Wild Game Nat'n...It's an embarassment...

[WisTurk]

So Eddie promoted the H.S. Strut Squealing Hen Call... Now I can't say this was not a push for selling a "New" product that was all the rage to just make turkeys coming running. One deal I heard with this is that they used some old footage of a gobbler running in and they "inserted" the squealing hen call and they got called out on it. It was a very short lived product.

MK M GOBL

I'd be willing to bet that 95% of all the crap pushed out on hunting shows are done this way.  Splicing in audio or video out of sequence to make it look like that turkey came in or big buck showed up due to the use of that call or scent or whatever.  Clever edits can go a long way to make something more than what it is.  Meanwhile a lot of people watching these shows (and let's face it, they are the ones buying the snake oil here) eat it up and think "hey this worked for Joe Jackass on that hunting show, so it should work for me too".

[deerbasshunter3]

So Eddie promoted the H.S. Strut Squealing Hen Call... Now I can't say this was not a push for selling a "New" product that was all the rage to just make turkeys coming running. One deal I heard with this is that they used some old footage of a gobbler running in and they "inserted" the squealing hen call and they got called out on it. It was a very short lived product.

MK M GOBL

Can the same be said for scent elimination and scent elimination products?

I'd be willing to bet that 95% of all the crap pushed out on hunting shows are done this way.  Splicing in audio or video out of sequence to make it look like that turkey came in or big buck showed up due to the use of that call or scent or whatever.  Clever edits can go a long way to make something more than what it is.  Meanwhile a lot of people watching these shows (and let's face it, they are the ones buying the snake oil here) eat it up and think "hey this worked for Joe Jackass on that hunting show, so it should work for me too".

[kjnengr]

So Eddie promoted the H.S. Strut Squealing Hen Call... Now I can't say this was not a push for selling a "New" product that was all the rage to just make turkeys coming running. One deal I heard with this is that they used some old footage of a gobbler running in and they "inserted" the squealing hen call and they got called out on it. It was a very short lived product.

MK M GOBL

I'd be willing to bet that 95% of all the crap pushed out on hunting shows are done this way.  Splicing in audio or video out of sequence to make it look like that turkey came in or big buck showed up due to the use of that call or scent or whatever.  Clever edits can go a long way to make something more than what it is.  Meanwhile a lot of people watching these shows (and let's face it, they are the ones buying the snake oil here) eat it up and think "hey this worked for Joe Jackass on that hunting show, so it should work for me too".

Can the same be said for scent elimination and scent elimination products?

Some yes and some no.  I have two scentlock/scent blocker suits.  I bought them because they were on sale after deer season and they are very well made.  I still use both of them now 8 years later and they have held up well and still aren't faded.  Do I think that they provide any scent elimination?  Heck no. 

However, I am a believer in the some of the sprays.  Many years ago, I had a sweaty old hat that I wore every day that needed to be washed pretty bad.  I sprayed the inside of the hat to experiment and see how well it worked.  The smell actually disappeared.  Now I don't believe that the scent elimination sprays do too much against perfumes, fuel smells, etc.