn't mean I can't call it like I see it.