what do you think of Tred Barta

[Krackerracing]

What do guys think of Tred Barta. The guy definitely has a passion. I like him.

[upmounty]

I think he is kind of an idiot :) but that makes him who he is. I like his shows.

[Falk]

A little crazy. Good hunter and great skills with his longbow. I like most of his shows.

[steelhead007]

yes i like him,watched him take a mule deer doe in colorado last night with his long bow.

[msuhunter]

Does a picture of Bozo the clown come to mind.

[steelhead007]

yes he has great hunting skills and is a awesome shooter with his longbow!

[ESOX]

Egotistical jackass.

[steelhead007]

Huh.

[steve1983]

He's funny to watch!! but man he doe's ***** the wiers way!

[Quaackwhacker]

He is very skilled with his long bow, but I do think that he feels that he is God's gift to outdoorsman, possibly the world!!

[GVDocHoliday]

Egotistical jackass.

Ditto....

But his name brand traditional archery gear at 3riversarchery.com looks pretty good. I especially like the pack.

[TrekJeff]

Is he a nut case? Yeah. Is he egotistical? Hell yeah, enough to be a mod.:lol::hide:

Do the kids love him..yep. Has he been caught fighting dogs or using steroids? Nope. Does he play America's REAL first past time...YES. Does he send a good message to kids or the general public...YES...

He's cool

[Fur-minator]

He's the man! Is he trying to sell you something? No. Does he do it the hard way? It sure looks that way.

I will take the goofyness over the sales pitch any day.

[The Nailer]

While I agree with the fact he is a good archer and his shows are generally pretty good and usually exciting, I'm not so sure about his ethics. I watched him on a caribou hunt flinging arrows at a moving herd of caribou in a helter skelter fashion at less than ideal distances. Personally I think a lot of these shows take things to the edge just so they can sell their product (shows). I don't think he is a bad guy, even though his ego needs it's own room, I'm just not sure of the message being sent sometimes. Just MHO!

[mparks]

He's the man! Is he trying to sell you something? No. Does he do it the hard way? It sure looks that way.

I will take the goofyness over the sales pitch any day.

Naw he's not selling much:lol: :
http://www.3riversarchery.com/ListThumb.asp

[Little Roober]

Did you guys see the one where he was chasin pigs behind dogs and killed em with a knife? :yikes:

[Loaded4bear]

It's nice to see someone who's not stuck on all the tech advances in outdoor activities...Scent Suits, GPS, ATV's, etc...Gotta give some credit to that.

I like his "90% of successful hunting is about getting out of the lazyboy and getttin' out there attitude"


PS....don't take him too seriously

[Fur-minator]

Ok ok thaey are all selling something. At least his don't seem to be thrust into my face when I watch.

Just m y opinion.

[Critter]

I think he's a great outdoorsman but his ego turns me off so I don't watch him much. Course I don't watch any TV at all anymore so what do I know.;)

[LenHarris]

If i ever guided him....

I might have to fire him as a client.

He has no tact.

His head is super sized too.

[SNAREMAN]

Did anyone see his black bear hunt in alaska [don't remember for sure]Anyway's,he start's the show by saying that he only stalk's bear's because sitting over a bait-pile is NOT "real hunting" and unfair and BLAH,BLAH,BLAH.Bet the anti's would love to use that footage in their next push to end hunting over bait.Seem's to me that a "REAL HUNTER" would not degrade any legal form of hunting.I have no use for him,or his show.

[Pinefarm]

Tred has by far the best outdoors show on TV. He's on my DVR favorites list.
Tred has a great attitude.

[PA BUCK 2]

Great shows and I agree about the attitude. But somethings that he says makes me chuckle a little and shake my head.

[TnRidge]

I think he is egotistical , can't shoot a bow worth a crap , and a disgrace to all hunters .

[gasparepi8]

if we all had enough money and time we all could run around the world flinging arrows at game. and once in a while kill something. must be nice i,m jealous

[Rudi's Dad]

Tred and Nugent are both over wired and oddballs. Fun to watch though.

