Shooting shows on TV

Gil Martin · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:56 am Post subject: Shooting shows on TV

I used to enjoy watching hunting and shooting shows on TV. Over the last few months, I have been turned off by shows with self- proclaimed "experts" and "sharpshooters" who apparently cannot shoot worth a hill of beans. On chap was shooting a 1903 Springfield .30-06 and could not hit a paper plate at 50 yards while using a shooting bench. Another fellow was hunting and missed an easy shot because he forgot how the safety worked on his rifle. I will still watch these nimrods perform more for amusement than instruction. Anyone else sense what I am saying? I am probably being a bit too critical. All the best...
Gil

slimjim · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

I get upset when I see them taking long range shots on game. I wonder how man shots they took before they air'd the one where we finally get to anchor them.

inthedark · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

Some of the shows like Best of the West are out there selling their over priced scopes and shooting systems(and I use the term littlely) to people who do not want to learn the skill of shooting but want to be able to brag about shots they have made. I shoot about 1-2000 rounds a year in my rifles and about the same in my pistol. And that is just to keep my skill level current. You can be sure that it isn't one shot , one kill on most of these shows. You can edit anything to make yourself look good.

MacD · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

ITD don't you know they invented special ammo for those guys on TV............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ It's called "BULLSHOT"

pete4d · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

Quit watching most of these type of shows years ago,, when I finally realized that most of the shooting was across the fence in the deer pen.

tlo7mm · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

I still watch in as there is not much in the way of true hunts televised and when seasons come around for me to hunt I stop watching so I can focus on the real thing. I do enjoy the occasional show here and there but most of the time I just watch to see the game. I like Craig Boddington though, a real professional hunter. He seems to know his stuff.

radar · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

We just got that TV show about the guy from Baton Rouge Red something or other and he built a AK47 sniper rifle that still only grouped marginally better than my 7mm08 at 100 yards....same sort of thing? cause then he got an old "sniper" mate to nail a target at 1000 yards with it....still took 3 shots that they showed on TV.

lesterg3 · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:13 am Post subject: Re: Shooting shows on TV

I also stopped watching.

In my humble opinion these shows are fodder for anti-hunters and anti-gun folks. Maybe not all of them, but enoungh of what I have seen for me to take a dim view of any TV entertainment using firearms or killing game.