buck mcneely show

[jigginjim]

If a guy with little class can get a tv show. Anybody can I just saw the last bit of a show. Last minute of the last day of a muley hunt. Mcneely shots at a buck mulie and shoots the antler off. Then claims the bullet bounce off a branch and hit the antler. If it's a trophy deer your taking you never shoot at the head. Or any trophy animal for that matter. what a moron.

[LETSgoFISHIN]

what a terible show that is not only does he shoot the horns off but it was still kicking its feet around in the ending of the show as they were standing over it talking WHAT A JOKE OF A SHOW!!!

[gorrilla]

I can't believe that putz is still on TV. I saw this puddin-head shooting waterfowl in central or south america one time where he was dropping duck after duck in the water with cripples flopping everywhere and no dog, boat, or waders in sight. He was shooting lots of birds while others where still swimming away crippled...

I don't care if they say the local boys are picking up all the birds, you still never let cripples swim away and shift your attention to shooting new birds. I don't consider this (Contact US Regarding This Word) a hunter so lets call him the unethical slob that he is.

[kc0myy]

I dont really know my pro hunters. Also if its not huntin season I am not getting up at 600am to watch huntin. when I am duck hunting and I have a cripple on the water. I will do whatever I can do to kill that bird QUICK. I don't have a dog so I go out in my jon boat and get that bird. but I will unload a whole bow of shells (on the water and also have it be safe too) to kill that bird quick. Not to mention that the bird could swim away or get lost. I have never seen this buck mcneely show. but I will do google to see this "buck" guy to see if I have seen the show. I don't get to see alot of hunting shows but when do I really dont get names. A hunter should do whatever possable to give a quick clean kill. And if you ever miss (keyword "if") and make a bad shot please do whatever you can too make a clean kill. because there is no reason that animal should be in pain longer than it has to.

[kc0myy]

OH YEAH THAT GUY I JUST GOOGLED HIM. HES A MORON FOR SURE. If I ever saw that guy in the field. I would unload my gun walk about 100 yards away put down my gun walk back to him and chew in a new (Contact US Regarding This Word). After duck hunting one day I was over at a friends house. we were watching his show and we were like "what are you a moron"??

[Valv]

Did you read this :

In Federal Court With Buck McNeely

Here's some information to update you on what happened in federal court as a result of Buck McNeely and a hunting partner taking caribou the same day airborne in Alaska, which was mentioned in the last issue---''DO THE SHOW---SCREW THE RULES!''

On February 23, 1999, AUSA Robert C. Bundy announced in Anchorage that a federal trial jury convicted licensed big game guide James M. Fejes, owner of ``Tracker Guide Service'' of three federal felony charges in connection with his involvement in the provision of same day airborne caribou hunts to nonresident trophy hunters in August 1996.

Fejes was found guilty of conspiring with his employees, Blaine A. Morgan and William M. Vollendorf, Jr. (both Alaska residents) and Jon S. ``Buck'' McNeely, of Cape Girardeau, MO, to violate the Lacey Act, and with two felony violations of the Lacey Act. The jury also forfeited Fejes' Supercub airplane, finding that it had been used to aid in the commission of the violations.

Evidence presented in four days of testimony showed that Fejes provided McNeely with a caribou hunt in exchange for exposure of his guiding business on McNeely's syndicated television show ``The Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely.'' During the hunt, McNeely and another paying client, Michael Doyle of Minnesota, each killed a caribou on the same day they had been flown to spike camp locations and guided on hunts by Fejes or one of his employees.

An Alaskan state law which is well understood in the guiding community and intended to promote the practice of fair chase, prohibits hunting on the same day that a person has flown in an airplane. McNeely produced an episode of his television show based on the hunt, which had aired twice. ``Alaska's wildlife is a precious resource,'' said Mr. Bundy. ``When licensed guides, who are supposed to be stewards of that resource and representatives of the state to our sport hunting visitors, participate in the illegal taking of our wildlife for commercial gain, they will be prosecuted vigorously,'' he added.

Prior to the trial, on February 8, McNeely pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act in an agreement requiring him to pay a fine of $15,000, forego hunting in the United States for one year, produce a public service announcement about ethical and legal sport hunting for airing on his program 13 times and abandon to the government the rifle and caribou trophy mount connected to his violation. He has not yet been sentenced.

Assistant guides Morgan and Vollendorf, as well as hunter Doyle have also pleaded guilty to Lacey Act misdemeanor charges in connection with their roles in the hunts. Fejes told the two men not to tell anyone they were going to fly and hunt the same day. The two hunters were flown out to hunting areas, and each took a caribou the same day. McNeely paid Fejes for his services with advertising on his show. Michael Doyle's plea agreement terms are one year probation, $1,000 fine, forfeit his rifle and scope along with his caribou trophy and to cooperate with advertising on his show. Blaine Morgan (assistant guide on Doyle's hunt) plea terms---cooperation with the government and open sentencing. William M. Vollendorf, Jr. (Pilot during McNeely hunt) plea terms---$5,000 fine (he gets his Supercub back), no agreement as to sentencing.