[LenHarris]

a guy from wisconsin named Ron Skoronski has been getting some serious elk/deer/sheep the last 4 years..

won't be long and he will have a show.

Bow and rifle.

[madmike22]

I dont think tred has that big of an ego. I think its just his personality and can just rub people the wrong way. I think he has a really odd sense of humor and most people dont get him. I love his shows and its nice to see someone that isnt pushing a product on there show. yes he has his own line of bows but you dont hear one word about them on his show. Its nice to see someone with his venue on tv to fail once in awhile. Its also nice to see someone that isnt just going for a big rack. The doe he shot with his long bow was a trophy to him. I would love to see more hunting shows follow in his footsteps. 95% of the average joes out there that hunt state land or small pieces of private land are never going to shoot a boone and crockett buck. I hate all the people on tv that keep using the words "that one is a shooter". Yes we need some sort of qdm but most of the tv shows are on high fence ranches across the country and not what the average joe sees when they are out in the woods. I would like to see most of the big time deer hunters on tv do what tred does. If they didnt get to hunt the big ranches over huge food plots they would look just like the rest of us out there.

[walleye magnet]

One of the better hunting / fishing shows on TV.

[Sam22]

I like his show better than most. I like that he doesn't seem to have it all handed to him. I like the "do it the hard way" thing. I would put him in my top 3 outdoor themed shows for sure.

[Matt Brummette]

A terrible representative for hunters, especially stick bow hunters. His guide should have taken his bow and broke it when he was taking 60 yard shots on moving caribou. I use to like his effort but now I watch to see what dumb thing he'll do next.

[ChasinSprints]

I think it's a pretty good show. He may seem a bit bizarre but he does take on some unique challenges.

[bigjonbuck]

i think he is great at shooting targets,but as far as animals he misses more than he hits.I wonder how many animals he wounded. he only shows the clean misses.

[Ole Spike]

He takes a lot of wild shots at game out of range and running.:mad: Had to cringe while watching the show last night where he took the mule deer doe, his quiver barely covered 1/3 of the blades of his broadheads. Great way to cut the *%&# out of your hand Tred.

[bigmike]

I like him!!!!!!!!;) He is crazy and does some crazy very hard hunts:dizzy:. Can bug you sometimes but he is not fake and does it his way the hard way!:lol:

[jdawg240]

He is a little different thats for sure.

[Mickey Finn]

For a while I thought he was goofy and fun to watch. Then I saw him, taking rather long indirect type shots at running caribou with his long bow.
I lost interest in his show after that.

[michigandeerslayer]

I like the show because it is real..Not a show full of ad's and he is happy on life..Can't knock a man for being excited when he hunts, and sure he misses shots, but how many of you have gone into the woods and gone 100%? Everyone has missed a shot in there life

[Slice]

I enjoy watching him, but he does come across like a spoiled rich kid. I wish I had his money to do all that hunting.

[LenHarris]

is Shock Jock (Hunter)

appeals to adrenaline junkies.

Thumbs DOWN.

[DANIEL MARK ZAPOLSKI]

sounds like a lot of jealousy on this topic. does he have an ego ? hell yes and you would to! if you're making tons of money running around the world hunting and fishing doing everything you ever wanted to, whats not to have an ego about? as far as his shooting abilites and some of the shots he has taken they maybe QUESTIONABLE, but do any of you KNOW how much he practices to make those kind of shots? i dought it! :banghead3:banghead3 60 YARDS IS A MAKEABLE SHOT.
when i was a kid a guy by the name of CHARLIE NICHOLAS gave me and my one my other brothers a frizbee target and guess what? i was the one who would go out into a field called picture woods almost everyday and have that thing thrown up in the air and shoot for hours at it. well that is until my dad or mother came down and made me stop. well anyhow from all that practice i managed to shoot ducks and phesants on the fly. the moral of the story is you DON'T KNOW so don't say what he can or cannot due just because you CANNOT!:hide: and oh yes i MISSED ALOT TOO!:yikes:

[woodie slayer]

idiot comes to mind
i seen him doing a sea duck hunt one time and he piss*& in his waders to warm up:gaga:

[dusoc]

It's nice to see someone who's not stuck on all the tech advances in outdoor activities...Scent Suits, GPS, ATV's, etc...Gotta give some credit to that.
Are you serious?

