Roku Rocks with Pursuit Channel

Pursuit Channel has been around for more than 5 years now and it appeals to a lot of viewers in America, especially those who love hunting and fishing as well as the outdoors. However, until recently the executives at Pursuit Channel did not expect how in-demand their hunting and fishing shows were and that’s when they decided to expand their broadcasting rights to Dish Network, Direct TV and now on Roku. The problem with Dish Network and Direct TV is that they are exclusive to satellite and cable TV networks and some of their shows might not get aired on other countries. You never know whether or not there might be interested subscribers out there.

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Like for instance back in 2011 a movie was made about fishing and other bushcraft outdoor skills and wilderness survival in Yemen; and it’s called “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.” From the news all we hear about this middle eastern country is that it’s a terrorist hub, but it turns out there are some hospitable places there as well. The film is totally fictional though and both the EU and US warns tourists traveling to countries like Yemen; even the Yemenese tourism director says they don’t have an overly popular salmon fishing sport there as depicted in the movie. Still you can go fishing out to sea or rivers or learn some bushcraft skills. In any case it’s not just Yemen but a whole other countries that have their own hunting and fishing sports. With the agreement made with Roku, Pursuit Channel is now accessible via the internet!

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Watching those hunting and fishing shows on Pursuit Channel and knowing how accessible TV is nowadays is a bliss.

The Roku Streaming Player is a specially designed router-type device that streams TV shows via internet. Roku Inc. is the manufacturer of these devices and is also the service provider at the same time. There are four types of Roku device that you can purchase online and the price differences also indicates various features included in your subscription. some shows are free while others are paid and you also have the option to add or remove channels via your Roku streaming device. It is estimated that Roku service approximately 15 million channels now and have over a million viewers/subscribers. You can also access games via your Roku streaming player as well.

Thanks to Roku you’ll learn more about hunting and fishing and other bushcraft skills on your TV, desktop pc, laptop or even your mobile device.

With a broad capacity to deliver viewers an infinite amount of TV shows any cable or satellite TV network would pale in comparison to Roku; plus they offer cheaper subscription packages compared to other TV channel providers. Unfortunately, internet TV is quite new to many people and it has just picked up momentum fairly recently, but soon it will be the future of television and cable networks might probably end up in the pages of history books. In fact, the only thing that’s holding companies like Roku back is the huge amount of money that these mega TV networks that they put into the governments in order to influence policies towards their advantage.

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Pursuit Channel has got dozens of outdoor and hunting and fishing shows that you will absolutely love and enjoy and here are a few of them.

•    3 Gun Nation
•    Americana Outdoors
•    Avian X
•    Bloodline
•    Boundless Hunting
•    Chasing Waters
•    Campfire Stories
•    Deadly Passion
•    Ducks Unlimited
•    Federation Angler TV
•    Spur Chaser
•    The Best of John Fox Outdoor Adventures
•    The Flyway Highway
•    TQ Adventures
•    Turkey Call

How much each Roku Streaming Player Cost and What You get for Them

Streaming Stick – $49.99
The Streaming Stick, which is Roku’s cheapest USB streaming platform, is exclusively for HDTVs only. It includes features like over a thousand entertainment channels, a built-in wifi connection, remote control, send videos from your smartphones and mobile devices directly to your TV set via Roku Streaming Stick and more!

Roku 1 – $49.99
The opposite of the basic Streaming Stick, the Roku 1 will work on any TV and has similar features with the Streaming Stick, except that it has the cast to TV direct from the Netflix and YouTube apps features that come along with it.

Roku 2 – $69.99 (with $10 off promo)
The Roku 2 also works on virtually any TV like its predecessor and has all the basic features that the first 2 streaming sticks have, with the exception of a remote controller and headphone jack for private listening pleasure.

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Roku 3 – $99.99
Just like the Streaming Stick, the Roku 3 works only with HDTVs also and aside from the basic features, it also sports a dual-band wireless connectivity, motion control feature for games, a quad core processor for faster video/audio loading as well as ethernet, USB & microSD slot.

You’ll surely enjoy watching your favorite Pursuit Channel hunting and fishing shows with any Roku streaming device! Personally, I love to watch bass fishing shows online during my spare time and I do that at least 3 times a week.

Is Airgun Hunting Ethical?

For most hunters who use conventional weapons to hunt they are very good at what they do; however, some often wonder whether or not it is ethical to use an airgun in hunting. To put this argument to rest, there’s nothing wrong with using unconventional weapons to hunt animals for sport or food. Ancient people used spears, arrows and clubs to achieve something similar and we never questioned their motives for that. If you’re aware of the power of your rifle and your marksmanship, then it is technically accurate to say that your airgun is ethically useful in hunting deer or a duck. This is essentially the same set of parameters use in choosing their weapons for a hunting sport.

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Personally, I believe that hunting ethics applies to my skills in making the weapons I choose effective in hunting. It will not matter whether I take a Browning Leverage .177 Air Rifle w/3-9×40 Scope, or a Hatsan Model 125 Sniper Camo Sniper Kit- .22 Cal with Scope, Bipod & Sling, or even a Crosman M4-177 Tactical Pump Air Rifle out in the field and I’d still be able to hit a rabbit at 50 yards, and do it consistently. However, if the same rabbit was 50 yards further away, then that would be a different story. This scenario puts my hunting skills and marksmanship at a disadvantage as 1) the target (rabbit) is beyond the maximum effective range of the airgun, and 2) my aim – although true – will be undermined by the wind velocity and directional factor.

Apparently the difference between an airgun and a firearm is that you’ll need to be extra smart when hunting with an airgun, while a firearm has almost 3 kilometers of maximum effective range and makes hunting less difficult.

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Airguns basically were not meant for long distance shooting and they do their job best at close range (and I mean 50 yards close), but for accuracy in long range shooting you’ll need to use .233 caliber rounds with that.

Another issue surrounding this ethical argument about hunting with an airgun is that people are trying to take down a target too large for the BB ammo to make an effective kill. Let’s get back to that earlier example about the jackrabbit at 50 yards away; if you’ll use a .22 pcp to take that rabbit down at that distance then there’s a 80% chance that it will work. However, if you’ll use the same gun on a bobcat at the exact same distance, then I’m sorry but the worst it will do is give the bobcat a flesh wound. Every skilled hunter knows and understands the difference between the guns they use to hunt and the type of animal they’re hunting – they would most likely use the right gun for a certain quarry and not try to push one gun’s limits.

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Ethics not only involves in the kinds of tools you use to harvest game, but also how efficient you are as a hunter when using these tools. Experienced hunters actually prefer airguns over firearms in hunting small game and controlling rat population (Australia once had rat infestation back in the 1990s). Airguns create small impact trauma on rabbits and other small animals that instantly kill them without destroying a large portion of their anatomy; the same is true for large rifles when taking down deers and antelopes. The bottom line is that as long as you know your skills and limits, you pick the proper gun and pellet, and you don’t overestimate yourself; then you can ethically hunt using air power.