Man that Fred Eichler is a trip! I watched his show last night where he shoots his biggest Muley from the ground and you wanna talk about excitement! He had me so wound up watching him jump around you would have thought I shot that big mule deer. Anybody else see this show?
that was a great show, having the does go by that close and not bust him - then that buck. He about drove my wife crazy, but how do you explain that reaction to someone who has no interest in hunting?
Pete
Fred is the real deal
No acting there.
Looks like he hadone to many coffee's that day though.
Great show and all around nice guy.
It was an amazing hunt, a great buck.
Sorry but I'm a little taken back. He seems to be putting on a show for the camera more lately. It is too much for my liking. Maybe he is playing it up because folks have noted his excitement in the past. Tone it down man.
I'm not willing to approve of his antics just because he shoots a recurve.
On the other hand maybe at the beginning Fred was holding back a lil on camera. Now that people are getting used to his excitement,he's really being himself and letting go. Just hope he doesn't have a heart attack!I like his show!Gary. :thumbsup:
I can tell you it is no act. That is just the way he is. I met him back in 2001 and we became good friends and that is the way he always acted when I hunted with him way before the camera was running. He is that way when he guides you too.
Regardless of his antics, Great footage, great shot, great show!
Fred is okay in my book! I really like his show and it's one of the only hunting shows I watch anymore. I like the fact that he's not a "trophy hunter" but he's satisfied by just taking any ole deer with his recurve. He's not just all about antlers. Not that there's anything wrong with trophy hunting though. Fred just seems like the "common man".
The thing I like about the show is they show the whole hunt. Scouting, setup, waiting, etc. It doesn't really give the delusion that you are going to climb up a tree with gear from these fine sponsors and pop your quarry in short order.
My wife calls it the "whisper channel"....haha
Yeah, Fred is a big kid. Nothing wrong with that.
I like Fred for a bunch of reasons. He's a meat hunter. First come first served. And the fact that he does get that excited. I have a friend that when he gets a deer he gets so excited that one time he jump out of his treestand. The best part was it was a climber. And he had to call his uncle to bring him a ladder. Now that's excited. Dumb but excited
I agree with Mint. I have known Fred since he moved to Ft. Collins from Florida in the late 80's/early 90's. The level of enthusiasm and activity is just Fred. He is always on the go and smiling while he is going. He is also very grateful for what is happening to him right now. He knows he is living his dream.
Dave
He's the one real thing that I miss form getting rid of that channel. Guess I'll just have to buy more of his DVDs!
Met Fred and Michelle at the Wisconsin Bowhunter's Convention a few years ago.....they definitely are the real deal. They are super, friendly people and do not have that "big ego attitude." And if you ever email them, they answer back. Love his show on the Outdoor channel.
I like to watch Fred on TV, He is one of the few I think is real.
I watch his show some he definitely gets excited. I still get excited but I don't jump around.
If he starts the crying and sobbing that others seem to be doing more of I will quit watching for sure.
Yeah he gets a "little" excited after the kill but I still like him. There is only two shows I watch on hunting now. Easton Bowhunting and Wild Within on the Travel Channel. With two thumbs up for Wild Within.
I like Fred's show a lot. The excitement is the best part for me,it like your right there with him.
YEP,I LIKE TO SEE HIM BE SUCCESSFUL, JUST TO WATCH HIM JUMP AROUND,,,
wish I still had the channel.
I enjoy his enthusiasm and his sincerity. He is the real deal and the few times I have spoke to him at different Trad shows he always seemed genuine to me.
Keep up the good work Fred!
QuoteOriginally posted by Sean B:
He's the one real thing that I miss form getting rid of that channel. Guess I'll just have to buy more of his DVDs!
x2
i have a few dvd's and they're great
Now I see he's on a different channel. That I don't have. Darn
What channel was his show on? I haven't seen it on the outdoor channel in a few months. Figured they were out for the winter time slots.
GLENN
I enjoy his show but the post shot antics are a little over the top for me. I do not think he would get a pass on it if he were shooting a compound. Go back through some of the "hunting on TV" threads on here and you'll see the same type of behavior slammed repeatedly. It is still the only show I have set on my DVR so obviously it's not bothering me that much, I'm just trying to be fair.