I've watched his show when he was out in his boat on the ocean. He had all the latest gadgets and gizmos. He may use a stick and string for hunting, but he sure doesn't for fishing. I find it very silly when people bash technology and also promote.

[Pinefarm]

I like Barta because he's not like a NASCAR pimp with 50 sponsors on his show.


Like Ted Nugent, Barta was wealthy before his show. But unlike Nugent, he doesn't spend the first 5 minutes and last 5 minutes of each show rattling off sponsors. Nugent now has some Red Bull type sports drink as a sponsor.

Here's a few tidbits I've found...


"The show is supposed to illustrate how hunting and fishing really is—that's the good, the bad and the ugly. That's the trip, the mud, the shooting and missing. That may even entail wounding animals, and 50 percent of the time we may get nothing," explains Barta in the modest Hampton Bays offices of his family-owned corporate jet business, Barta-Iso Aviation, located in a gray-hued professional complex on Montauk Highway.



Barta vehemently refuses to participate in product endorsements, which are usually a huge part of other hunting and fishing programs, explaining they're responsible for many of the falsehoods these shows portray.

"If I have to endorse products, then I can't do my show, because if a lure is not running right, then I'm going to pull it out of the water and say it's not running," he says, emphatically. "If I have cereal and I don't like it, then I won't eat it. If I use something, it's because I like it and I want it, but that could change."

The Best & Worst of Tred Barta is a risk on many levels. It's the only show of its kind to actually receive money from a network for production, as opposed to a "time buy," which is when networks such as ESPN charge a show's producers for airtime (thereby necessitating the need for the show to enlist sponsors).




A devout Dutch Reform Protestant who raises and slaughters his own chickens and pigs on his Southampton farm, Barta freely attacks not only the established fishing/hunting TV industry, but our modern society as well, which in his opinion has sadly moved away from the teachings of nature to instead focus on materialism. It's hard to disagree with the values he stresses, such as honor, self-empowerment and keeping one's word as a bond, but his "kill it and grill it" philosophy, at times somewhat reminiscent of outspoken rocker/hunter Ted Nugent, will surely ruffle a few feathers, particularly among animal advocate/activist groups.

"I expect huge criticism of my show," Barta states, with indignant resignation, like a man prepared for a fight. "I expect OLN, TNN and ESPN to go after my ass for my comments. I'm gonna be PETA's worst nightmare. PETA has never met a person like me—they would be smart to stay away from me—but I can't wait for them to come. I am dangerous, because I don't care. I believe in what I am, I've got nothing to lose and I can't be bought, fired or sold. That's a dangerous guy."

[SgtSabre]

THINGS I LIKE: Tred Barta doesn't endorse all kinds of junk because the junk-makers pay him to. He doesn't kill an enormous buck every single show. The last show I saw he wasn't even going after a buck, he wanted a doe, and I found that quite refreshing. After he makes a kill he doesn't do a hoopin'-hollerin' victory dance in his treestand. Tred's show airs his mistakes and successes alike. I find his show real and refreshing.

THINGS I DON'T LIKE: His ego. Right at the get-go at the beginning of his show he tries to tell us how he's one of the best big-game hunters and fishermen on the planet and how he's caught more tuna on rod and reel than anybody else. A bold statement, and one better left un-stated. I don't like how he asserts how "I have killed 70 big-game animals with a long bow, all under 20 yards" (his exact words) but then takes 40-60 yard shots at running animals.

as far as his shooting abilites and some of the shots he has taken they maybe QUESTIONABLE, but do any of you KNOW how much he practices to make those kind of shots? i dought it! 60 YARDS IS A MAKEABLE SHOT.

