Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: bubby on June 01, 2012, 08:32:31 pm
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anyone see the first episode, one guy was in the process of making a self bow, might end up pretty interesting, Bub
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wasnt home to watch but will catch it online sometime over the weekend.
think this might end up being a good show-certainly has possibilities-if the producers can stay outta the way
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i watched it its all about living off the land ill watch it again.
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I have met the Eustace Conway fellow at Doctor Hart's Square, in Catawba County,NC. Very interesting person for sure.
I guess I'm a little critical but those guys are far from "Mountain Men" in my opinion. They are living on the edge of civilization, but not unlike many. Heck, Les Stroud and his wife lived more remote for a year in Alaska than any of those guys. He's got a series of videos on Youtube of their experience. Tough life for sure, but not what they are trying to sale.
Still worth watching, good motivation to be more self reliant.
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I have to agree with nclonghunter. It seems just another scripted 'reality' show. I do not think I will watch anymore.
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Did some digging. Les Stroud and wife were in Canada..the Youtube video is found on;
Les Stroud - Snowshoes and Solitude
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Thanks for the head sup bub. I never knew it was on. Im recording the whole sha-bang.
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Finally came on our channels up here. I was relay eager to see it. Sadly, it would appear it's just another scripted reality show. In the second episode the fellow in Alaska goes to check his trap line and on the 3rd trap his snowmobile wont start. They made a big whoop la about wolves in the area and how dangerous they are. Then the drama hits when they go on about how he made the mistake of not having brought a gun with him, wolves howl in the background, this could be bad...yadda yadda yadda. The scene before this, when he was checking traps 1 & 2 he clearly had a scoped rifle slung across his back. I'll keep watching out of general interest but am sceptical about how real it's going to be
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I watched it once last year, didn't expect much,wasn't to bad but how dangerous can it be with a camera crew along with you. :) Like most of them shows,pretty well set up. :)
Pappy
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I watched it a couple of times, scripted, phony and aimed at city folk who don't know anything about hunting, farming or firearms so they don't see the glaring misinformation in the format.
Example; Billy Bob(or who ever he was) is given the task of sighting in a 30-30 for the boss. The boss has to get a deer or he might STARVE over the winter(another scripted crisis).
Next scene; the boss is in a tree stand hunting with the rifle Billy Bob sighted in for him. The problem; the 30-30 has turned into a Ruger #1 single shot. Well, the boss gut shoots a deer at 30 yds and blames his miss on poor, incompetent Billy Bob's lousy job of sighting in the rifle, except poor Billy Bob never sighted in the rifle he was using.
Next the boss has to plant a patch of greens or he might STARVE over the winter. Next scene, he is out in the rain turning his seed in about 6" deep with a horse drawn disc harrow. Any fool who has ever grown a garden knows that's not how you plant turnip greens. He is not going to get much up with the seed 6" under ground.
The show lost me at this point.
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I watched enough last year to see all three "mountain men" and their harrowing adventures. That was enough for me.
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There is soooooo much crap to that show, that any mountain man would be upset at them using the name...mountain man. How many mountain men would be so poorly prepared??? I just kept thinking Wtf are you guys doing.
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Crap or not, Marty can have his Yukon lifestyle!
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Was at a cook out 30+ years ago with Tom and Nancy Oar.
He is good friends with a couple of my friends. He used to live in my area (N. Il.) till he moved out west. He tells my friend what they get on camera they make the way they want to show it on tv.
Can't think of a "reality" show that isn't probably scripted??
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It's a little hokey, its overly dramatic, it isn't exactly realistic, but at least its better than most shows on TV. Any time I see a TV show on a major channel, not a hunting channel, that shows animals getting killed for food I'm OK with it. I would rather have my kids watch Mountain Men than some of the idiotic reality shows on most channels.
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if you live like grizz grizzlap from jeremiah johnson,you are a mountain man.realality shows suck.they are one reason i don't have cable anymore.just my opinion.
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I've watched most of them and beats ole Dr. Phil but I would agree with the scripting etc. I'm kind of glad that they can't portay real mountain men. I'm with sea bass and have Jeremiah Johnson character in mind when I hear mountain man.
Tracy
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Get a handle on that Damn Dog,or leave it home,fer cryin out loud!!!!!
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i kinda like ol' Tom, but us old broke down cowboy's gotta stick together, Bub
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Well, we all seemed to have tuned in and watched it..... tv sucks so bad, when anything even remotely watchable comes on, I have to give it a try. By their very nature, the sort of people who make television programs happen are just not gonna be able to capture what it is that drives people to the wilderness, or what it takes to get by there. It wasn't too bad compared to what was on some of the other channels at the time, but that ain't saying much. I bet if we polled the folks on this site, we would find that we all watch the same 5 or 6 channels and never give a second look to the other 4 or 5 HUNDRED channels of crud that is on cable/satellite.
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Get a handle on that Damn Dog,or leave it home,fer cryin out loud!!!!!
Took the words out of my mouth!
I like the fact that Tom does some knapping and crafting primitive stuff
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The friend of thiers that I know said the camera people had them hold the dog back and act as if it was lost to a grizz just to make the show more exciting!! And it did retrieve some ducks but they did not show that!!
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The friend of thiers that I know said the camera people had them hold the dog back and act as if it was lost to a grizz just to make the show more exciting!! And it did retrieve some ducks but they did not show that!!
I would have liked to see that! If I couldn't have a lab , then I would have a GS pointers.
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I talked to Tom Oar a few weeks ago. We talked about the show a bit. But More so talked about bows and Braintan. He sure loves what he does though. Braintan seems to trump all to him, he does lots of it! Hoping to meet up with him next spring when he comes down here to FL to visit his kid.