Chumming TV No Friend of Hunting | Flathead Beacon

By Bill Schneider , 12-31-08

I confess to occasionally spending a little time on weekend mornings watching hunting shows on the cable channels, but I’ll be doing a lot less of it going forward unless somebody kills these “Chumming TV” programs that give hunting a bad image, even among hunters.

Anti-hunting groups must love watching these distasteful programs and see hunters desecrate their own image. It makes their job easier.

By “Chumming TV,” I’m referring to the outrageous, unethical and often illegal practice of luring big game into shooting range with bait, artificial scent or other unnatural means. I’ve seen many incredible hunting shows, true tests between man and beast without technical or artificial advantages, but I’ve also seen too much of the dark side, which I choose to call “chumming,” where producers show images or allow narration about the game being brought into shooting range with bait or other artificial, unethical means  Click link below for full story!

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