If you’re keeping up, you know I’m off hog and deer hunting this weekend. If all goes well, my bowhunt will come up with some meat for my freezer and some great video for my YouTube site.
So, anyway, while I’m gone hunting and you’re not, I thought I’d share one of my more favorite shows from MyOutdoor TV. This show is called Quest for Adventure, and there are a couple of things that I really like about it.
First of all, one of the hosts shoots traditional. He does longbow instead of recurve, but I’ll forgive him for that (seriously, nothing to forgive). He’s good, and if you watch the episodes where he’s target shooting you’ll be amazed at the smoothness and accuracy of his shots. This is what I strove for when I shoot the recurve, but to shoot like he does is the result of hours and hours of constant practice and reinforcement.
Secondly, these guys strike me as real people… not made-for-TV caricatures like some of the shows offer up these days. They are definitely not perfect, but the fact that they let their imperfections show is part of the allure of the show. One of the best episodes (and most relevant to this blog) is called Old Tusker. Look it up and enjoy… it gets a little “hammy” (pun intended), but it’s good fun.
Finally, I love that most of their episodes take place in the waterways of Florida…one of my favorite places. I have yet to hunt in that state, but I’ve done a lot of diving in the same waters… the Rainbow River and Silver Springs… and I love fishing the offshore waters all up and down that coast. It’s a unique and beautiful place, and this show offers it up in all its splendor.
So, until I get home and post up my hunting stories for the weekend… go check ‘em out. You won’t be sorry.
Although, I enjoyed the Whitetails forever segment, I find myself having to leave a comment on the Old Tusker segment.This just so happens to be where I spend my time in the woods and the exact quarry I am always in search of.I hunt the swamps and jungles of Florida on a regular basis for wild hogs and many other Florida species including Gator and Deer.First I found it odd that two obviously seasoned hunters seem to never use a “field voice” at any time and opted for normal speaking tone. This was also accomplished within just a few yards of a wild hog. This leads me to my second point. Where was this footage taken that you could speak as loudly as they were and move as much as they were and still have the hog stand there and not blow out completely for the day.Third, the so called charge footage in the middle of the segment was really edited a lot. I can appreciate the editing for drama, I do it myself in my own videos, but that was a bit much.I noticed the extra sounds editing in the whitetail segment. They were taping whitetails in some northern woods and there was still the sound of a pig frog croaking. I guess to someone who doesn’t hunt Florida much and isn’t familiar with the sounds and sights of our hunting spots, this would be an interesting segment, but I really found myself getting hung up on the inaccuracies of the taping. I agree with a lot of what they said and I think they are very dedicated and seasoned hunters, but some things just didn’t seem right when I was watching and that was a bit distracting.