do people really buy stuff cause some knucklehead on a hunting show says they should?

It sucks but the products pay the bills. Without them, no show. It is that simple.

Do people really buy the stuff? You betcha dang bippy they do. P.T. Barnum put it best.

So the commercials don't pay the bills? Basically the whole show is a commercial I guess.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. If the sponsors are what puts beans and taters on the table and they want you to mention their product as often as possible then do it. You're basically working for them and they're asking you to do your job by promoting their products.

On a personnal note, I don't care to hear all the marketing during the hunt or after. Before the hunt is fine if telling what all products you'll be using and how you're going to use them. During the hunt I want to hear either silence or talk about the hunt. Then after when there is a downed animal and they're hovering over it with guns and other products laid on top of it making yet another sales pitch don't do anything for me. I'm not bashing or anything. That's just my opinion and yes I know what opinions are like...