View Poll Results: Why do TV shows make it look so easy? Multiple choice
They're pros
1
2.70%
They have money and go to outfitters with a lot of deer
37
100.00%
They get lucky
1
2.70%
They know exactly how to manage high deer herds
1
2.70%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll
Why do TV shows make it look so easy?
10-15-2010 | 02:20 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 288
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From: So. Indiana
Lack of hunting pressure.
Large tracts of land.
Intense deer management.
Many many hours/days in stand.
And of course $$$
I can sit in my best stand and see 4-6 bucks a day, but may only see a shooter 2-3 times a season.
This is where time in stand, pressure and management come into play.
I'm sure I would see more shooters if I spent every waking hour in stand.
Large tracts of land.
Intense deer management.
Many many hours/days in stand.
And of course $$$
I can sit in my best stand and see 4-6 bucks a day, but may only see a shooter 2-3 times a season.
This is where time in stand, pressure and management come into play.
I'm sure I would see more shooters if I spent every waking hour in stand.
10-15-2010 | 02:27 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 114
Likes: 0
They pay big bucks to see big bucks and they want to make it look easy so they can say "I couldn't have done it without my scent blocker suit, scent killer spray, these really expensive hunting boots, my oakley sunglasses, this matthews bow, a ford F-550, bad boy buggy, or my lone wolf stand." At least that's what I think. I still watch them just to see big deer down. Its just entertainment though.
10-15-2010 | 03:05 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,455
Likes: 0
They spend a lot of time and do lots of editing, so the footage is going to show the best of the hunts. So I do think they put their time in. But the money and outfitters give them the opportunities to go to places where they can get this footage. I don't doubt that having good soil to plant stuff and using corn flingers and other bait makes it easier to have a good herd. All in all, I can see past the BS and it's kinda why I prefer watching western hunts to eastern whitetails. Or I at least would rather watch a bowhunt to such gun hunts.
10-15-2010 | 04:57 PM
#6
Spike
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 35
Likes: 0
From: Maine
The hunters on tv are basicly set up in a tree stand in a highly managed area. Most have no hunting skill and are far from being pros! A pro hunter is some who can kill a deer on public land with the time his schedule allows. And also be happy with any deer he kills.
10-15-2010 | 06:45 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,837
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Lots of editing, lots of time in stands and of course getting to hunt some of the best places in the United States. I do not agree that most are not good hunter though just because they get to hunt the honey holes. Not all but many were good hunters hunting and killing big bucks on the same kind of places all of us hunt before they became celebrities, that is why some are where they are at now. But some couldn't kill a deer on their own in a garage with the door closed. I know a couple of the celebrity hunters personally and it is a hard profession to be in and a lot of long hours on the road away from your family. It's not all the milk and honey we all see on TV.
10-15-2010 | 11:46 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,304
Likes: 0
From: Minnesota
I haven't voted, but the true hunting warriors will tell yah straight.
They've put in many hours and earned their rewards, with often them coming up empty handed. Plus, it helps to have the world at your disposal saying "Come hunt here, there's a monster you have to see!" (for a small fee of course)
iSnipe
They've put in many hours and earned their rewards, with often them coming up empty handed. Plus, it helps to have the world at your disposal saying "Come hunt here, there's a monster you have to see!" (for a small fee of course)
iSnipe
