Oak Ridge
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Indiana
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First, I would like to thank everyone for the support, and for the vote of confidence in how we present the sport!
As the editor of the show, I'm responsible for the recent persecution of Dave.... As Dave has said, we will NOT show bullet impact on a coon, nor will we show the "blood and guts" of a dog chewing on a con.
I think that a point has been missed here..... The folks that are complaining are not non-hunters.... Instead, they are our brothers in sport.... They think it is irresponsible to show either Dave or Myself, or anyone else shooting more than one time.... I spend a pretty good chunk of time watching outdoor programming. I recently saw a show where a deer was "spine shot" and the host even discussed that it was not an optimum shot while the deer laid bleating just 20 yards from the bottom of the tree he was setting in. I just watched an archery turkey hunting show where the hunter had to stalk a Tom with one arrow sticking out of it, and put a "finishing" shot on it. I have noticed a trend in many shows to show slow motion "impact" shots replayed multiple times. I also take note of the many shows that state "the shot was a little far back"....
One of our goals of this show is to show the rest of the world how much fun hunting with hounds and tree dogs really is. Part of this fun is the interaction with the folks that you hunt with. As the director/editor of the show, the responsibility for the content of the show falls directly on me. These episodes are so much different than your deer/turkey shows....there is NO recreation done. We have multiple cameras, multiple camera operators so that we don't have to "act" like we are doing anything.....what you see is what we got when it comes to the action portion of our filmed hunts.
We made a decision to delay the filming of the last few episodes of the show until we could show us actually taking game. That decision put us a great risk, as I had about a two day turn around to edit the show and take several hours of video into a 30 minute show, and get them sent to the network.....It was a risk, and a huge time commitment. I'm sorry if we offended anyone with reality....but as Dave has already said....what exactly did you see? You saw a fellow shoot a .22 rifle several times in some cases....what is unknown is if he missed, or wanted to make sure that the game was dispatched in the tree, and not on the ground by the dog(s).
My goal is to put together a show that is "real", in a manner that is not offensive to anyone. What's the phrase...."reality bites"..... Hey, the team isn't getting paid to do this, and both Dave and I have hundreds if not thousands of hours invested of our own time....we owe it to ourselves to have a good time, and do our best to have that enjoyment come through the lens. If I can't give Dave a hard time about needing an ammo sponsor....I quit! 
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12-18-2010 12:02 PM
They are on three times a week... early, medium, and late! 
