x2(?) on the muzzle control
After he drops the bull caribou (I mean really dropped him like a ton o' bricks), he racked the action and pointed the rifle at the guide. What I could not see is whether he had a 2nd round chambered, not that he should be handling it more safely. OTOH, who would shoot single shot with a bolt action? From what I can recall, the footage was seamless, meaning I don't think that there was a portion cut out where he unloaded the rifle and checked for sure.
Anyhow, I will take what I can get. The show has actually exposed hunting to a wider audience. My kids love to watch it with me. (the whole "not suitable for younger audiences" is a crock of s**t)
I do recall that they spotted the caribou within shooting distance from the horses, the guide was telling him "shoot that bull, he's the one". I really doubt he put more than one shell in the chamber from the time he took the rifle from the horse, loaded it( providing it WAS unloaded??) and shot the bull. So the gun could have very well been empty. While he was carrying the rifle towards the guide his finger was no where near the trigger as he was carrying it with his hand under the bottom metal IIRC. Camera angle could definitely be a contributing factor.
I don't classify it as the worst handling of firearms I have ever seen but since I don't like the host much I'm a little biased toward my opinion of him.
I will continue to watch the show, primarily because I think Canada needs more hunting shows, and our support shows what we want. If we have to support one dweeb in order to possibly get more hunting shows on the air then I guess thats what we have to do. If we don't support him and the show flopps then the networks will just say," tried it, didn't work, never again"
Now for the reason the cape was taken off, if you don't take it off reletivley soon then the hair could possibly slip and the cape would be ruined, Caribou hair is a fantastic insulator and the body heat could very well remain long enough for this to happen.
In my opinion there is no reason to freak out about the handling of the animal. Plus it was in October, although they are required to take the meat out of the bush, the meat that time of year is basically inedible, caribou when they rut drink the cows urine, yum yum. This makes there meat real raunchy, domestic dogs won't even eat it.
They didn't say so but if you read between the lines this was a Trophy hunt planned during a time of the season where they would have the best chances of getting a Caribou kill on film, the Rut.
