labsnslabs
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I watched the video that was posted and didnt see them doing anything wrong? Am I missing something?
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bobeyerite
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Labs are you serious?..............Bob
labsnslabs
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Well actually yes I am serious. From the video it looks like some guys blocking on the road while a shelter belt and food plot is being walked towards them. Please tell me what I'm missing, what are they doing wrong and or unethical?
The road hunting segment. I didn't see anything wrong with the field walking they were doing, or the duck segment out on the farmers pond. Gotta wonder about the 6 guys bailing out the back of the RV though. He talked about the regulations for road hunting, right of way, etc. with the group he was with - didn't seem to matter much.
labsnslabs
New member
Okay so apparently there is another video I'm not seeing. The only one I've seen is the blocking one. How do I find the bailing out of the RV one?
Labs.
Me too...that is the only video I saw that is why I said it would be a hoot to hunt with him! I thought in the video clip he was complaining about how people really miss the birds and he shows it. I call that shoot and release! I watched several more of his videos and here is a guy who took 2 new guys out hunting for the first time ,they bought 2 new guns. What more do you want? I have seen alot worse.
There has been many a time I have jumped out of my pick-up and ran to the ditch to jump a roaster up.
Also I have never had Winchester along buying my shells how do you get that to happen????:cheers:
With all that said we each have an opinion so please don't call me names you can just think it ....Thanks
onpoint
Active member
I find it refreshing, Real locals, having real fun...no Filson, no college educated pointers, no $60,000 SUV's...etc, etc, etc!!!!!!!
Just spent 10days with a bunch of great local South Dakotan's...If you think everybody is going to play the game like a bunch of stuffed shirts..You are wrong. You go find a bunch of local average Joe's and you will find a bunch of Gun It with Benny's...in the last two years I have hunted with a state SD game warden, two HP's, a Deputy and this year the local County sheriff. All great people and non wore anything but average Joe gear and could drink beer with the best of them. Gun it with Benny is the Average South Dakotan...I LIKE IT! :10sign:
Just spent 10days with a bunch of great local South Dakotan's...If you think everybody is going to play the game like a bunch of stuffed shirts..You are wrong. You go find a bunch of local average Joe's and you will find a bunch of Gun It with Benny's...in the last two years I have hunted with a state SD game warden, two HP's, a Deputy and this year the local County sheriff. All great people and non wore anything but average Joe gear and could drink beer with the best of them. Gun it with Benny is the Average South Dakotan...I LIKE IT! :10sign:
moellermd
Super Moderator
I really should not get involved in this but what the heck.
I would say that I probably hunt with the "average joe" almost every single weekend in SD. A farmer, feed mill manager, and a hydraulic cylinder repair guy. The chances that we would stand on a gravel road and shoot birds is about nil. The chances the we would shoot down a gravel road were a car could be coming is less than nil.
I think the issue that most people have with the show is that it seems to show a lack of respect for the game and the hunt. It seems to be more about the body count.
I would say that I probably hunt with the "average joe" almost every single weekend in SD. A farmer, feed mill manager, and a hydraulic cylinder repair guy. The chances that we would stand on a gravel road and shoot birds is about nil. The chances the we would shoot down a gravel road were a car could be coming is less than nil.
I think the issue that most people have with the show is that it seems to show a lack of respect for the game and the hunt. It seems to be more about the body count.
onpoint
Active member
Do you see a single county road sign on that road? I don't
I have driven in to many big spreads and that very well could be nothing more then a driveway. People from that rural area do things way different then folks from large populated areas. Loaded guns in the truck are just the norm. Shooting from the road, well...just another day for many. They aren't stupid. They know when to and when not to. You can most the time see WAY! further then the effective range of a shotgun. Nobody is going to force these folks from the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Etc. to except being told they must act or do certain thing in a certain way. I would say 100% of true rural folks from this area make their own rules when with fellow neighbors and friends.
Besides that, I bet driving and texting/talking on a cell has killed far more people in metro areas, then shooting from a gravel road vacant of near all traffic has. I wounder how many complaining of Benny's action have done one or both of those actions?
My advise is, lighten up and enjoy the program. I do
Carry on everybody.
I have driven in to many big spreads and that very well could be nothing more then a driveway. People from that rural area do things way different then folks from large populated areas. Loaded guns in the truck are just the norm. Shooting from the road, well...just another day for many. They aren't stupid. They know when to and when not to. You can most the time see WAY! further then the effective range of a shotgun. Nobody is going to force these folks from the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Etc. to except being told they must act or do certain thing in a certain way. I would say 100% of true rural folks from this area make their own rules when with fellow neighbors and friends.
Besides that, I bet driving and texting/talking on a cell has killed far more people in metro areas, then shooting from a gravel road vacant of near all traffic has. I wounder how many complaining of Benny's action have done one or both of those actions?
My advise is, lighten up and enjoy the program. I do
Carry on everybody.
Downtown Bang!
Member
I've watched 3 or 4 episodes on Versus and there are some problems with the show. As said above too much focus on the kill and not enough on the actual reason we hunt. They appear to push the limit on skybusting waterfowl shots. The road hunting sequence could have been done much better. No piling out of the rv like a bunch swat team members would have been a good start.
But in the interest of fairness there is some good stuff there too
The guy is a true freelancer. Hunts friends property, actually asks permission of a random farmer & also hunts on public land. To this point I have seen no comp'd hunts on a big expensive lodge. That gets points in my book.
The guy doesn't try to sell you a damn thing.
