[fabsroman]

ol_spark,

I am sick of hunting shows for an entirely different reason. Like you, I don't like the fact that this guy had no idea what he was doing, but there are a lot of guys out there that don't. That is realistic. Not everybody is like you, Petey, Boyd, Rocky, etc.

How is the guy that starts out to get all the knowledge. Nobody picks up a bow and starts sticking 10 pt. whitetails the next day. Heck, it took me about 10 years to get my first antlered deer with a rifle.

Can a newbie really judge range that well. I am willing to bet that it takes a lot of practice.

What I cannot stand about hunting shows it that most of them seem canned, or they are at ranches that cost a person a fortune. I watched a SCI whitetail pistol hunt last week for all of about 5 minutes. I stopped watching when they informed me that the hunt was at Sanctuary.

I hate seeing "upland" hunts that are at game preserves. I hate seeing a bird shot alongside a 4 month old dog, the camera cutting out, and then the 4 month old puppy supposedly retrieving the downed quail. I know that they threw that bird for the dog or they lead the dog up to it. Why not show new people how to train the dog instead of making them think that every dog should be able to point and retrieve at 4 months of age.

Why don't these shows help teach new hunters and experienced hunters how to hunt. I am sick and tired of seeing bird after bird shot or deer after deer dropped. How exciting is it to see these animals get killed.

What I would like to see is a hunt, from start to finish, with whatever happens during that hunt. Granted, I understand that some editing is required to get a 3 hour waterfowl hunt into a 30 minute show, but how about showing the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sometimes, I think about making my own show to teach people how to hunt.