Carefull boys!! A few years back I watched old "PIGMAN" and some slob guide from Utah hunt elk on the manti(late season) by hauling in hay and "baiting" elk in 2 feet of snow(even doing this he couldn't kill an elk). I was sickened, anyone that is familiar with this unit knows the elk winter out by spring city, they ain't hard to find, especially for a "professional guide". I was especially pissed about hauling in hay. I contacted some of his sponsors and to there credit they responded immediately. HOWEVER, SO DID HIS LAWYER. I was told that I would be sued immediately if I didn't stop my "crusade". I then contacted the DWR. I asssumed that they were baiting big game and that was illegal in Utah. Technically they weren't baiting, but according to the DWR'er I talked to it was "extremely unethical". I responded back to the PIGMAN and his lawyer that technically I was wrong, but that in Utah we actually hunt, not set up a feeder, that activity we all consider unethical, sloppy, and lazy. I didn't get sued, but to their credit his sponsors agreed with me and he lost two.
In short, this guy is a sad excuse for a "professional". He is lazy, stupid, and mouthy.
We have a lot of his type out there being "expert hunters" Uncle Ted, Bone collectors, Tiffany and her wife Lee, Stan Potts, "anything wild clowns", hollywood hunter, most of the whitetail hunters(if you hunt out of a heated shack, need I say more),etc, etc!!
I think the duck commanders realize they are not a hunting show, but a reality show so I give them a break.
On your own adventures, eastmans(maybe 30% of the time) Les Johnson, are just a few of those that might be worthy of the "expert" title.
I still say the best hunting show would be taking 10 of these clowns, picking a species, and a public area and turning them loose to show us how great they are. No feeders, guides, heated shacks, etc, just the "professional" on his own. Each week the weakest would go away. On second thought we would need more than 10, in the first week 8 of 10 would most likely get lost and quit. Can you imagine Tiffany and her wife dropped into the North slope to hunt elk, good lord that would be the show!!! In fact to better it, you could have them compete with "average joe" every week. Uncle Ted, on the Manti hunting deer, Joe Average doing the same, after a week, lets see who is the better hunter!
When they came for the road hunters I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for the oppurtunists I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for the public land hunters I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for me there was no one left to say anything!