What is wrong with the "pro's" on TV now a days

[Rock7]

I am watching a show that the PRO has to get help drawing her bow. The camera man holds the stabilizer and pushes her draw arm back. W-T-H is that? To much draw weight possibly? 

[Jonathan_S]

Weird.  Sounds risky too   

She needs to hit the weights a little bit.

[Blacktail Sniper]

What is the name of the show?

[Snapshot]

TV hunting porn is a blight on archery hunting.

[Nice Racks]

I used to love watching "The Buck Masters" with Jackie Bushman back in the 80's and 90's, but not so much anymore.  Back then you could actually get some good tips and learn something about hunting.  Some of the characters such as Bubba (Jim Varney) and Shotgun Red were really entertaining as well.  Now it's like they sit and talk with one of those other "pros"  for half the show and then see a 90 second clip of the kill.  However; I do like what they do for disabled veterans and disabled children.   

[Peskadot]

If that "Pro" can't draw her own bow, then she probably shouldn't be shooting it. Crazy!

Sometimes I just shake my head when I see stuff like that.  I usually just watch them shows when I can't hunt or in the off-season.

[Fullabull]

If they need a guide why are they called pro's? If I could afford a $10,000 guided hunt and filmed it, does that make me a pro? :-)

[huntnnw]

Hunting show= entitled. Silver spoon in their mouths

[LeviD1]

I like the ones where they bring some guy along who is a big wig of some hunting magazine or some other sort and show him shooting a bow for the first time ever right before they go out for the hunt then they miss or make a bad shot. Its like wtf do you expect. That just really gets me. IMO thats entirely unethical and unfair to the game.

[lokidog]

If they need a guide why are they called pro's? If I could afford a $10,000 guided hunt and filmed it, does that make me a pro? :-)

 

That's why I like the DIY folks, gives me some hope on my limited budget.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

In this context, Pro is just a term to give the show some authenticity. Or put another way, it's like buying something on TV that comes with a "Certificate of Authenticity". Somehow that is supposed to make it more valuable. Like the "Pro" advise you get from these dumb hunting shows.

[RadSav]

College ball players are pro's the moment they get that signing check.  Doesn't make them an expert at anything.  Pretty much the same thing on TV.  To assume someone must be God's gift to hunting or shooting to make a living on a hunting TV show doesn't really add up. How many crappy pro quarterbacks have you seen in Seahawks uniforms over the years?  And don't forget we have a president in the Whitehouse that isn't qualified to manage a McDonalds.    If you look good, talk good, or raise enough money...sometimes that's enough!

[MLBowhunting]

 

[Jonathan_S]

Y'all are a bunch of haters.  It takes real skill to kill a 380" bull at peak rut on a 20,000 acre ranch with nobody else on it except for guides 

[Odell]

College ball players are pro's the moment they get that signing check.  Doesn't make them an expert at anything.  Pretty much the same thing on TV.  To assume someone must be God's gift to hunting or shooting to make a living on a hunting TV show doesn't really add up. How many crappy pro quarterbacks have you seen in Seahawks uniforms over the years?  And don't forget we have a president in the Whitehouse that isn't qualified to manage a McDonalds.    If you look good, talk good, or raise enough money...sometimes that's enough!

I'm with you except for your slam on college basketball players! A D1 basketball player has tens of thousands of hours perfecting their skill and if you ever tried to match up with one you would understand just how good the pros are. And I would say many of them who never go pro are experts, they actually know more about basketball than the ones who do go pro, they just don't have the height or the physical ability. That's why so many great coaches are former college players who never went pro.

Just a personal pet peeve! I hate it when I hear armchair jocks claim they could do better than what they see on TV. The other day my 70 yr old father in law who is 100 lbs overweight claimed he could throw a football better than a qb on tv that made a bad throw. When I tried to explain he wouldn't even be able to take a snap from center he wasn't happy with me.