Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Whatever Happened to Jim Zumbo

Well known gun writer with his own TV show, until he publicly stated that AR-15s have no legitimate purpose, as I recall the events.

This resulted in his getting bad-mouthed by many hunters and shooters, amounting virtually to a boycott, and the loss of sponsorship for his TV show.

He tried to make amends by attending an AR-15 shooting school and then said that he had learned that they did have a legitimate sporting purpose, but a lot of shooters were not buying that.

While I don't read all the gun magazines, I have not heard anything about him or by him for quite some time. I wonder if he retired or what.

It was kind of an unofficial boycott that did him in. It's a shame as I loved reading his stuff. To Heck With Elk Hunting was a great book.

I am probably not the first one to say "Who Cares"

Fat guys walking roads and claiming they are elk hunting isn't my idea of the same.

Writing and doing are two different things, I am sure he wasn't a doer and pretty sure he wasn't much of a writer either.

Count me as one who doesn't miss him and hope he stays gone...

That about sums up my views too. Kinda figured the only ones he marveled with his knowledge was people who had not hunted elk.

Zumbo must be in his late 70s by now. He had an illustrious career until his misstep.

Jumbo who? How long has he been gone? He wrote about what?

Forgot---Who cares?

Never read his books, didn't care for his tv show. Thought his recipes were kinda amateurish. Wish him well, but don't miss him.

He has his own site.

Don't wish him any ill will. I attended a couple of his "how to" presentations at RMEF "Elk Camps" back in the day and didn't find much to take home. He seemed like a nice guy who created a character that he could play and make a living out of it.

I think he still appears on some TV shows in cooking segments. He does make some good looking food.

Piss on him...he is the epitome of whats wrong in the firearms community.

I'd rather see a 'fat guy' walking a road with a rifle than...


a 'fat guy' sitting on his fat arse behind a desk pecking at a computer. just sayin


Jerry

Where are fat guys sitting in front of a computer saying they are elk hunting on their own promotional show? Zumbo is just the type of cancer that eats up the shooting world from within.

He never found a wild animal on his own and hunted it and killed it without help. Somehow he gets away with that and writes a book or article on it, yet he couldn't find his way out of Walmart without a greeter.

To come out in public with a blatant statement about a particular firearm not being suited for hunting isn't only wrong, it shows his true colors of being anti-gun when the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with how sell suited a rifle is for hunting...

No mystery. He got to be an old fart like some of the rest of us.

Everyone knows old farts don't know anything

The trashing of the 2nd amendment in his rant against AR style rifles was much, much more than a "misstep"

No sh**?

The last paragraph nails the crux of the issue perfectly

It's DUMBO not Zumba

For the record:

I'm not a Zumbo fan. I'm also not a hater.


Jerry

It was an opportunity for readers to see his views in an honest moment.

I wasnt up on the drama when it happened, but could care less as I GAF about wealthy paying-hunters and their problems.