Dewey wrote:Some are good entertainment and others are just plain sickening.
Agreed. The handful of hunting shows I do watch anymore these days are strictly for the entertainment. I like Tim Wells quite a bit. Pigman's show is usually pretty entertaining. One show I do miss that was really funny was Animal House Outdoors. Those dudes were nuts. It was like Jackass with hunting thrown in. I mean how many other hunting shows are gonna show guys bowfishing UNDER WATER with long snorkels in a popup blind, or turkey hunting in the front yard of a trailer park?
I just can't get with the cookie cutter shows, which accounts for probably 80-90% of hunting shows. Here's the 10 step formula for the standard hunting show now...
1) Copy Heartland Bowhunter's cinematography style
2) Open with sitting on a set surrounded by wall mounts, sheds, and products from all of your sponsors talking about what's going to happen in this episode
3) Cut to some b roll shots (deer in fields, riding in side by sides, walking to stand, hanging stand, getting all set up in the stand)
4) Whisper to the viewer about your setup, and surroundings. Finish with "let's see what happens"
5) Multiple close up shots of your sponsored products
6) Let viewer know a deer is coming by pointing and saying "deer deer deer!!"
7) Show deer coming in. Show hunter drawing bow. Show kill shot
8) Pump fist, fist bump camera man, and let viewers know you "SMOKED HIM!"
9) Track deer, act like you didnt know where he was when you finally spot him even though camera angle is from right behind the deer
10) Hero pose with deer talking about how hard you've been hunting, and how you couldnt have done it without your sponsors
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