Three aircraft were seized which were used to aid in the commission of the offenses. Fejes' Cessna 185 and Supercub and the Supercub owned by Vollendorf. The jury forfeited the Supercub used by Fejes, but there remains to be determined by U.S. District Court Judge Holland, in an ongoing civil forfeiture case, whether Fejes subsequently had that Cub converted into a different Cub with a new registration number and frame data plate (which is the aircraft seized by agents).That question has spawned a separate FAA investigation of the aircraft repair station that did the work.

Between the two proceedings, a ruling will eventually be made on whether the Cub will be forfeited or returned. A civil forfeiture case against Fejes' Cessna 185 is also ongoing. Agents in Anchorage and Fairbanks spent considerable time last Fall looking for a plane that no longer existed due to the changing of the registration numbers on the plane involved in the violation.

Fejes will be sentenced by District Court Judge H. Russell Holland on April 23, 1999. Congratulations for a job well done by the Alaska State Troopers who initiated the investigation, Joseph Bottini of the U.S. Attorney's Office and Bob Anderson of the DOJ/Wildlife Division for their work in the prosecution of the case, Jill Birchell case agent and the other Special Agents involved.

And a ``Thank You'' to the informant who started it all, wherever you are, for without people like you, we would not be able to bring cases like this to a successful conclusion

[gorrilla]

Valv, thanks for the update, I knew this guy was an (Contact US Regarding This Word). What I don't understand is how he gets a TV show aired in the first place...

[Valv]

How does he gets on TV ?

You know how media works. Money first, truth second (or 3rd, or 4th, or 5th, whatever).....

My feeling about this he gives this sport a bad rep, (Contact US Regarding This Word) like PETA see his shows and we get blamed as "animal murderers" and "savages".

[WB make the CUT]

Id suggest a email to all his sponsers, most shows have an email address/ web URL and sponsers at the outdoor channels web site

[brittman]

Most TV hunting shows are independent. They invest in a decent video camera and are in business.

Some find sponsors - to share costs. The sponsor then gets to hunt free or under their business expense. Nice business!!!

Many TV shows approach fishing and hunting guides and outfitters and exchange TV exposure for free hunts of fishing trips.

I know a few of the outiftters that have worked with these TV personalities. Comments are:

1) many are (Contact US Regarding This Word)

2) they often bring many more people to hunt than what is on camera. One big time guy will bring 10 or more and expect all to play free.

3) the call rate based on the show is minimal. One guy I know said he has never had a lead pan out from this advertising route. He no longer participates. With the large number of outfitters and lodges - the supply in endless ...

Finally - just remember that most of the "Pro-staffers" are only self proclaimed experts.

Most are trying to sell you something and often their success is driven more by great location than the product they are endorcing.

[Valv]

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Finally - just remember that most of the "Pro-staffers" are only self proclaimed experts.

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So, do you mean I can have my OWN show.....cool, where's the camera ?

First issue is " How NOT to hit your target, practical demonstration from world famous hunter Val Vignati"

I guess next could be "Here fishy, fishy fishy, learn the calls that gets fish on your hook"

I think I can make a series on first issue....

[Gissert]

Good post, britt.

Buck's show has never tripped my trigger.

There are a lot of shows out there that are really marginal in how hunting is presented on film. Without naming names, I'll mention a couple. One show had host who happened to be female and very easy on the eyes. Not that there was anything wrong with her having a show, she just looked to be unfamiliar/uncomfortable at times with some of her gear. On those shows, they really made it a point of naming the gear she was using. Other shows, it looked like she was using what I guessed to be her own gear and she did much better, coincidently, the focus was not on the gear so much on those episodes. One of her episodes that really got to me had her hunting tule elk in California. She had a bow that was way too hard for her to draw, and she plugged a big bull in the hind quarter. That was tough to watch. The elk was moving, the angle was bad and it was a poor shot choice. She got lucky and hit the femoral and the bull was recovered.

Another show had a fellow bow hunting elk in a Canadian province. These elk did not behave like wild elk, and it soon became apparent that these elk were in some kind of enclosure or ranch. They were just not all that spooked by humans. The guy made a stalk on a bull in fading daylight, and indicated to the camera that the elk was 55 yards away. I was shocked when he drew back, and launched the arrow. The elk jumped a bit, and you could see the arrow make a big arc, hit the shoulder blade and fall right out. Not a kill shot at all. Magically they had footage of the guy with his bull in total darkness, bragging up the joint he was at.

There are a few shows I like, though. Primos has a good show for the most part, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's Elk Country Journal is excellent.