Maybe it's b/c of wind direction or maybe they are hunting the deer as they return to bedding areas rather than going to food who knows.

Maybe all involved are hungover and just don't feel like getting up....

But seriously, I've been in 3 camps where filming for outdoor shows was taking place. There is a lot of time and activity involved in getting the cameras and set-ups just right. By the time the process gets going, it's often already daylight.

For the life of me, I don't understand the appeal of outdoor/hunting shows. A 30-minute program generally features 5 minutes of hunting and 25 minutes of advertising. And the blatant product promotion by the hunters just makes me want to throw up (we all MUST have the latest proprietary camo and scent blocker and Swaro scope and Hoochie Mama cow call, etc ad nauseum).


And even worse, when there's a film crew in camp, the other hunters get short-shrift, because the outfitter is fawning all over the TV personality and making sure that he gets top priority on the spots to hunt. Meanwhile the paying hunters (the personality gets a free hunt almost without exception) are left with the dregs.

All in all, I'd rather watch Dancing with the Stars.

Because the latest fad is letting shot deer sit over night even on a good shot. Can't do that in the morning.



Yeah that is the craziest thing, you can tell the from the slow mo they made a perfect shot and almost every show the guy/girl says " ok we are going to back out of here and come find him in the morning" don't understand that at all and alot of times it doesn't appear to be that cold outside.

Because the latest fad is letting shot deer sit over night even on a good shot. Can't do that in the morning.



Yeah that is the craziest thing, you can tell the from the slow mo they made a perfect shot and almost every show the guy/girl says " ok we are going to back out of here and come find him in the morning" don't understand that at all and alot of times it doesn't appear to be that cold outside.

Camera Light

you hit the nail on the head!!! I done 3 tv shows and I can promise you most them guys ain't worth a dang. Butt holes are understatements. The only one that I really like was the uncle Ted!! He is what he says he is!!

If them show's want to impress me they need to come to the East Texas big thicket and kill a 6.5 yr old buck. As far as watching the show's on outdoor and sportsman channel I do watch for entertainment, because they are not hunting as far as im concerned. Camp is not someone's kitchen it's where me and my brother sit around the camp fire and talk about our dad and the other old men who used to be sittin there with us when we were young.