Tominator Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 I was pretty disappointed with ESPN's lineup for hunt Sunday this year. "Hunt" Sunday starts off with about 2 hours of fishing. Nothing against fishing, but I don't care for watching fishing shows, especially the loudmouth Charlie Moore--sheesh, give me a break. Then we get into hunting shows. First two shows are with Wayne Pearson. Is there a more pompous host? Maybe Larry Csonka, but I pretty much refuse to watch and listen to Wayne. Just so happens, Wayne has two shows. What's ESPN's fascination with Wayne? Then it's "Get Wild with Cindy Garrison." Holy crap, are you kidding me? This qualifies as a hunting show? She's terrible. And they air her twice! Somewhere in that mess Tony Makris is hunting, surprise, cape buffalo, in surprise, Botswana again, with surprise, the same guide he always uses. Come on Tony, it's Africa; one of the biggest continents in the world with the largest diversity of big game in the world, and you keep going back to the same 5,000 acres. The only shows worth watching out of the whole line up are Whitetail Country, Tom Miranda's Advantage Adventures and of course Realtree Outdoors. Shame, shame ESPN, you could have done much better than this. Next week there will probably be re-runs from last year or years before. OK, whining over. Go back to what you were doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday I usually only watch the "Realtree Hunting Camp" during Hunt Sunday on ESPN. The only hour and a half worth watching. At least it is a really, really good hour and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday WOW !! and you did that all in one breathe..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday What are you doing, taking notes while lounging around on a Sunday morning?!? BTW, I think your analysis is right on the money.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybertech_hound819 Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday that and i dont care for that show "gone wild" she dont do anything i think they are trying to play off he looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] I usually only watch the "Realtree Hunting Camp" during Hunt Sunday on ESPN. The only hour and a half worth watching. At least it is a really, really good hour and a half. [/ QUOTE ]ya, I only watched Advantage Adventures and Realtree Outdoors. Church starts at 8:30 till 9:30 so I miss Whitetail Country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt19 Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] I was pretty disappointed with ESPN's lineup for hunt Sunday this year. "Hunt" Sunday starts off with about 2 hours of fishing. Nothing against fishing, but I don't care for watching fishing shows, especially the loudmouth Charlie Moore--sheesh, give me a break. Then we get into hunting shows. First two shows are with Wayne Pearson. Is there a more pompous host? Maybe Larry Csonka, but I pretty much refuse to watch and listen to Wayne. Just so happens, Wayne has two shows. What's ESPN's fascination with Wayne? Then it's "Get Wild with Cindy Garrison." Holy crap, are you kidding me? This qualifies as a hunting show? She's terrible. And they air her twice! Somewhere in that mess Tony Makris is hunting, surprise, cape buffalo, in surprise, Botswana again, with surprise, the same guide he always uses. Come on Tony, it's Africa; one of the biggest continents in the world with the largest diversity of big game in the world, and you keep going back to the same 5,000 acres. The only shows worth watching out of the whole line up are Whitetail Country, Tom Miranda's Advantage Adventures and of course Realtree Outdoors. Shame, shame ESPN, you could have done much better than this. Next week there will probably be re-runs from last year or years before. OK, whining over. Go back to what you were doing. [/ QUOTE ] 5,000 acres lol I think not. The GENTLEMAN Tony hunts with is named Johan Catliz, one of Africas top PH's, and he runs hunting conssesions that are hundreds of square miles in size. How can you minimize hunting an animal that is as dangerous as anything on earth to hunt. I have had the absolute pleasure to have had dinner with Mr. Catliz and my good friends share hunts with him ever year. The fact the ESPN still has Tony hunt there year after year should tell you something. I personally love seeing him hunting there, as seeing countless shows of deer hunting does get a tad old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday I very rarely ever watch espn outdoors anymore. Get the outdooor channel Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] 5,000 acres lol I think not. The GENTLEMAN Tony hunts with is named Johan Catliz, one of Africas top PH's, and he runs hunting conssesions that are hundreds of square miles in size. How can you minimize hunting an animal that is as dangerous as anything on earth to hunt. I have had the absolute pleasure to have had dinner with Mr. Catliz and my good friends share hunts with him ever year. The fact the ESPN still has Tony hunt there year after year should tell you something. I personally love seeing