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I have been watching Tred Barta lately, because I think he does a somewhat genuine show. He doesn't worry about coming up empty handed. He doesn't worry about have the latest and greatest gear. How, over the last two weeks I have become somewhat disenchanted with him.

Last week, I watched him fish for a billfish grandslam. A guide from Mexico invited him down there to fish for a couple of days and they were fishing using really light tackle. Well, when they hooked a swordfish, the guide wanted to gaf it and bring it home for dinner. Tred didn't want to hear that. He wanted them all to be releases. I am glad that the guide/captain Tred him that on his boat, a release only counted if you actually got ahold of the fish. Just getting to the leader was not enough. I was happy to see Tred sweating like crazy on light tackle to get these bill fish in.

Tonight, I watched Tred trying to kill a mallard in flight using a long bow. Again, a guy, Jerry Mancuso, invited Tred out to Montana to hunt for 5 days to see if Tred could get a mallard or goose in flight with his long bow. Jerry was getting his shotgun out of the truck on the first day as a back up gun for when Tred missed, but Tred made him leave it in the truck. Finally, on the second or third day, Tred killed a mallard. However, I don't think it was the one he was aiming for. A mallard came in close and started flying left to right, and I could see Tred tracking it with the bow. He shot behind it and nailed another mallard that was coming straight in. Of course, he never mentioned that he go the bird by luck.

Before watching Tred Barta, I was watching World of Beretta. I saw the guy from Simon & Simon hit some type fo exotic ram on an overseas hunt. According to him, he shot it through the shoulder, heart, and both lungs on the first shot. However, it took off and ran another 100 yards. He got back on it and shot it again, and it took off running. There was a cut in the action and next thing you know he is standing beside the ram talking about how these rams are so tough and can take such a shot. If you ask me, either the shot placement was poor, or the bullet used was wrong. I don't care what kind of animal you are hunting, if you break the front shoulder there is no physical way it can run that far and that quick.

I forgot to add the Florida quail hunt, where the quails were coming up left and right. If that was wild quail hunting, I would be completely surprised. It looked more like hunting pen raised birds. Of course, I could be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time.