The Most Absurd Thing..

.. you have ever read in a bowhunting magazine or heard on a tv show?

JM's post reminded me of a thread I wanted to post a while back, but forgot

Most hunting/ outdoor writers are considered "experts" in their field, mainly because the amount of research they've completed or studies they have done. But once in a while, very rarely in fact, they pen something that blows my mind.

My favorite was 2 years ago in a summer issue of Bowhunting World or something like that, and the author was giving early season tips and he all but literally said, " You are literally wasting your time hunting in the morning in early October."

I know there are several folks on here that don't hunt am's in the early season, and in the right environment I would agree with him. But this article mentioned no specifics in regards to location (farmland, big woods, swamps, etc.) which made me go:

Where I hunt your best bet at arrowing a big buck early season is during the morning, given the right conditions.

But enough of my story, what is something that you have read/heard/saw that completely made you question the intelligence of the speaker/author.

 

I bought a pse bowmadness video and was severely disappointing by it. They had so many bad shots and bad decisions on the video. I know what with hunting comes some unlucky shots but they just seemed so excited and not effected in anyway by their poor shots. The one guy spines a mule deer goes up and puts another arrow in him and doesn't even admit to taking a bad shot. Maybe it's just me but I have a hard time with videos where guys don't show any remorse for taking or making bad shots. The blood bro video was good for this where they talk about a bad shot and how to deal with it. This video just seemed to act like there was no issues with taking a bad shot.

 

I have seen so many videos where a "pro" says, "look, we are in the big bucks bedroom..." as he is not more than 5 yards from a field edge holding onto a big rub. Terrible.

 

Some of the most absurd tips I've heard have come from that show... specifically, Pete Shepley.

 

Definitely......ABSURD bow hype.

 

Same here...mornings were much more consistant for me during the early season this year for some reason.

 

Usually, the phrase "I just smoked him!!"

 

Can not agree more. He's not helping anyone. I actually laughed out loud more than once.

 

I watch Drury shows quite a bit and only remember seeing ole Pete a few times. What exactly did he say?

 

I hate the saying, "that is a shooter buck, but he needs another 2 yrs"