Hunting shows...

[fabsroman]

ol_spark,

I cannot agree with you more about the "equipment used on today's hunt" portion of the shows. One that readily comes to mind is the Outdoor World shows. They have a segment where the equipment is listed. I rarely seen a 1969 Remington 870 or 1950 Browning Auto-5 in that equipment list. It is the newest shotgun from Browning, such as the Cynergy or Gold auto, or the Benelli Cordoba in the Benelli Safari series. Please, I have killed plenty with my dad's 1960's Win 101 and his 1960's Auto 5, not to mention thousands of birds with my 7 year old SBE.


Indyhnter,

I agree with you too. A couple of years ago I used to hunt with guys that had to get a limit or the biggest buck possible. Some of the people on this board will know who I am talking about. While I enjoy getting a limit and an antlered deer, I enjoy the same amount of time sitting in a blind with my dog and/or friends and getting nothing. I almost always bring my dog bumpers along and on slow days I work with the dog. These guys would get irrate when the dog wouldn't listen completely and there were birds in the air. Just wasn't my cup of tea. I would rather hunt with my dog, kill a single duck or goose for the day, and have the dog retrieve it rather than killing a truck load of geese so that we could display them to everybody and show that we are the best hunters in the world. To me, the best hunters in the world aren't necessarily the ones with truck loads of game or antlers. Sometimes, those are just the richest or the ones lucky enough to have access to the right property.


As far as I am concerned, I do not watch anymore "kill shot" shows. One show that I like is a father and son team of bowhunters that turn almost every show into an instructional show. However, the must not sell well because I haven't seen them on lately.