I've blown a deer off its feet from my box stand with my 357 mag...and it was fun.

Whats the sarcasim for? Just because your idea of "sport" and mine don't agree you come across as though I'm attacking you.
I'm just rebutting what you said about the sport and the challenge of it.

Shame on me for asking a question. Lmao

Now that is funny.

Just figured I would flame myself before someone else does....thats all!

I have been around this forum long enough to see all the debates about "sport hunters vs meat hunters", "primitive weapons vs modern weapons", "high fence vs low fence", "trail hunters vs feeder hunters" , "box blind vs stalking" and no matter what side of the debate you fall on someone is going to attack you for the way you hunt (yes I have been guilty of doing that very same thing). I just figured I would beat yall to it since you brought up several of those issues in our exchanges.

Gotcha

I shoot a contender in .223. It is very accurate out to about 150 yrds, probaly more with better eyes... And yep Larry recieves a sizable sponsor check to shoot the pistol's and yep he misses...

And yes I also believe that the .30 cal rounds need more rifling stability to be accurate out past the 100 yard mark...

I admire your honesty If we were all the same it would be pretty boring.

I have been handgun hunting for over 30 years. I have taken deer, bear, bobcat and hogs with a pistol. I have missed one nice buck with a pistol that I still don't know how I missed him.

I have taken a lot of deer with a rifle, but I handgun hunt and bowhunt because of the challenge. I practice as much as I can and always use a good rest with my pistols. I also plan my shots and don't take any shots that I don't think that I can make.

I have seen Larry Wieshuhn miss a few on TV as well, but I have also seen him shoot a lot with his pistol too. If you counted the number of times that he gets to hunt places as compared to most of us, his hits and misses would probably be about the same as ours.

I think it is just Larry and his inabilities. I know of a trophy ranch that has banned Larry because he lied to them about a deer he shot. I think his eyesight is bad.

Who's never missed?? Sure we all want to see a trophy hit the dirt on every hunting show, but I don't mind seeing a miss everyonce in a while, thats hunting...Larry has a few misses on his record, but look at his trophies..He's just an avid hunter using his weapon of choice, and getting paid!...If I missed with my bow, I wouldn't put it down for good, and I surley would not refuse a paycheck for doing what I love.

and which ranch is that? i've heard this story before but never any proof on what ranch it was.

that man is a legend in south tx, i'm not hearing anything but thinly veiled jealousy when it comes to posts about the guy

I guess he thinks it is a challenge with a pistol. I saw him shoot a nice Mulie with Greg Simons(Crandall Boy) with a Thompson Contender pistol.

Not accusing anyone of anything, with the following statement.

Someone should not be trying a new thing because it is a bigger challenge unless they are proficient, and know the limitations of their weapon. If you are shooting less accurately at a known distance with a handgun vs. a rifle, you should not be shooting that far. People ranges vary, but with a rifle, your range should be somewhere around 300 yards, with a pistol, about 100, crossbow maybe 60, and bow, 40 yards. Getting the animal into range is what should make it a bigger challenge. The challenge should not be that it is harder to shoot an animal, when it is within the range of your weapon. If this is the case, you need to spend more time at the range. If I want to take the jump to archery, I am going to make sure I can shoot well, and will not "reach" at a shot outside of my comfort zone. I don't think that is ethical as a hunter.

That being said, everyone does miss sometimes. Happens to the best of us.

Well put

larry is the worst shot ever. If anyone of us got hunt the ranches he does and get filmed we could also get "famous". He is a nobody in my book. Who could rattle in a buck in south TX. He is a liar as well when he wounds his deer. Tevo shows some of his misses in clarity. He doesnt miss, just gut shoots them.

hmm...I wonder if Weishuhn knows how to spell RIDICULOUS!!!!!!

ac

I guided on the nail ranch in shacklford county for twenty years; I have guided the biggest pros in the industry including Greg Ritzs and every major outdoor writer in the hunting industry. I have guided Larry 14 times on deer and hog hunts. I have sat at the shooting bench with him for more days than i can count.I have seen him miss one time in 14 hunts and it was on a 175 class deer 'You boys who think makeing a t,v, show is easy should take a camara man and a guide on every hunt you do next year and we will see how good you are I would hate to be Larrys target out to 250 yards with a t.c. pistol. NOBODYS PERFECT''

I saw him miss 4 times on the same deer during a show bassin. And I don't think a film crew would bother me one bit. Hell I'd like the chance to display some marksmanship skills!

I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual.

Fact of the matter is the guy was famous long before T.V shows and whatnot, he does what he can to make money, and you are blasting him for that.

it has nothing to do with the fact that he gets to hunt superiour ranches and get filmed.

he earned the name Mr.Whitetail for his knowledge about whitetail deer, not because of his carlos hathcock marksmanship

I agree with Curly. WWID? What Would Icky Do>

I've been on camera before while hunting. It's not the being on camera that makes you nervous. It's wondering if you'll do something that will be memorialized on film! Maybe you get used to it after awhile if you're somebody like Larry-I've only been in that position 3 or 4 times. I've also run across a picture or a few of myself in Boar Hunter magazine which I wish I would've known would end up where they did or I might've tried a better pose or smile. Not trying to toot my own horn, but I'm guessing that with the limited amount of time to get good footage, the myriad variables that are always working AGAINST any footage being good-you have to accept that some footage won't be what you really like. Not only that, wouldn't a hunting show be boring if the only thing you ever saw were perfect shots? Pistol hunting is probably one of the hardest types of hunting to do. Ranges may be similar to a bow, but I think a bow is easier to be accurate with than a pistol. If you hunt with a pistol regularly, you know what it's like! You're gonna miss.

Reality TV being what it's supposed to be means sometimes it's gritty. If it's true to the nature of hunting you should see misses, occaisional bad shots, lack of preparedness and who knows what else. The one thing you WON'T see on a show that is produced by any equipment maker is a failure of their product. My best friend is sponsored by TC-as part of his job he is expected to give honest evaluations of products. If he has issues with gear that ruin the hunt, the first thing he's gonna do is report it to the sponsor. This is very much a part of the 'field testing' phase of new products. Any 'media' presentation he's involved in is supposed to be straight up and not staged in any way. Now as much hunting as he does, you'd think he'd never miss, but it's happened, and on film to boot! It's an assumed thing that you will have many factors contributing to the relative success of any hunt. Myself, if I saw a show where everything always went down perfectly, I'd say it was staged and lose interest.

I don't know Larry, but I wish I did and maybe someday I'll even be lucky enough to hunt with him. I hope I don't miss on film!

Why do people have to hate on the guys on tv? So what if he shoots with a pistol? Who cares if he misses? You miss dont you? Any and every hunter misses occasionally. If u say you dont youre full of it!

He doesn't miss. He wounds, and then says he missed. I tevo'd his missed shot 10x in disbelief he said he missed. His poor camera guy can rewind that just as I could. Probably about time Larry got ride of the 1982 silver rimmed spectacles.

Mr. Whitetail= GREAT GUY!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes you have to take the shot the camara gives you and is not the shot you need. But with all the hunts i guided with him he allways made every attempt to get a good shot on the animel.I can all so assure you that he is a really great shot with a pistol. He has probably taught me more about deer hunting in the last 20 years than most peaple learn in a lifetime. If you want to no more about Larry ,This is one man I will speak up for,There are few in the industry that are as honest and down to earth as Larry W. I Know them all but dont agree with half of them.