I've all but quit watching hunting shows anymore. I'm sick of the high fences, product endorsements, and canned hunts. It just makes me sick to my stomach and even my heroes of hunting from the past that started out genuine have all turned out to be sell outs to the mighty dollar. It seems that every hunting show is just a feature length product endorsement or infomercial with some killing thrown in.
Another thing I can't stand is the shows that are like a competition where they get points for killing deer on camera and are judged on the amount of footage and the size of the rack the buck has, and so many points for a doe. In my book that just ain't right, and it gives true hunters and sportsman a bad rap. That's not what it's supposed to be about and I refuse to watch that kind of crud. All it does is fuel the Anti's agenda and give them more ammunition against all sportsmen and women.
With all that said, even though Tred has an abrasive personality and is akin to scratching my fingernails on a chalk board......I do admire his tenacity and gusto with how he persues his passion. You gotta give him credit there and I respect that. He is entertaining to watch at times especially when he gets all fired up and takes off running through the weeds and brush and falls head first into a thorn bush or flops down a hill.
If he ever sells out then I'll put him right there on the black list with all the others.
I do like to watch Pigman on occasion, but I also find his over the top persona a bit hard to swallow also, about as pleasant as a bad case of chiggers. Even though he is an A-hole it's an entertaining show otherwise. I like his dad "Pap" and he's way less abrasive and fun to watch than his loud mouth son. Those two are as different as it gets and it's hard to imagine that they are even blood related.
Bottom line is.....the good ol days of hunting shows for entertainment purposes only are over. It's all about money these days and there are very few left that are true to the sport.
Even Fred Eichler, which I like and find quite entertaining, is somewhat of a sell out. He is supported by Easton and Muzzy broadheads which is a good thing and I don't hold it against him, but it still arrives at the same destination...money. I can't blame a guy for wanting to pay the bills whill doing something he loves to do God only knows that I would love to be so lucky, but there are no true blue originals left....only lesser degrees of the same evil and if a show hits me the wrong way...there's always other channels.
Topic: Tred Barta, what a stud! (Read 655 times)
