Post by Decatur on Dec 5, 2006 8:23:36 GMT -5
Barta brings the hard way to Indiana Outdoor News
By Josh Lantz
Despite the brash and arrogant moments that Captain Tred Barta shows viewers of his top-rated outdoor show, The Best and Worst of Tred Barta on the Versus network, here is a man who values truth, honesty, persistence, and faith -- in hunting, fishing, and in life -- above all else. Hard-headed? Maybe. Opinionated? Yes.
Tred Barta does things his way -- often the “hard way” as his mantra purports -- and there can be little doubt that his way works.
He’s the most-respected tuna fisherman on the planet and has been bowhunting with traditional equipment for over 30 years. He’s harvested over 80 big game animals with his long bow and owns numerous world records in both hunting and fishing. He’s a hunter, fisherman, TV star, CEO, pilot, skydiver, ex-U.S. Olympic biathlon team member and a family man. What’s truly remarkable, however, is the fact that despite these roles, he spends over half of his waking hours helping other people.
Captain Tred Barta’s annual Barta Blue Marlin Classic fishing tournament has raised well over $1 million for the IGFA Junior Angler program, and his new tournament, the Barta Boys and Girls Billfish Tournament in Beaufort, North Carolina, in only two years, has raised $200,000 with a pledge to raise a second one million dollars for the Boys and Girls Club of Coastal Carolina.
Tred Barta puts his money where his mouth is. He is a tireless advocate of any legal form of hunting and fishing and does what he can to help people (especially kids) enjoy the outdoor sports. I know, because along with Raghorn CEO Brian Smith and Raghorn president Mark Smith, I recently had the opportunity to spend several days with Captain Tred while he and his crew filmed an episode of The Best and Worst of Tred Barta at one of the Raghorn farms in Marshall County, Indiana.
Of course, Tred hunted "spot and stalk-style" from the ground with his long bow and shot cedar-shafted arrows with stone points. One of the things that I learned about Tred is that while he hunts his way, he could care less how anyone else decides to hunt. He refused to sit in a tree stand, hunt from a ground blind, or even be sprayed down with WRC Scent Killer spray, but didn’t bat and eye when we did. He was relentless in his commitment to his primitive hunting style and never gave up. Overall, he was a lot of fun to be around and when the episode airs on Versus, you are definitely going to be entertained.
Like most successful people, Tred has good folks behind him -- folks like field producer Klay Shorthouse, and field cinematographer Danny Kirsic. Klay is a born-and-raised Indiana boy who has worked on several national outdoor shows before working on Tred’s. Klay is to blame for hooking Tred up with Raghorn, Inc., but he can’t claim to have introduced Tred to the State of Indiana.
“We’ve actually been working with Tred for about fifteen years now”, says Todd Smith, director of sales and marketing for 3 Rivers Archery in Ashley, Indiana. 3 Rivers Archery, you see, supplies Tred with his custom cedar-shafted arrows and a variety of other traditional archery products. What started in the extra room of a private home in Fort Wayne some 21 years ago has now grown into a 10,000 square-foot archer’s paradise, and Three Rivers is now the most complete source for traditional archery equipment in the world. Hey, if their stuff is good enough for Tred Barta, we’ll bet it’s good enough for anybody.
The really great news is that besides filming a show right here in Indiana, Tred will be penning a new, exclusive traditional archery column for you, our readers, right here in Indiana Outdoor News. So put on your big-boy pants, step up and enjoy. The first installment starts this month.
EDITOR'S NOTE -- E-mail your traditional archery questions to contact@raghorn.com, subject line ASK TRED, and between Tred and 3 Rivers Archery, we'll do our best to answer them in Tred's column.
I love his show. He is the most down to earth rich guy I've ever seen.
By Josh Lantz
Despite the brash and arrogant moments that Captain Tred Barta shows viewers of his top-rated outdoor show, The Best and Worst of Tred Barta on the Versus network, here is a man who values truth, honesty, persistence, and faith -- in hunting, fishing, and in life -- above all else. Hard-headed? Maybe. Opinionated? Yes.
Tred Barta does things his way -- often the “hard way” as his mantra purports -- and there can be little doubt that his way works.
He’s the most-respected tuna fisherman on the planet and has been bowhunting with traditional equipment for over 30 years. He’s harvested over 80 big game animals with his long bow and owns numerous world records in both hunting and fishing. He’s a hunter, fisherman, TV star, CEO, pilot, skydiver, ex-U.S. Olympic biathlon team member and a family man. What’s truly remarkable, however, is the fact that despite these roles, he spends over half of his waking hours helping other people.
Captain Tred Barta’s annual Barta Blue Marlin Classic fishing tournament has raised well over $1 million for the IGFA Junior Angler program, and his new tournament, the Barta Boys and Girls Billfish Tournament in Beaufort, North Carolina, in only two years, has raised $200,000 with a pledge to raise a second one million dollars for the Boys and Girls Club of Coastal Carolina.
Tred Barta puts his money where his mouth is. He is a tireless advocate of any legal form of hunting and fishing and does what he can to help people (especially kids) enjoy the outdoor sports. I know, because along with Raghorn CEO Brian Smith and Raghorn president Mark Smith, I recently had the opportunity to spend several days with Captain Tred while he and his crew filmed an episode of The Best and Worst of Tred Barta at one of the Raghorn farms in Marshall County, Indiana.
Of course, Tred hunted "spot and stalk-style" from the ground with his long bow and shot cedar-shafted arrows with stone points. One of the things that I learned about Tred is that while he hunts his way, he could care less how anyone else decides to hunt. He refused to sit in a tree stand, hunt from a ground blind, or even be sprayed down with WRC Scent Killer spray, but didn’t bat and eye when we did. He was relentless in his commitment to his primitive hunting style and never gave up. Overall, he was a lot of fun to be around and when the episode airs on Versus, you are definitely going to be entertained.
Like most successful people, Tred has good folks behind him -- folks like field producer Klay Shorthouse, and field cinematographer Danny Kirsic. Klay is a born-and-raised Indiana boy who has worked on several national outdoor shows before working on Tred’s. Klay is to blame for hooking Tred up with Raghorn, Inc., but he can’t claim to have introduced Tred to the State of Indiana.
“We’ve actually been working with Tred for about fifteen years now”, says Todd Smith, director of sales and marketing for 3 Rivers Archery in Ashley, Indiana. 3 Rivers Archery, you see, supplies Tred with his custom cedar-shafted arrows and a variety of other traditional archery products. What started in the extra room of a private home in Fort Wayne some 21 years ago has now grown into a 10,000 square-foot archer’s paradise, and Three Rivers is now the most complete source for traditional archery equipment in the world. Hey, if their stuff is good enough for Tred Barta, we’ll bet it’s good enough for anybody.
The really great news is that besides filming a show right here in Indiana, Tred will be penning a new, exclusive traditional archery column for you, our readers, right here in Indiana Outdoor News. So put on your big-boy pants, step up and enjoy. The first installment starts this month.
EDITOR'S NOTE -- E-mail your traditional archery questions to contact@raghorn.com, subject line ASK TRED, and between Tred and 3 Rivers Archery, we'll do our best to answer them in Tred's column.
I love his show. He is the most down to earth rich guy I've ever seen.
