I have a question then, how exactly do these "pro hunters" make there money? Take a singer for example, They make a cd, sell it, go on tour, make video to promote the cd, right!
Usually the singer has to have a "special voice or talent" that makes them who they are. I've never seen anyone draw a bow better or put on there scentlok suit better than another.
The pro hunter makes a video which could take years (how are they getting paid in the meantime) they sell it and I don't figure they sell half as many as any decent singer or band. They go on tour but who listens to someone with no credentials or a small few. You have to get on quality land and If your a nobody professional hunter I don't see you getting on much quality land for free so who pays for that?
Say I shoot 5, 150 class deer on film, perfect film. I sell this film to one of these guys for 2000.00 a deer say. That's 10,000, First of all it's going to take a bit to kill 5 150's Second is 10,000 going to pay my bills over the period of time it takes me to kill these 5 deer. Probably not! Third are Bass pro shops Cabelas, going to write me checks? Are people going to want to listen to me at seminars, I doubt it!
i guess the whole problem with this is us the hunters who support them. I know 4 or 5 guys who have killed bigger deer and are nicer guys than the "pro" hunters who grace the outdoor channel with parades of 100 inchers.
Next time I get the urge to buy a hunting video I'll give the $16.00 to one of my hunting buddies.
If you are familiar with the "barbwire buck" I'm sure the guy who hit the barbwire was busy all year watching that deer, making foodplots, cutting out stands to hunt the deer and shed hunting for his sheds. Right!