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Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:17 AM
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Get dumber and dumber? It's so bad that I will avoid products because I'm not willing to tell someone I killed my deer with a Swhacker broadhead. Can't do it. The Butt Out works great, you say? That's alright. I've got a knife and a shred of dignity.
If you've got a good product, then don't ruin it with a stupid name.
This current trend reminds me of modern country music.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:29 AM
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:35 AM
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Don't remind me. I'm still sore about that one.
Seriously, though, it can't get much worse than that. Can it?
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:39 AM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:53 AM
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Love me some Swamp Donkey.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:58 AM
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I'm down with hog wild. Also slick tricks. They rock.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:58 AM
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We bought a Butt Out. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I felt like I was going to violate the deer. It just lays around the cleaning station, it never has been used. Its a great conversation piece.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 04:34 AM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got. Yeah, just look at what's on TV. I can't even begin to describe what I saw on one of those redneck shows the other day before I made my coworker change the channel.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 04:40 AM
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Sneaky, go back to your room until you can come out with a better attitude! Seriously, I think NP is on to something, plus it takes more imagination now that the easy names have been taken.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 06:46 AM
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PT Barnum!!!
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 01:35 PM
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Adding the word "tactical" to the model names of flashlights and anything meant to be used with a firearm has worked wonders.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 02:07 PM
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Manufacturers are just expanding their product base to match their target markets.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 02:19 PM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got. Sad to say its true. I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " There is nothing thuggish about a Caucasian male who is 40 lbs overweight sitting in a stand trying to shoot a deer. Not one damn thing Give me a Craig boddington show any day. It seems there has been a division of classes so to speak between the "upper eschelon" type hunters who belong to SCI and B&C and can form a complete sentence and speak intelligently and the "aww shucks I just whacked me a forkhorn" guys who it seems 90% of the market is catered to I see one more deer or pig skull graphic on the stock of a synthetic rifle I'm gonna puke. This isn't world of Warcraft it's called hunting I will distance myself frm these types in any way I can
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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12/23/14 02:26 PM
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Don't forget the king and queen of tools Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are on the buck commander shows
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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12/23/14 02:26 PM
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I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " I bought a 243 a few months ago and just wanted to find a box of ammo to site it in with. The only 243 ammo I could find at 2 academys and 3 wallmarts was Deer thugs ammo... and I almost didn't buy it because of that. I still aggravates me.
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12/23/14 02:28 PM
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I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " I bought a 243 a few months ago and just wanted to find a box of ammo to site it in with. The only 243 ammo I could find at 2 academys and 3 wallmarts was Deer thugs ammo... and I almost didn't buy it because of that. I still aggravates me. If they start chambering deer thug ammo in .257 wby I'm gonna throw the rifle away
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 02:37 PM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got. Sad to say its true. I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " There is nothing thuggish about a Caucasian male who is 40 lbs overweight sitting in a stand trying to shoot a deer. Not one damn thing Give me a Craig boddington show any day. It seems there has been a division of classes so to speak between the "upper eschelon" type hunters who belong to SCI and B&C and can form a complete sentence and speak intelligently and the "aww shucks I just whacked me a forkhorn" guys who it seems 90% of the market is catered to I see one more deer or pig skull graphic on the stock of a synthetic rifle I'm gonna puke. This isn't world of Warcraft it's called hunting I will distance myself frm these types in any way I can There is a third group. Just ordinary guys who hunt and love to fellowship, but think all the high- fiving/giggling/commercialization junk is stupid-which it is. Are you over hating me yet? I can't sleep at night.
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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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#5494873
12/23/14 03:01 PM
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It's the whole vernacular.
Don't forget about:
Food plots, or any other feed for that matter, now referred to as "groceries."
Having shot a deer, they "smoked him".
Also, after having shot a deer, "We're going to back out, play it safe, give him some time, and come back in the morning."
I've just summed up 99% of outdoor TV and probably 60% of the hunting community. This is the origin of the aforementioned products. The names have to catch the targeted demographic.
And count me in NP's third group.
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12/23/14 03:13 PM
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It's the whole vernacular.
Don't forget about:
Food plots, or any other feed for that matter, now referred to as "groceries."
Having shot a deer, they "smoked him".
Also, after having shot a deer, "We're going to back out, play it safe, give him some time, and come back in the morning."
I've just summed up 99% of outdoor TV and probably 60% of the hunting community. This is the origin of the aforementioned products. The names have to catch the targeted demographic.
And count me in NP's third group. Agreed. That really gets my blood boiling when they 'back out' to look for him in the morning. Ruined meat is 'Wanton waste of game'.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 03:29 PM
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Does this third group support AR's and high fences? Just like anything else, the third group majority gets out played by the top and the bottom in the media
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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12/23/14 03:42 PM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got. Sad to say its true. I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " There is nothing thuggish about a Caucasian male who is 40 lbs overweight sitting in a stand trying to shoot a deer. Not one damn thing Give me a Craig boddington show any day. It seems there has been a division of classes so to speak between the "upper eschelon" type hunters who belong to SCI and B&C and can form a complete sentence and speak intelligently and the "aww shucks I just whacked me a forkhorn" guys who it seems 90% of the market is catered to I see one more deer or pig skull graphic on the stock of a synthetic rifle I'm gonna puke. This isn't world of Warcraft it's called hunting I will distance myself frm these types in any way I can as a small defense to the show, which I don't like, THUG's actually stands for Todays Hunters United for Good, if that makes it any better.
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 04:09 PM
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Y'all have given me hope. I thought I was the last cynic left.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 04:11 PM
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It's the Bro Country syndrome.
Apparently most young folks today are very shallow and impressionable. That's all I got. Sad to say its true. I lost all respect for the mainstream hunting industry when I saw a advertisement for a show called "deer thugs " There is nothing thuggish about a Caucasian male who is 40 lbs overweight sitting in a stand trying to shoot a deer. Not one damn thing Give me a Craig boddington show any day. It seems there has been a division of classes so to speak between the "upper eschelon" type hunters who belong to SCI and B&C and can form a complete sentence and speak intelligently and the "aww shucks I just whacked me a forkhorn" guys who it seems 90% of the market is catered to I see one more deer or pig skull graphic on the stock of a synthetic rifle I'm gonna puke. This isn't world of Warcraft it's called hunting I will distance myself frm these types in any way I can as a small defense to the show, which I don't like, THUG's actually stands for Todays Hunters United for Good, if that makes it any better. A little, actually. The acronym is still dumb, however. Sometimes, you just have to come up with a better name than that.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 05:10 PM
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What you guys don't realize is that these names are being generated by the "redneck" divisions of major marketing firms on Wall Street. I'm sure these names have been focus group tested and vetted for maximum product recognition.
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Re: Why do hunting product names....
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12/23/14 05:32 PM
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What you guys don't realize is that these names are being generated by the "redneck" divisions of major marketing firms on Wall Street. I'm sure these names have been focus group tested and vetted for maximum product recognition. That's what scares me the most.
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