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[174in]

you comming to wisconsin this year? We got rid of the earn a buck and october doe season. Should be better hunting than the past few years and tags are cheap. There is a good amount managed forest land in this area most of it I havnt even touched and its free hunting. I am on the south east side of the state about an hour from minnesota.Also quite a bit of river bottom public land to hunt also. The deer numbers are up a little bit since it wasnt earn a buck last year either and a mild winter.

 

[Big Fin]

That sounds like a great invitation, but with the tags we lucked out with this year, we are pretty well booked. The schedule gets finalized in early July. In years like this, when we have plenty of tags, it is easy. In years like Season Two when we don't have much for tags, it gets complicated.

In addition to another midwest whitetail, I still have Coues Deer, Columbia Blacktail, and Sitka Blacktail on the "must do" list.

 

[MN Public Hunter]

I don't think Randy knows how to hunt past CO anymore...LOL...Good luck getting him to show up in any state past CO...LOL...Sorry...I call then as I see them... Sorry Randy...

 

[Oak]

I don't think Randy knows how to hunt past CO anymore...LOL...Good luck getting him to show up in any state past CO...LOL...Sorry...I call then as I see them... Sorry Randy...

And let me be the first to say "thank you, Randy!"

 

[MN Public Hunter]

And let me be the first to say "thank you, Randy!"

LOL...Oak to the rescue?.... Honestly...I'm starting to think the show show should be renamed to "OYOA, West ONLY".

I guess I'm a little disturbed after 4+ years I see no Eastern/Midwest hunts, other than Iowa if memory serves me. If there are are going to be none, fine. Rename the show.

 

[Oak]

LOL...Oak to the rescue?.... Honestly...I'm starting to think the show show should be renamed to "OYOA, West ONLY".

I guess I'm a little disturbed after 4+ years I see no Eastern/Midwest hunts, other than Iowa if memory serves me. If there are are going to be none, fine. Rename the show.

Yes, there is a dearth of eastern and midwestern whitetail hunting on TV. Maybe he should do more than his Kansas hunt each year.

 

[MN Public Hunter]

Yes, there is a dearth of eastern and midwestern whitetail hunting on TV. Maybe he should do more than his Kansas hunt each year.

Agreed! But get to MN...

 

[Big Fin]

I don't think Randy knows how to hunt past CO anymore...LOL...Good luck getting him to show up in any state past CO...LOL...Sorry...I call then as I see them... Sorry Randy...

There are a lot of reasons we hunt the west. Biggest reason is that we built our entire business model and our marketing plan to sponsors/networks as a western big game show. It is what we want to continue focusing on as part of our plan.

There are over 400 hunting shows on TV. Almost all of them are whitetail shows. Nothing wrong with that. The demographic of hunting is heavily loaded toward whitetails, so it is only reasonable to see it turn out that way.

Doesn't seem like good business for a show based in the west, with a lot of knowledge and experience in the west, to try focus on a type of hunting that is already in great supply and not our expertise. Our core competency, if we have one, is western hunting on public lands.

Our show was designed and pitched to viewers, networks, and sponsors to be designed primarily to teach people how to hunt public land in the west, self-guided, and entertain them in the process. Though sponsors have no problem if we do an occasional show in the Midwest, their ad agencies make it very clear that when they put together the marketing plans for these sponsors, that they already have tons of coverage on whitetail shows. They want us to give them coverage to people interested in western hunting, whether live in the west, the midwest, the east, or wherever.

I doubt our show would have much appeal if we were just one more of the hundreds of whitetail shows. I can understand why people want us to come hunt their area. We will stick to our plan, which is also the plan that attracted the ad agencies of our sponsors.

It is where we are at our best, where we can tell compelling stories that ratings show people like to see, where we can deliver a unique viewing experience not found very often in outdoor TV, thereby making the value of our show higher to sponsors and to the network. In some terms, we are selling a rare commodity in the outdoor TV world, public land western hunting, and with that scarcity comes greater demand.

