Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Youngboyer2(billyf) on April 02, 2013, 12:40:03 am
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It has not premiered yet, the premise is whitetail hunters thinning the herds in conneticut suburbs. If it is anything like "swamp people" and bowhunters are misrepresented then the bowhunting community will suffer a collective hit. But they do say any publicity is good publicity.
-Billy
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Hopefully they will all be shooting compounds. ;)
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I see that starting badly, and ending worse.
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Hopefully they will all be shooting compounds. ;)
Good one Pat! Hopefully the "anti's" don't beat this one to death.
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Sounds like a good April Fools tale to me. ;D
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The name alone is silly. Ive seen that sticker on plenty of truck windows, right next to the Bone Collector sticker. Chasin tail and bone, sounds just like what I do each fall..............wrong........RESPECT is what its all about for me. I respect the game, the law and the people that dont hunt. I dont parade deer around in my truck woth the tailgate down, they deserve more. I dont hang dead deer in a tree next to the road either.
Sorry for the rant. I just get tired of cheezy, stupid, disrespectful outdoor shows that keep coming. Hope they all go bankrupt sooner than later.
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The name alone is silly. Ive seen that sticker on plenty of truck windows, right next to the Bone Collector sticker. Chasin tail and bone, sounds just like what I do each fall..............wrong........RESPECT is what its all about for me. I respect the game, the law and the people that dont hunt. I dont parade deer around in my truck woth the tailgate down, they deserve more. I dont hang dead deer in a tree next to the road either.
Sorry for the rant. I just get tired of cheezy, stupid, disrespectful outdoor shows that keep coming. Hope they all go bankrupt sooner than later.
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CR
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Here's hoping (probably pointlessly) that they will treat this subject with some respect for the game, the traditions of hunting, and with a good conservation message.
If not, may their buttholes grow shut and their foreheads erupt with a new one!
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Last thing any hunting show needs to do is spread bad publicity. Regardless to the method of taking, we are always faced with evil looks from folks who dont understand us. I hope the show does justification to the sport, and shows the need for it as well. I recall watching a show, seeing a bear get treed, shot, fall, run off, and while the guides were high fiving eachother and congratulating the first time female shooter, they ran the tape all the while the bear was death moaning. She was in tears listening to the bear die and they played it on TV. I hope these guys dont do that.
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What Pearl said. +1.
Pappy
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It does'nt look good, in one of the trailers it looks like they kill a deer or drag it through a suburban back yard.
Let's hope this thing is not as bad as it appears.
Kevin
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It will be bad Kevin. Drama makes this instant gratification country we live in go round buddy.....it will suck and cause more damage than good.
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I thought it had to be an April fools joke when I first heard about it but it is for real, wheel bows at least but it will end up giving us all a black eye.
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I'm on board with Pearly, but I'll try to give the show the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully the drama hook that those shows need will be between the ignorance of the population and respectful harvesting. That's high hopes, I know.
Hopefully they can provide footage examples of sickness, starvation, and flat waste. God forbid they should show people being fed and the animal being utilized.
I lived in the Northeast for a some years growing up. Never saw so many dead deer everywhere just rotting on the side of the road. It was commonplace back in the early/mid 90's. When I moved there at 15 I was completely disgusted and saddened by it, so common. After a year or two it becomes like seeing a squished squirrel.
Shameful...wasteful.
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I agree Parnell, it would be a step in the right direction to see them donating the meat to a local soup kitchen or something like that. and yeah there are a lot of deer wasted on the road but I do notice every once in a while people who are having a hard time making ends meet, picking up the fresh ones.
Kevin
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I have personally never seen a starving deer or overcrowded deer in michigan. Hunting in town could be a good thing, more hunting land is always welcome with 700,000 hunters in michigan. I also believe that if you kill something you should eat it, so donating it is noble but that would mean that they killed for sport.
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Your right about that mcnaughton, but your thinking with a hunters mind. Try (I know its hard!) to think like an anti or non-hunter. Im sure the donation to the food pantrys saves the day for the "hunters". I do see your point and my hunting is just as intimate to me.
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I agree with you guys, I have never donated my kill, because I always use it and never take more than I can use.
But I believe donation is good simply because there are a lot of supposed hunters out there that only kill and do not use the meat.I don't know if they think deer are just moving 3D's,something to brag on or they just like to kill something, but there are a lot of them out there and this new TV program looks like it will be right up thier alley.
Kevin
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I plan on going hog hunting soon. There is a problem with overpopulation in some areas, and I have been told there is a possibility I can come on a few private trips. I dont eat pig, but, I sure as heck would enjoy the hunt, the kill, and would very quickly donate the meat. That may be how some others see deer, they enjoy the hunt, but dont like the flavor. Of course, we all know how much problems wild pigs can cause. I cant think of many that deer cause.
