grrrr wal-mart hunting video *RANT*

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Good job GOB. I hate crap like that on video. Heck, I hate most of the video I see out there. Almost all of it is geared to people just shooting birds and animals left and right. Very little educational about it. Granted, the first year or two I watched the more decent shows, I thought they were great. However, in year three or four, I started to wonder about them. Some of the pheasant hunting looked like it was done on planted, pen raised, birds. Then, who really wants to just see a bunch of guys shooting a bunch of animals. There is one good show out there that I have seen a couple of times, and it is a father and son bowhunting show where they try to teach the viewers about bowhunting and give them pointers. Sure, they show some hunts, but I think at least half their show is dedicted to education.

Poor shooting is done by those of us that just do not have the time to get out and practice. However, my feeling is that if you do not have the time to go out and practice, then you shouldn't be out hunting. Spend that time set aside for hunting, for shooting. However, few people subscribe to that.

I have shot a couple of running deer in my lifetime, but they were all close deer that got up from brush that they were hiding it and I could count the number on one hand. Nothing over 50 yards and they were all killed with my slug gun. If you are hunting to eat, and I mean you need the food, which I know people that do, then I am fine with the blasting until the animal falls if you do not have a decent chance of seeing another. Used to be that way here in Maryland. Now, we have so many deer that you can almost kill one each time out with a gun. Now, if you aren't meat hunting or you are meat hunting but will probably see other deer that day, that is a different story.