Don't get me wrong, I love to shoot whitetails as much as the next guy. Just not going to stray away from a proven model of success.

Odds are, we will show a Coues or Blacktail hunt before another Midwest whitetail hunt. Just being honest with what type of hunts our plan will have us filming.

 

[MN Public Hunter]

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There are a lot of reasons we hunt the west. Biggest reason is that we built our entire business model and our marketing plan to sponsors/networks as a western big game show. It is what we want to continue focusing on as part of our plan.

There are over 400 hunting shows on TV. Almost all of them are whitetail shows. Nothing wrong with that. The demographic of hunting is heavily loaded toward whitetails, so it is only reasonable to see it turn out that way.

Doesn't seem like good business for a show based in the west, with a lot of knowledge and experience in the west, to try focus on a type of hunting that is already in great supply and not our expertise. Our core competency, if we have one, is western hunting on public lands.

Our show was designed and pitched to viewers, networks, and sponsors to be designed primarily to teach people how to hunt public land in the west, self-guided, and entertain them in the process. Though sponsors have no problem if we do an occasional show in the Midwest, their ad agencies make it very clear that when they put together the marketing plans for these sponsors, that they already have tons of coverage on whitetail shows. They want us to give them coverage to people interested in western hunting, whether live in the west, the midwest, the east, or wherever.

I doubt our show would have much appeal if we were just one more of the hundreds of whitetail shows. I can understand why people want us to come hunt their area. We will stick to our plan, which is also the plan that attracted the ad agencies of our sponsors.

It is where we are at our best, where we can tell compelling stories that ratings show people like to see, where we can deliver a unique viewing experience not found very often in outdoor TV, thereby making the value of our show higher to sponsors and to the network. In some terms, we are selling a rare commodity in the outdoor TV world, public land western hunting, and with that scarcity comes greater demand.

Don't get me wrong, I love to shoot whitetails as much as the next guy. Just not going to stray away from a proven model of success.

Odds are, we will show a Coues or Blacktail hunt before another Midwest whitetail hunt. Just being honest with what type of hunts our plan will have us filming.

All great points, but now that MN has a wolf season that you are SO passionate about is it possible you might try to hunt here for them?

 

[174in]

Sounds legit to me.I know if I had the western tags you do the midwest would not be on my list either. Just didnt know if you were looking into a hunt over this way or not.Have you ever thought about maybe doing one show back in your home state if Minn just to show the fans the areas where you cut your teeth? Thanks for the honest repy. Keep up the good work.

 

[d-bone20917]

Just keep doing what you are doing Randy. I don't watch any of the whitetail shows on TV even though they are what I hunt most of the time. They are all the same.

 

[Straight Arrow]

That is a respectful explanation, Randy, with many rational points. 'Seems to me the shows that will draw the most attention feature hunting elk, wolves, sheep, and big mulies on public land.

Keep up your good work ... you have developed a proven formula for great hunting entertainment and expression of the right hunting tradition.

 

[Corax]

Just keep doing what you are doing Randy.

I agree. While I have taken deer out of a tree stand, and hope to do it again, my preference is hunting elk and other Western game. OYOA provides a lot of help and motivation to get out there and do it.

Randy provides the best guide to DIY Western hunting that I am aware of today.

 

[Randy49er]

My vote goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. Maybe somebody in MN could buy a camera, I would watch a Minnesota based wolf, bear,moose, ground squirrel hunt.

 

[174in]

So I doubt you will do the Iowa show again.I do understand where you come frome on the whitetail seen but remember 99% of the crappy whitetail shows you see is outfited private land hunts. If you ever need a tag you know Minn or WI has them and you could show them how whitetail hunting is done on public land without food plots just good old fasion deer hunting. You dont even have to bring the bling bling sunglasses and rap music with you LOL. Sit on the opening morning then ground pound and deer drives untill all tags are filled.