him hunting there, as seeing countless shows of deer hunting does get a tad old [/ QUOTE ] OK, so I was exaggerating, and I don't mean to slam the guide. I guess I was just expressing a little frustration that Tony hunts the same way, the same game, the same guide in a place that a lot of us will never get close to--we can't identify with it. Hunting whitetail, I'd be willing to bet 99% of us can identify with that and will never get tired of it. BTW--Welcome back Tommy, and congrats for resisting the urge to lay the beat down on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday Sounds like you need to get out of the house and do a little scouting Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] I was pretty disappointed with ESPN's lineup for hunt Sunday this year. "Hunt" Sunday starts off with about 2 hours of fishing. Nothing against fishing, but I don't care for watching fishing shows, especially the loudmouth Charlie Moore--sheesh, give me a break. Then we get into hunting shows. First two shows are with Wayne Pearson. Is there a more pompous host? Maybe Larry Csonka, but I pretty much refuse to watch and listen to Wayne. Just so happens, Wayne has two shows. What's ESPN's fascination with Wayne? Then it's "Get Wild with Cindy Garrison." Holy crap, are you kidding me? This qualifies as a hunting show? She's terrible. And they air her twice! Somewhere in that mess Tony Makris is hunting, surprise, cape buffalo, in surprise, Botswana again, with surprise, the same guide he always uses. Come on Tony, it's Africa; one of the biggest continents in the world with the largest diversity of big game in the world, and you keep going back to the same 5,000 acres. The only shows worth watching out of the whole line up are Whitetail Country, Tom Miranda's Advantage Adventures and of course Realtree Outdoors. Shame, shame ESPN, you could have done much better than this. Next week there will probably be re-runs from last year or years before. OK, whining over. Go back to what you were doing. [/ QUOTE ] Totally agree with your assesment. Especially that dadgum Wayne Pearson - geesh he gets on my nerves! I have to turn him off. Hopefully, ESPN will get off the WHA bandwagon or it really will stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday yeah I dont even watch the espn lineup anymore. I'll catch it over on the outdoor channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday I dont even watched the espn line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday Yep, pretty weak lineup other than the RT stuff. Wish I got the Outdoor Channel, but the dang local cable company doesn't carry it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nature_Boy Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] Then we get into hunting shows. First two shows are with Wayne Pearson. Is there a more pompous host? Maybe Larry Csonka, but I pretty much refuse to watch and listen to Wayne. Just so happens, Wayne has two shows. What's ESPN's fascination with Wayne? [/ QUOTE ] I hate Wayne. His show about finding the next best outdoors person sucks. They did one last season and the winner is doing nothing but judging this season. Wayne is about as entertaining as watching a monkey play with a football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woodsnwater Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday You are correct in all categories. Hurry up football season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I usually only watch the "Realtree Hunting Camp" during Hunt Sunday on ESPN. The only hour and a half worth watching. At least it is a really, really good hour and a half. [/ QUOTE ]ya, I only watched Advantage Adventures and Realtree Outdoors. Church starts at 8:30 till 9:30 so I miss Whitetail Country. [/ QUOTE ] A blank video tape is two hours so you have enough time on it. Make sure it really is BLANK. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday Now wait a minute. If you guys really want to whine about TV programming, how about what they have done to Outdoor Life Network. If you want to watch a whole bunch of guys, wearing fancy, effeminate looking clothing with funny-looking helmets, riding bicycles, mile after mile, in some foriegn country, with each scene looking exactly like the one before it. I guess it probably is ok. Or if bull-riding is your idea of "outdoor life", I suppose that channel is probably right up your alley. That channel has turned completely away from hunting and is now aimed straight into trash programming! As bad as ESPN is, I'll take their programming over OLN's anyday. To me it is looking like there is an organized effort to eliminate hunting shows from TV as one after the other begins to cut hunting out of their line-ups, replacing it with ridiculous activities that may have the interest of about 0.5% of the people. Could it be that the shrinking hunter population news reports are starting to catch the eye of these programming planners? Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lobsterman Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday LOL doc is right on the money with that one...like i want to watch old repeats of survivor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I usually only watch the "Realtree Hunting Camp" during Hunt Sunday on ESPN. The only hour and a half worth watching. At least it is a really, really good hour and a half. [/ QUOTE ]ya, I only watched Advantage Adventures and Realtree Outdoors. Church starts at 8:30 till 9:30 so I miss Whitetail Country. [/ QUOTE ] A blank video tape is two hours so you have enough time on it. Make sure it really is BLANK. LOL [/ QUOTE ]good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] Now wait a minute. If you guys really want to whine about TV programming, how about what they have done to Outdoor Life Network. If you want to watch a whole bunch of guys, wearing fancy, effeminate looking clothing with funny-looking helmets, riding bicycles, mile after mile, in some foriegn country, with each scene looking exactly like the one before it. I guess it probably is ok. Or if bull-riding is your idea of "outdoor life", I suppose that channel is probably right up your alley. That channel has turned completely away from hunting and is now aimed straight into trash programming! As bad as ESPN is, I'll take their programming over OLN's anyday. To me it is looking like there is an organized effort to eliminate hunting shows from TV as one after the other begins to cut hunting out of their line-ups, replacing it with ridiculous activities that may have the interest of about 0.5% of the people. Could it be that the shrinking hunter population news reports are starting to catch the eye of these programming planners? Doc [/ QUOTE ] Interesting. I tend to agree with you, which is rare. OLN's Friday night lineup wasn't bad, but that channel is sorely lacking with consistent hunting shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil hunter Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday isn't OLN changing it's name this fall? I was watching it a couple weeks ago in florida, and i'm bout positive i seen somethin bout them changing there name. I can't remember what it's gettin changed too, but the name had 0 to do with the outdoors. now, so i don't hi-jack the thread. I never get to watch ESPN outdoors anymore anyway. I'm either sleeping, or out doing something. They need to show 'em on sunday nights like the old TNN used to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday Outdoor life channel is a joke. Much like the old TNN channel, seems these channels are moving away from good programming geared towards the hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. Did see where CMT picked up old episodes of "surviving the Nuge" , wonder if they are not going to follow in tnn's poorly placed steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday [ QUOTE ] I was pretty disappointed with ESPN's lineup for hunt Sunday this year. "Hunt" Sunday starts off with about 2 hours of fishing. Nothing against fishing, but I don't care for watching fishing shows, especially the loudmouth Charlie Moore--sheesh, give me a break. Then we get into hunting shows. First two shows are with Wayne Pearson. Is there a more pompous host? Maybe Larry Csonka, but I pretty much refuse to watch and listen to Wayne. Just so happens, Wayne has two shows. What's ESPN's fascination with Wayne? Then it's "Get Wild with Cindy Garrison." Holy crap, are you kidding me? This qualifies as a hunting show? She's terrible. And they air her twice! Somewhere in that mess Tony Makris is hunting, surprise, cape buffalo, in surprise, Botswana again, with surprise, the same guide he always uses. Come on Tony, it's Africa; one of the biggest continents in the world with the largest diversity of big game in the world, and you keep going back to the same 5,000 acres. The only shows worth watching out of the whole line up are Whitetail Country, Tom Miranda's Advantage Adventures and of course Realtree Outdoors. Shame, shame ESPN, you could have done much better than this. Next week there will probably be re-runs from last year or years before. OK, whining over. Go back to what you were doing. [/ QUOTE ] I agree!!!! They really are terible. The only good shows are Realtrees, and when I catch those on there I usually have already seen them. And Wayne Pearson is probably one of the worst on tv. Seems like he only hunts deer in Texas or he go's wing shooting in Mexico. Oh yeah and OLN isnt much better either. I need the Outdoor Channel BAD!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Re: ESPN Hunt Sunday I like to watch Advantage Adventures, Realtree, and Whitetail Country. All the others bore me and I am not into watching fishing. That is what they show now, fishing after fishing after fishing show. Cindy is nice to look at sure but pretty clueless on the hunts if you ask me, the guides are usually walking her around and telling what to do next. As for OLN, that channel is a joke, bull riding and Survivor reruns. No thank you, not all viewers are into that and reality shows even though filmed outside do not count in my book as a outdoor show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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