Saw him the other night.....was after Sitka Blacktail on Kodiak Island, spot and stalk....hunted his a$$ off and at the end of the trip, no Sitka buck. Infact, he shot once and missed....over the back. I like that! He was cold, wet, sleeping in a tent and eating freeze dried stuff....in the back yard of one of the top predators on the planet. The truth on film with no sugar or B.S.! There is a aura of honesty about him. I respect him....Id love to meet him some day! Good show!
That guy is just the same on sceen than off.I went in 2005 and done a antelope hunt with him he is a class act me and a friend drove out he let us hunt 2.5 days more on top of the 4 day hunt for free...My friend killed a 74 inch antlope the frist extra day we hunted.Very good guy and outiftter...
I saw the show and could not get over how excited he was.He kept running all over the place.The best part of the show to me was when he said" I couldn't have done that with a compound".That made the whole video for me even better for the buck according to him was 4-5 yds.He then stepped it off with 5 steps.What I believe excited him the most was the buck was rubbing a bush on the other side of the brush and tree where he was standing.I have seen a lot of bucks rubbing close by but this one was right on him just through the bushes.This is what I believe drove him bonkers and then to make a perfect shot right behind the shoulder.One of the best ever footage of a hunt I ever saw.
I have never met the man but I like him. Why, because when he was at the muzzy, I saw pictures of him having fun with his family instead of wondering who won the tournament!
He seems like a big kid, I have to say, I think more people should lighten up and ENJOY life the way Fred seems to.
QuoteOriginally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
I have never met the man but I like him. Why, because when he was at the muzzy, I saw pictures of him having fun with his family instead of wondering who won the tournament!
He seems like a big kid, I have to say, I think more people should lighten up and ENJOY life the way Fred seems to.
Well said! :thumbsup:
Fred is great, he likes it all. Family, life, friends, Hunting, etc. Just a good guy.
he seems to love the hunt, but he does come off as a little bloodthirsty in some of his shows. i havent met him so I may be wrong.
Fred's show is great...I also like to watch Stan Potts, he gets wound up too..
Love the show so much I DVR them. So that way when there's nothing on...I can watch them over!
i made a post a while back about being dissapointed that i saw fred hunting with a compound.... yea i got over that. hes show is great! i just wish he would come to my neck of the woods. we need the rain....
A little too much this time, IMO
I can do without all the jumping up and down, yelling a screaming, and acting like a wide receiver who just caught the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl. It's all too common on hunting shows. I consider it disrespectful to the animal that just gave it's life.
First time I saw him he was on a bowfish'n show.He enjoys hunt'n.
TXCP
I met Stan Potts in a hunting camp in 97, before he became a big national TV hunter. He walked over to me and my buddy, introduced himself and handed us posters of himself with this huge Illinous buck that he shot the year before and then asked if we would like them signed. My buddy said no why would we want them signed we don't even know who you are. Stan said that's why I introduced myself first. We handed the posters back to him and just went on our way.
He did that to every guy in that camp. He really seemed proud of himself.
GLENN
You can be proud without being obnoxious. I think Fred just gets excited about hunting and I bet most things he enjoys. Nothing wrong with that.
I wouldn't turn down a hunting invite from him.
QuoteOriginally posted by Coonbait:
I met Stan Potts in a hunting camp in 97, before he became a big national TV hunter. He walked over to me and my buddy, introduced himself and handed us posters of himself with this huge Illinous buck that he shot the year before and then asked if we would like them signed. My buddy said no why would we want them signed we don't even know who you are. Stan said that's why I introduced myself first. We handed the posters back to him and just went on our way.
He did that to every guy in that camp. He really seemed proud of himself.
GLENN
That's funny
I think Fred should tone it down a little. Great show and a great hunter!! :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by Coonbait:
I met Stan Potts in a hunting camp in 97, before he became a big national TV hunter. He walked over to me and my buddy, introduced himself and handed us posters of himself with this huge Illinous buck that he shot the year before and then asked if we would like them signed. My buddy said no why would we want them signed we don't even know who you are. Stan said that's why I introduced myself first. We handed the posters back to him and just went on our way.
He did that to every guy in that camp. He really seemed proud of himself.
GLENN
Potts has always driven me up the wall...he's just too much for a nickel in my book. But to each his own...
yep
He's cool im my book.
He does promote their products but thats the name of the game for TV.
But he appears to be really happy about the hunt.
When my boys where still to younge to pronounce his name They where picking out the DVD that had the "Guy With the Pink Arrows" in it over Sat. mourning cartoons......... :thumbsup:
Proud PaPa :goldtooth:
If I ever go on a guided hunt It will be with Fred!!!