<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jon Jordan wrote:</div>
I’ve seen about every episode this guy is in and he is no fraud. Bad Azz Mfer if you ask me. Probably the most authentic character on the show. In this episode he is just taking his kids fishing and camping. They only fish with poles once or twice a year. Like AK Guy says, they mostly net and trap.
-J.
Actually, you’re right – I don’t doubt it and this isn’t a show I watch a lot of. I used to but I get really sick of some of the fake story lines and drama they try to edit in. I’d be much more interested in a documentary about their way of life instead of the typical reality TV format. This feels like a producer said it would be a great story if we showed you taking your kids fishing – but it doesn’t feel authentic. Nat Geo is more the fraud. I found it funny more than anything – not meant to be a commentary on anyone’s way of life.
I watched Ax Men last night and had similar thoughts. One of their machines overheated, so prior to this happening, they said it’s been so hot all day one spark would likely start a forest fire… then the skidder overheated and “started on fire”. You know when a piece of equipment overheats and steams a little? That’s all it was doing. But they milked it into a huge deal and it was just tiresome to watch. I like seeing what they do, not what the TV crew can make drama out of.
I try to give the actual loggers more credit, like hey they’ll say whatever to get paid by the TV crew. But I like to think deep down that they’re not actually that stupid and realize that they didn’t need to spray the engine bay of a skidder with 2 fire extinguishers because it was steaming a bit…