They do a good job showing how the non-hunting part of the experience is important too. They have fun. Someone else said it but it is not your average "two fat guys breathing hard and whispering" type hunting show.
The guy is funny and doesn't take himself too seriously which is a big problem on most other shows. What other outdoor host would ever consider filming a whitetail hunt on a golf course and then actually show it TV when no shots were fired and no buck was bagged?
But in the interest of fairness there is some good stuff there too
The guy is a true freelancer. Hunts friends property, actually asks permission of a random farmer & also hunts on public land. To this point I have seen no comp'd hunts on a big expensive lodge. That gets points in my book.
The guy doesn't try to sell you a damn thing.
They do a good job showing how the non-hunting part of the experience is important too. They have fun. Someone else said it but it is not your average "two fat guys breathing hard and whispering" type hunting show.
The guy is funny and doesn't take himself too seriously which is a big problem on most other shows. What other outdoor host would ever consider filming a whitetail hunt on a golf course and then actually show it TV when no shots were fired and no buck was bagged?
Ranger Rick
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Onpoint and Bang, I'm with you guys. Average Joes out hunting. I've not seen the pheasant hunt segment, but have seen a couple others. In one he's hunting mule deer with a rancher friend. The friend has a huge buck standing right in front of him, under 100 yards, shoots from prone and flat out misses. Then admits he's not sighted his rifle in for a long, long time and it's been riding in the gun rack of his truck bouncing all around the ranch. Just like one of my deer hunting family, who missed a nice buck at 40 yards, standing, then admitted he hadn't sighted his rifle in over 7 years. That was 15 years ago and he still hasn't! But I digress. I think some folks on this site need to loosen up a little. There was another thread discussing shooting your limit and there were people in there with opinions contrary to anyone I've ever hunted with in 40 years in the field. Not everyone can afford to pay for an expensive hunting lease, most hunt in groups who consider the days hunt a team effort, many hunt road ditches and yes, I've been part of a group to get out of a vehicle and load guns to jump a ditch chicken. Sure there are guys who break the rules, but more often it's people who enjoy being out in the open air, shooting birds and doing it as it is allowed by law.
When I was in college our deer hunting group included two new families for a few years. My brother shoots a nice buck on the second day and in those days party hunting wasn't allowed in WI. A warden came around while were were eating lunch on the tailgate and checked everyone. He asked my brother what he was doing still carrying a gun in the woods and he replied "hunting coyotes", to which one of my dad's buddies had a fit "He can't do that! You have to write him a ticket", because we had been having that discussion as to what was legal. Turns out he was in his legal right to be out there to "hunt coyotes". That family didn't hunt with us for long. Guys like my Dad's buddy really burn me up. Would rather see one of their crew busted for what he sees as an unethical practice just to prove he's right.
Like I said on the other post, some of us come from different worlds. You might not think jumping out of an RV to chase birds in the ditch is right, but it's legal and a lot of people do it. Want to get into that ditch and walk it to jump some roosters we just passed? I'm with you and when we're done, pass me a beer, please.
When I was in college our deer hunting group included two new families for a few years. My brother shoots a nice buck on the second day and in those days party hunting wasn't allowed in WI. A warden came around while were were eating lunch on the tailgate and checked everyone. He asked my brother what he was doing still carrying a gun in the woods and he replied "hunting coyotes", to which one of my dad's buddies had a fit "He can't do that! You have to write him a ticket", because we had been having that discussion as to what was legal. Turns out he was in his legal right to be out there to "hunt coyotes". That family didn't hunt with us for long. Guys like my Dad's buddy really burn me up. Would rather see one of their crew busted for what he sees as an unethical practice just to prove he's right.
Like I said on the other post, some of us come from different worlds. You might not think jumping out of an RV to chase birds in the ditch is right, but it's legal and a lot of people do it. Want to get into that ditch and walk it to jump some roosters we just passed? I'm with you and when we're done, pass me a beer, please.
moellermd
Super Moderator
Are you suggesting that gravel township roads have signs on them? I do not know what part of the "country" you live but you do not see many road signs on township roads.
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moellermd
Super Moderator
That in no way makes it ethical or legal. If that is really true in your area of the country it does not that sheds a possitive light on the future of our sport.
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onpoint
Active member
We could argue all day and night about whats right, wrong, ethical, Etc. You know my stance on big money pay to play places taking over the sport. I find them just as offensive as you find what's going on, on this program. To each his own.
Lets just try and keep the topic on the positive side. I like the program you don't..no problem..different strokes for different folks.
By the way, I live on a township Rd and it has several signs on it. It's legal to shoot right from the truck for yoties and other varmints in South Dakota...with a rifle. So, the state of South Dakota must think that's safe. To each his own. I find nothing wrong with what Benny is doing. It might be frond upon in more urban populated states but not so much in the great plains.
Lets just try and keep the topic on the positive side. I like the program you don't..no problem..different strokes for different folks.
By the way, I live on a township Rd and it has several signs on it. It's legal to shoot right from the truck for yoties and other varmints in South Dakota...with a rifle. So, the state of South Dakota must think that's safe. To each his own. I find nothing wrong with what Benny is doing. It might be frond upon in more urban populated states but not so much in the great plains.
moellermd
Super Moderator
We can agree on that.
Shadow
Banned
you're going to chuckle- I had three private farms to hunt west of Scranton-
had to be carefull- the boys would load up in the back of a pickup- big rifles loaded and at ready- sometimes they cut across country-
got so I would be sure to stop in every time I was going to go hunt-
many times- nope- I'll come back another time
they hated coyotes