Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Do hunting show "stars" take unnecessarily high shots?

It seems like more & more hunting shows end with a dramatic spine shot. While obviously effective when executed properly, I gotta admit to being concerned by the fact that many shots don't seem to be targeted on the boiler room. As we know, an errant spine shot can end up with a temporarily prostrate animal, who then bounds away never to be seen again. (Or, at least, not until the coyotes are done.)

Anyone else notice this? If so, is it being done on purpose?

There are a lot of "stars" who can't shoot for crap. Hitting the animal is on purpose, by luck. Where they hit it isn't always on purpose. Some of the bow shots are as bad as they get. Center the guts, then look at the camera and scream about smoking 'im. Drives me nuts.

No disrespect intended, but I can't think of many questions I'm happier to be unable to answer.

Their forte is groundsluicing turkeys with a shotgun so I wouldn't expect much more.

I remember watching one show where they showed how they were sighting in their muzzleloaders and it was a hoot. When the shooter finally cut the right edge of a three inch circle, he called it good. I would have said it was 1.5 inches off to the right.

YES !!
Also, one of the last hunting shows I watched was an Elk hunt where the 'star' shot and the bull was seen 'carrying' his right hind leg as the elk limped into the brush.
Next scene, the ?shooter? was posed behind the (or some) elk's antlers.

NAUSEATING !!!!!!

I no longer watch any of them.


Jerry

Not to draw away from the horribleness of most hunting shows. But do you generally take your turkeys on the wing Vern?

My gripe is that they shoot in broad daylight but have "hero" photos using lights. Muddy

I've noticed than most of the animals shot dead in their tracks are done in by Women hunters. I also as said above most animals taken by the so called hunting hosts are shot in daylight but recovered after dark.

As God is my witness, I thought they could fly.

I think he is intimating that perhaps they should at least be shot on the ground with a rifle. They have a head the size of a tennis ball for pete's sake.....

But more on topic, I have wondered the same thing as the OP...but Ive met some of these guys and very few are capable enough at shooting to plan a spine shot.
And the bowhunters....God, don't even get me started on those gut shooting " if in doubt, back out" mouth breathers....

Requirements for a hunting show:

1) trust fund
2) IQ not to exceed 90
3) tacticool gear

Please explain what hunting show stars are. Are they the stars in the constellation Orion?

Steve.

Wish we could shoot them with a rifle around here. I'd be more interested in turkey hunting. You get caught shooting a turkey with a rifle around here and it will cost you a fortune!

You should be one. You have the requisite IQ

Having shot turkeys in the spring and fall, with rifle, shotgun, and pistol, both on the ground and on the wing I must say that a shotgun is certainly my favorite tool for them. Getting them all worked up and coming to the call, gobbling, strutting, and posturing while you try to stay hidden well enough they don't spot you before getting into shotgun range is way more fun to me than pulling up to the hay patch and rolling down the window to take ones head off with a varmint rifle. YMMV

Not legal in Arkansas. miles

Do you know or recall when that changed?

I hunted W of McComb for a number of yrs and then moved back to ArK. in 1986. <<During that time>>, you could hunt turkeys with a 'rifle' or even 'handgun' legally. On one occasion we bumped into a warden while we were hunting.

He was impressed that one of us was using a handgun.


Jerry

Ahumm, he was being sarcastic!


Jerry