HUNT WARZ - bad idea or terrible idea?

[COEngineer]

Saw an ad looking for new competitors on FB: HUNT WARZ FB ad

I have not watched any of their current episodes on YT, but it just sounds like a terrible idea. People always push the boundaries of ethics when there is a reward for 'winning.'

They have some big name sponsors: Leupold, BRCC, OnX, Phelps Calls (a MeatEater brand) to name a few, which adds some amount of legitimacy...maybe. Or maybe those companies got sucked into something without thinking it through.

I'm looking for some feedback here. What do you guys think?

 

[westbranch]

Dumbest thing I have seen all week, and its been a long week. I am tempted to watch the old episodes, but don't want to give them the views.

 

[Nameless Range]

Barf

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Wonder what the purity score is on that type of deal...

 

[WapitiBob]

It was hard to watch. Those sponsors should know better.

The newer season had unlimited entries per person for $100/pop.

 

[Sawtooth]

Because putting the words "Hunt" and "War" together is always a great idea.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Ho LEE muther

Here are your sponsors...

 

[Dougfirtree]

It's actually called, "Leupold's Hunt Warz" on the website. Seems like a bad idea..

 

[JLS]

What a stupid idea.

 

[duckhunt]

I don't know what it is but sounds absolutely ridiculous. I'm not even going to waste my time googleing it.

 

[np307]

I'll post the same quote here that came to mind when I saw an ad for a turkey hunting competition here in NC as I think its way too applicable.


"Although an ardent turkey hunter, I have too much respect for this glorious bird to see it killed in any but an honorable way. The turkey's fate is hard enough as it is. The work of destruction goes on from year to year..." - McIlhenny (Jordan)

 

[Sawtooth]

Sponsors should know better.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Not surprised it's well sponsored...people eat this stuff up.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Several years ago I happened to be doing research in Kenora during the Lake of the Woods bass tournament. For a break I walked down to the marina to see what was going on. Ugh! That is NOT my kinda crowd! Talk about plastic! Glorifying being a game hog. The outdoors sports are commercialized enough without this kind of crap. It is sickening.

 

[Cornell2012]

I hadn't seen this previously. I think the branding is really bad. I just skimmed a video, and the content was actually not as bad as I was expecting (though it went really heavy on self-promo and sponsor promo). They could have really messed this up with how they score, I'm glad that yardage is a deduction.



Very uncomfortable with the whole show premise. Could have been worse I guess?

 

[JLS]

Are there different grades of a shit sandwich, or are they all just bad?

 

[kansasdad]

I think this is the organization that uses the pronunciation of “Lee-a-pull” when speaking glowingly of their sponsor for optics. I sent an email to them telling them that they were mispronouncing the optics companies name, but maybe the folks in Beaverton Oregon would prefer to distance themselves from such activity?

To their credit, they did reply within 24 hours, thanking me for the information.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I hadn't seen this previously. I think the branding is really bad. I just skimmed a video, and the content was actually not as bad as I was expecting (though it went really heavy on self-promo and sponsor promo). They could have really messed this up with how they score, I'm glad that yardage is a deduction.

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Very uncomfortable with the whole show premise. Could have been worse I guess?

A number of states have banned hunting contests.

There is a New Mexico episode, New Mexico has banned coyote hunting contests specifically. I'm not equating the too, nor suggesting that anyone is breaking the law.

Yet...

"Oh yeah did you see that elk hunting contest Leupold is sponsoring"

 

[MTLabrador]

I would rather watch Cam, Rogan and Liver King hunt the Gardiner football field with spears than this. Agreed the sponsors should know better.

 

[texwest44]

We're so close to a professional deer and elk hunting league, I can taste it. They did it to bass fishing and ping pong, they can get us, too.