On his latest mule-deer hunt, he aired a segment in which he was arguing with his guide on the phone. The guide told him to prepare for a 50-60 yard show with his bow. Tred vehemently told the guide that getting within 20 yards would be easy, that he would have a deer down on the first or second day, and that he wasn't going to practice more than 20 yards.
When he got out there, he started flinging arrows at 40 yards. He gut-shot a doe and never found it. The very next segment was him with his guide, practicing at longer range, just like the guide had told him to do before he came out.
Tred told us that during the hunt he made 15 misses on 28 stalks. That's right, he shot 15 times without hitting anything, clearly showing that he wasn't capable of making a good, clean hit.
To his credit, shot 16 was a very good 40yd. double-lunger.

My final verdict: His show isn't perfect. However the question must ask myself is "Do I like it better than all of the other shows that are a compilation of kill shots on giant steroid-fed bucks, after which the shooter hoops-and-hollers like he's won the lottery and then thanks his laundry-list of sponsors?". The answer to that question is YES!!!

[Fur-minator]

Some love him.
Some hate him.

Should have been named TRED TROST!

[thongg]

very good show more like the everyday hunter than all the other walking commerical hunting shows

[ishot3bucks]

crazy, but cool:D

[mmac1318]

I like him. I dont agree with some of his POV's but that is probably true for most people. I didnt care for the 60 yd running caribou shots either. He is a real person who stands up for hunting rights so I like him for that.

[muliefever]

I love his show. I get so fed up with the same old hunting shows. He is different. And i don't believe he lies. Great guy in my books!

[dankoustas]

Coincidently, I just watched his show for the first time this morning. He went to British Columbia and got a nice bull moose. I thought the show was very entertaining.

[milmo1]

I like him quite a bit. A little off the beaten path. I love that he does things the hard way. Although, most of us don't have the time and money to go Alaska 9 or 10 times to shoot a Grizzly with a long bow. However, we can take such animals at shorter ranges, spotting and stalking, etc. But if you can only go once, you'd like to have some success.
My favorite shows have been the moose (holy crap, now we've got to get this thing out of here) and the sea ducks - skunked 1st day, success on the 2nd. And he peed in his waders because he had to, not to keep warm. (not something I'll ever do...:yikes:)

[dtg]

I think of him something like a train wreck, if I'm channel flippin, I gotta see what he's up to. The only show I didn't much care for was the bowie knife pig hunt. I mean, the guide basically grabbed the pig by the hind legs and stretched the darn pig out for him to go "Jason" on:sad: I got to admit the Grizzly one was CRAZY!!!!!

I'm on the fence with him. I don't think I could spend more than a couple of hours with him, just because he just can't shut up....and I love some quiet when out fishing or hunting.

[Egbert Souse]

I can stand watching him for about one minute.

[Reel_Screamer86]

Tred for President !

He is awesone to watch, compared to all the "ranch" hunting shows we have out there to watch. Especially one that's on every Thursday night i cant stand to watch (no its not MOOD) .......

Go Tred !!!!!!!!!

[EYESON]

He did a show a couple of years ago that was a staged sea rescue. It was really cool they showed how all the saftey equiptment that you carry can save your life. He also contacted the Coast Guard before so that they could call in the S.O.S. and showed the rescue and what the Coast Guard goes through in a rescue. Alot of people say he is crazy he is about one step away from being crazy which makes him passionate. I like the fact that he shows what work needs to go into a fishing or hunting trip not just hireing a guide and going. I like his line about "just do the work" to many people today relie on other people to "do the work".

[stinky reinke]

I think Tred is freakin hilarious. He is constantly doing something that keeps me on the edge of my seat. I enjoy his compassion for the outdoors, plus he loves to kill things. We need to have more Treds on hunting shows.