Ravin R10 man Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 When it comes to hunting shows...for me it's the Greatly exaggerated...."fist punching" holes in the air after a good shot, or the big exhaled blowing like your trying to blow out a birthday cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 What gets your goat? I smoked him when it's a bad shot. Drives me nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 What gets your goat? When they try to push a product on you by using the product in every other word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I smoked him when it's a bad shot. Drives me nuts! Yep. See it waaaaay to much. Then they do the cover up at retrieval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Mine would have to be the loud music or the whispering afyer the shot when you cant hear a word they're saying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) I smoked him when it's a bad shot. Drives me nuts! Yep. See it waaaaay to much. Then they do the cover up at retrieval. Yeah, a gut shot, early afternoon, then a late night recovery after the dog has been put back up. Most of us have done just that but call it as it is and admit your mistakes and challenges recovering it I say. Edited July 31, 2013 by redkneck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGaHuntingandOutdoors Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 The show for the most part. I wonder if they would have the same outcome if they weren't hunting high fence areas! I'm on private land, but there's no fence over 4ft tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smha6784 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What gets your goat? The bucks that they pass that I wish I had an opportunity at!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scbasshunter Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What gets your goat? The products and shows in general. I enjoy watching the shows but I want a "professional" hunter to tell us to buy a product because HE/SHE knows it works, not because he/she is paid to do so. About the only show I have seen that is close to real as it gets is Major League Bowhunter. Although, I am not naive enough to think they aren't in it for the money as well. Don't even get me started on Duck Dynasty or Duck Commander. Fake as all get out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Crossbows, bait piles and high-fences. Won't watch a show that has any of the three. I'm not against high-fence hunts.......as long as you represent them for what they are. But when the show makes it seem like they have scouted this 275" buck and are REALLY hunting................ gimme a freakin' break !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What gets your goat? Strut just nailed mine. Bait being the main thing. I actually never watch hunting shows anymore. Will watch a Midwest whitetail episode or two in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I think what bugs me is the using the product name 5 times in a sentence and them no showing how it works. Another thing that dawned on me today is why do they have the go pros on their bows if they dont ever show the footage from em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhuntr Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ya i agree most hunting shows r being exaggerated BIGTIME.....does anyone here watch midwest whitetail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Outfitters. Just because you have a lot of sponsors and can make a whole season of shows by going from outfitter to outfitter doesn't mean squat to me. It drives me nuts when they say " man, we really worked hard for this deer", when the reality is they just sat in a stand that someone else hung for a few days on a low pressured farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I watched whitetail freaks the other day, was a little disappointed when they kept saying the name of each item they used, advertising the whole time. Also when you can see the high fence in the background...the bucks they don't shoot because they "aren't mature enough" but would be absolute monsters where I hunt....Also when they spine shoot a deer and immediately turn the camera away to the hunter and it's obvious they cut part out and re-film a part to put in - be honest, showed you made a mistake and what you did to correct it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 lots of different stuff... I don't think you need to give a whispering play by play each time a deer goes by. we see what just happened. I try not to get too hung up on after the shot reactions. everybody does it different or maybe a little more "over the top" and that's a good reason why we hunt. like others have said the "smoked him" comment when it's a horrible shot just blows my mind though. camera angle does weird things but some are obviously bad. spline shots although dropping the deer are still bad too. also bothers me when a perfectly hit deer on camera get left until the next day, because it went more than 30 yards and they know they can. then found the next day in t-shirts or found chewed up by yotes. the meat should be just as prized as the antlers. high-fenced hunting doesn't bother me as long as the hunter acknowledges what they're doing. Larry Weishuhn hunts high fences from time to time and I don't respect him any less, especially after meeting him. he'll come out and say it's high fenced and then just appreciates the huge antlers and gives credit to the deer that grew them. hunting specific deer in a high fence that encloses thousands of acres isn't a guaranteed hunt either. heck ask people on here that have hunted the McAlister base in okieland. a plug for a product plug or zoomed in high F (aperture) shots of products in the tree with you are ok. they pay the bills. there are the completely different, over and over, shameless product plugs and how great they work that just ruin a show though. I can see what you're using, and it obviously works well enough otherwise you wouldn't be using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 When did heavy, thrashing metal guitars become cool in videos? Don't care for that. Odd face paint schemes look weird, but don't necessarily "get my goat." And, for some reason, I don't like when hunters tell me their "hit list" and name "their" deer. It gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Pretty much the only hunting show I watch is Midwest whitetail every year online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What gets your goat? One more thing: When a good management deer is passed up and called a scrub deer. I was amazed when I was helping some younger kids with their archery gear and they flat out said a 150 is the smallest I will shoot because that's all the pros shoot. I think that some of those big shots need to show the same enthusiasm and joy when they pop a doe or a management buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGaHuntingandOutdoors Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ha ha, I've wanted to do my own videos, no product placement, no "shout outs" during filming, nothing. The one the really gets me mad is Fred Eichler (sp), with all his hootin and hollerin! You're a "professional" act like it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Products being pushed on you thought the whole show drives me nuts. The show I can't watch is long range pursuits. The last one I watched they shot a deer at 970 yards. They had a team of guys calling out range another call wind direction and speed and another dialing in the scope. You need to be a good shot to do this but there's no sport in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 the same. smoked him. ive seen a number of shows where they say that, and clearly you can see what a bad shot it realy was, than they say we have reviewed the footage and seen where the shot was to far back ect. crap with some of the shots ive seen them make reviewing the footage shouldnt have been even considered. or making a great shot knowing the deer will expire with in a hour tops and than saying will back out and come back tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGaHuntingandOutdoors Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Almost forgot, CROSSBOWS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Long range/iffy archery shots. While some people are great archers, targets and live deer are two very different things. Seems that the need to get a kill on camera often is more important than waiting for a good shot or passing on a questionable shot. I also prefer to see blood trailing instead of the 5 seconds before somebody spots the deer. Kudos to those production teams that give animal recovery it's due air time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 What gets your goat? I think hunting shows anymore are platforms for sponsors and entertainment and no longer are they tools for information like they once were and should be. Yeah there are some out there that shows a hunter finding his own spot to hang a stand, goin to the maps and lookin at the terrain like we do, finding food sources, etc... But they are so cheaply made nobody wants to watch them. Sponsors want "their guy" whackin and stackin the biggest and best. Understandable but I feel a truly good video is one that shows hunting as we all know it to be. A whole lot of work grassing, researching, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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