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I just watched the trailer, It was being advertised @ the top of the PA forum page. Man, it looked bad. There was the guy in the tree with the family walking by on an outing and he said, "Now get out of the way so I can shoot something". Just as archery was making a comeback, a show like this has to hit the mainstream. Glad they are "wheelie" guys I suppose.
I love pig, so I'd eat one if I shot it. Eat most everything I shoot. As for damage done by deer...they damage a bunch of car bumpers around my area, as well as lots of landscapings around our house. I live in the country, and I hunt deer in my yard, the ones that eat my wifes flowers in the summer end up on the table in the fall.
Back in the day, like AncientGreece, the hunt was to a thing a step into manhood, hunting to eat was looked down on as a thing for poor people to do. This thought lasted into the middle ages and probably into todays society as well. I like to eat wild game, so if that makes me poor, I'm not gonna argue with anyone about it.
dpg
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stop and think a minute, "glad they are wheelie guys", unfortunately there is one word that link's us, "BOWHUNTER", if they come off lookin' like most off the people on reality shows, ethical hunters will get dragged along with them because of that link, bub
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So, let's join two threads here and do something about it. How's a primitive archer series sound? The drama can be the hunt, the suspense can be the stave search, bow build, and practice, show the bows that come out and the ones that break. The shows conclusion can be the hunt., and show meat given to food banks, and hunters working the food kitchens. That way,, we don't all look like idiots.
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Sleek, That sounds like if the right person who new the right people and had the know how could really make a great show. PA...you ever thought about getting into television? All it would take to make a piolet is a camera, or gopro and a few sd cards and a trip to Tennessee in May. >:D Wait forget I said that...I gotta get some more sd cards.
Thanks for putting it into perspective for me bubby. I had just watched the trailer and was feeling, well, irrational. ;) we should do something as a site, some kinda charity event or the like. Let's think about it. ??? dpg
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"reality"???? Hmmm...... As the "human" race we have eliminated the predators! Have eliminated the natural cycle of the "prey". Introduced road salt to the picture and ...... In California it is about $45 for the license and another $45 for the deer tag and days off work and gas = over $100 per one deer! So even if they are wheelies at least they are getting a chance to attempt to bring back some sense of "balance", well - we got to start somewhere! Of course we got to get passed the uninformed ideas of PETA (not People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) and ASPCA (AMerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) as well as other Earth Firster types as well as the generally uninformed we got to take a breath and do our very best at demonstrating and explaining our point of view which by the way encompasses many of the Native AMerican points of view on "balance" that we are going to be challenged at every turn! Stand strong PA community and Family! We can do it! Si se Puede!
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I just hope they don't come across like a bunch of idiots
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I just hope they don't come across like a bunch of idiots
Have you watched the trailer? I'd say it's too late.
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Have you seen thier"Deer Camp"?
Bunch of slobs!
Kevin
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So, let's join two threads here and do something about it. How's a primitive archer series sound? The drama can be the hunt, the suspense can be the stave search, bow build, and practice, show the bows that come out and the ones that break. The shows conclusion can be the hunt., and show meat given to food banks, and hunters working the food kitchens. That way,, we don't all look like idiots.
I think it's a great idea Sleek!
Kevin
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If you dont think shows like this are intentionally created to aid in ruining hunting rights, your crazy in the head pecker. These tree hugging producers do this on purpose to make hunters look like blood thirsty morons with a 1/4 brain with only 1/2 of that working. It will last one season, but the effects will linger for a long time.
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"Chasing Tail" is what I did year round in High School but I never used a gun or a bow. ;)
Grady
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Just the name alone has a sleazy tone to it.
Kevin
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Yea apparently the show is about some " hunters " who are trying to controll the deer population. But I know there guys who go out kill deer cut of the antlers and leave the body's Layin in a field and there excuse for hunting is " Ohh I'm helping controll the deer population " guys that do that shouldn't hunt they have no respect at all for an animal they killed
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Think it's time to bring this back up now that it has aired.
I saw it it dosnt seam that bad with these exceptions
- they paraded their kill through town in the back of their truck
- they don't portray the best image (slobs and smoke alot) but are acceptable ( they seam to be trying to counter this aspect with a kind of hippiyish tofu eating character)
On the whole they appear to be respectful of the people around them, utilize the game (it dose show them donate meat), and they have yet to show an animal suffer. At this point the major problem I see with this show is they use wheels
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I don't think they should have shown the impact of the shot. As a hunter I enjoy seeing the impact because I like to analyze the shot placement and entry and exit holes as well as blood trails but that is for the outdoor channel. This is mainstream TV and the public doesn't need to see that especially when he was standing on the guys back porch and the deer were just standing there watching him. He probly could have held up an apple up and killed it with a ninji sword.