Download an ad-block program - you can use these with google chrome. No more ads to sit through :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
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Download an ad-block program - you can use these with google chrome. No more ads to sit through :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
FishFrenzy
I've got the ad-blockers for Chrome installed and set up......it doesn't seem to catch the embedded ads within the Youtube player. But thanks for the heads up if they are suppose to work, then I'll take a look the next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by FishFrenzy
You know, I never believed that this type of advertising works. I don't feel that it affects me. But my 8 year old son recently got the fishing bug and started watching some fishing shows. I don't know much about fishing, but he got some gift certificates for his birthday and wanted to go buy some fishing gear, so I took him to Sail to get the basics. When we got there, he went searching for Rapala lures. I had heard the name, but I didn't see a real difference between a lure from one brand or another, so I asked him why he wanted that specific brand. He said it's because that's the brand they use on the shows!Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
If you want to watch a good show by a guy that only hunts public land without guides watch Randy Newbergs shows
I can tolerate fishing/hunting ads on a fishing/hunting show but I go brain dead when an ad for soap or some upcoming movie is shown on these same shows.
I really do think these shows benefit the growth of our sport. I remember watching them long before I ever started hunting myself and became more and more interested with every episode. And yes, before I knew anything about anything, I did have an idea about what brands were "best" as a result of the advertising. The adds do work, just not for those of us who now know better.
Steve Rinella of "Meateater" fame is the only show I watch anymore, great hunter, amazing show, 100% fair chase. Still keep WILD TV but only for the pure gun and gear shows, stopped watching their hunting shows years ago when the high-fence and high-fives just got too much.
i found that Citr got to infomercial for me and i quit watching, i pretty much turned that stuff off for a 1 1/2 year. back watching again, as for Canadian trad. i loved it before and felt the last episode i watched with the caribou hunt was neat.... that he never got to see or shoot any one, been on a few moose hunts like that !!!they help promote the outdoors and fishing and hunting so have at it
Yup !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roper
I have wild tv but truthfully rarely watch it. It's not the commercials and the endorsements that bother me though. Without that money those shows wouldn't exist. User pay without corporate endorsement would be the end of that business. What I can't handle is trophy mentality and how they usually hunt in near preserve like conditions. Pretty far from reality for most and if a newby starts out expecting to be able to pass on bucks because they aren't book class then I think our sport is in trouble. I understand that the viewers want to see big bucks and you have to cater to your market but I would be just as happy to see them kill does and forkhorns. If you were to hit a bunch of deer camps in this Province you would see game poles with trophy bucks, dinkers and fawns hanging. And every hunter likely proud of what they shot.