Post by featherduster on May 16, 2014 6:23:20 GMT -5
This show follows the lives of 4 different people or their families as they live along or near the Arctic circle. My wife and I have been watching this show since it first aired last year and except for Peggy who lives alone in the Arctic we have enjoyed this program till yesterday.
One of the segments is on a family named Hailstone who are are a family of native background and because of this they are allowed to hunt for substance food.
Two weeks ago they hunted Caribou by chasing them down with a moving boat as the herd swam across a river and shooting them at point blank in the head. The family is allowed to take 15 total which only took them a few min to kill 5-6. Now I realize this might be the fastest way to get the job done .......but it sure don't look right and when you think about the fact that every native gets to do this that makes for a lot of animals being killed.
On yesterdays show they were hunting seals by motoring around until one surfaces for air then shooting at it and when I say shooting at it that's what they were doing.They shot at and splattered with shot at least 4-5 with what appeared to be a 12 gauge loaded with what appeared to be buck shot judging by the pattern on the water.
Some of the shots were short allowing for bad placement and the animal disappears below the surface probably wounded.
Realizing they are not getting correct kill shots the shooter switches to a 22 caliber semi auto and on the next seal fires off numerous rounds as fast as she can pull the trigger and eventually hits one.
They motor along side to drive a harpoon into the animal only to soft hit it forcing it below the surface and loosing it,after many failed attempts they finally kill one retrieve it and call it a day.
How many did they splatter with shot or loose because of pizz poor hunting practices?
The problem I have with this show is not the killing of these animals but the manner in which they do it especially on TV because people will think that this is the correct way to do this treating the animals like shooting gallery targets.
Sorry just needed to vent and tell you that I am so done with this show.
One of the segments is on a family named Hailstone who are are a family of native background and because of this they are allowed to hunt for substance food.
Two weeks ago they hunted Caribou by chasing them down with a moving boat as the herd swam across a river and shooting them at point blank in the head. The family is allowed to take 15 total which only took them a few min to kill 5-6. Now I realize this might be the fastest way to get the job done .......but it sure don't look right and when you think about the fact that every native gets to do this that makes for a lot of animals being killed.
On yesterdays show they were hunting seals by motoring around until one surfaces for air then shooting at it and when I say shooting at it that's what they were doing.They shot at and splattered with shot at least 4-5 with what appeared to be a 12 gauge loaded with what appeared to be buck shot judging by the pattern on the water.
Some of the shots were short allowing for bad placement and the animal disappears below the surface probably wounded.
Realizing they are not getting correct kill shots the shooter switches to a 22 caliber semi auto and on the next seal fires off numerous rounds as fast as she can pull the trigger and eventually hits one.
They motor along side to drive a harpoon into the animal only to soft hit it forcing it below the surface and loosing it,after many failed attempts they finally kill one retrieve it and call it a day.
How many did they splatter with shot or loose because of pizz poor hunting practices?
The problem I have with this show is not the killing of these animals but the manner in which they do it especially on TV because people will think that this is the correct way to do this treating the animals like shooting gallery targets.
Sorry just needed to vent and tell you that I am so done with this show.