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Jensen Afield:

• Jun 19, 2021

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It is true that, since retirement, I sometimes find I have time on my hands. I get outside when I can, for exercise and sun, but there are times, mostly in the evening hours, when I turn on the TV for entertainment.

I have written, on a number of occasions, that I avoid watching the hunting shows on the tube. The events that unfold in front of the camera on many of these shows do not represent fair chase and do not depict the real world of hunting and the hard-earned successes most hunters come to know.

Still, I will tune in to the Sportsman channel for shows that feature fresh-water and salt-water fishing. Some of them are very well done. Yet there are occasions when I will hit the “guide” button on the remote, if only to see…