Canada in the Rough banned on Canadian TV

[MikePal]

Yea, back in the day a true hunter / outdoorsman would have never sold/used his name to sell a bunch of useless crap for a sponsor. But then they usually they weren't doing it to make money. It was more about the passion and passing on the skills.

[GW11]

I don't watch hunting shows anymore. I watch the odd shooting show to see some new stuff showcased but one get's tired pretty quickly of watching someone driven out to a blind over a baited field and see them pick out the largest deer and shoot it with a TC blackpowder gun. I don't think they actually help hunting or the public's perception of hunting. I hope the upcoming generation isn't brainwashed into thinking shooting a forkhorn buck is a sin and sign of poor sportsmanship. I don't need some makeup wearing overpaid starlet teaching young hunters that shooting young deer is wrong. So yeah, the old Red Fisher shows were actually closer to what hunting means to most people.

Exactly!

The lack of realism or is why I quit watching most shows. What you said about "hoping the upcoming generation isn't brainwashed" isn't far from the truth. You see it here every year. Somebody goes out deer hunting for one evening and puts up a post about being "skunked" because he didn't shoot or see anything. These shows tend to breed unrealistic expectations in new hunters.

[seabast]

Watch the bear hunting in Alaska. He makes a point of not shooting due to the time and that he would not be able to get there before dark. He also shows how to use all parts of the animal, how to render down the fat, what cuts make the best hams.
You will notice that he never once mentions a sponsor.

Yep, a good one too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sTUGtSxbPo

[MikePal]

Yep, a good one too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sTUGtSxbPo

Interesting that as good as these are, how few 'viewed' they have.....mind you, it looks like they have only been uploaded this past May, so maybe just needs some awareness that they are available.

Have to look at some of the older videos available online and see how 'viewed' they are. Maybe the networks/sponsors are right, they just don't get the viewers.

[Peter Barton]

I still really enjoy hunting shows on TV. There's a lot of weekends out of the year that I can't be hunting and watching some of those shows is great. I also find that kids know so much more than I ever did growing up and it's because of what they see on the hunting shows. So to me, losing hunting shows would be a tragedy. But, looking at the Canada in the Rough facebook page, there was a post made on July 5th listing all of the networks they air on and there were lots. So I'm not sure what the author of that article is saying...they sure don't seem to be banned. https://www.facebook.com/CanadaInTheRough

[yellow dog]

I still really enjoy hunting shows on TV. There's a lot of weekends out of the year that I can't be hunting and watching some of those shows is great. I also find that kids know so much more than I ever did growing up and it's because of what they see on the hunting shows. So to me, losing hunting shows would be a tragedy. But, looking at the Canada in the Rough facebook page, there was a post made on July 5th listing all of the networks they air on and there were lots. So I'm not sure what the author of that article is saying...they sure don't seem to be banned. https://www.facebook.com/CanadaInTheRough

I learned hunting techniques from trappers, family ,friends, books and not any of these TV programs.

[krakadawn]

I learned hunting techniques from trappers, family ,friends, books and not any of these TV programs.

Couldn't agree more and that is as it should be. I would rather have fewer of the current tv outdoor shows if they are going to impart to our youth the behaviours and values that are demonstrated.

Gun handling and gun safety exhibited by the hoodies crew is deplorable.....so is their total lack of safety with their dogs. Dogs in motion in decoys while birds being shot is a recipe for disaster. Perhaps they should sign up for some dog training skills......better yet, hunt with some folks that do.

[fishermccann]

I still really enjoy hunting shows on TV. There's a lot of weekends out of the year that I can't be hunting and watching some of those shows is great. I also find that kids know so much more than I ever did growing up and it's because of what they see on the hunting shows. So to me, losing hunting shows would be a tragedy. But, looking at the Canada in the Rough facebook page, there was a post made on July 5th listing all of the networks they air on and there were lots. So I'm not sure what the author of that article is saying...they sure don't seem to be banned. https://www.facebook.com/CanadaInTheRough

Some people want to blaim anything and everything they do not like on Liberals. They seem to feel that people who voted Liberal are not also hunters and fishermen who read OOD.

[yellow dog]

I don't blame this on the Liberals....just not enough viewers interested in this programming.

[yellow dog]

RED FISHER! That son of a gun! I watched an episode where he gave a glimpse of next weeks show. He was goin on a bear hunt HOLY CWAP! I waited eagerly all week for Saturday morning to come. I tuned in and for 29 minutes he showed the set-up, the baiting, the tracks, the scat, the blind, etc etc. then he reads a poem and says like all real hunts - sometimes you don't even see a thing. and that's how this 1/2 hr show went. a bear hunt without even seeing a bear - I was not happy! Red Fisher that sonof a gun!

I use to go to the same barber as Red Fisher just outside of Chatham Ontario. Very nice man.