Well, I guess if you don't like those deer running off, you should be in favor of outlawing bow hunting, then. Shoot a deer with a bow, even a good placement, the thing is going to run until it bleeds out. But, ya know, nature is cruel, man is a predator, man is no different now than he was 50,000 years ago, still omnivorous, still needs meat in the diet. I go hunting, partially, to be the predator I am. I can buy meat at HEB killed "humanely" if I need, but I like doing it more traditionally, all-be-it with firearms rather than spears or atlatls or even bows. Wonder how many of those mammoths dropped in their tracks after being stabbed with a couple dozen spears? Actually, the most effective technique was to run 'em off a cliff and butcher the victims.
Now, I'll say, only two deer I've ever shot went more'n a few steps and I found both of 'em. I don't hunt with sticks and strings, eye dominance thing, just don't shoot bows and have no desire to. My "primitive weapon" is a cap lock Hawkin. But, hey, I understand the desire to go primitive (okay, to a point, pulleys and such, but still sticks and strings. In that sort of hunting, blood trailing is a necessary skill. You aren't killing with shock, you're killing with a cutting edge and blood loss.
As far as "baiting deer", that is the only way to hunt in the eastern third of Texas. You ain't goin' to kill squat if you don't have a feeder. It is a way of life here. I have two feeders and two tripod stands. I really enjoy spot and stalk hunting when I can, but it's impossible where I'm at. You can "still hunt", but your success rate will be measured in decimal points of a percent. You'll kill a lot more deer over a feeder. If you don't like feeder watching, don't come to Texas. It's just the way it's done here. I consider it a sporting way to hunt, but I'd rather be moving and spotting, just ain't possible to hunt that way here. I suspect many of those shows are filmed in Texas because of the success rate of feeder watching. They have to air an episode every week. I often wonder how they accomplish that.
I watch the outdoor channel and like it. Mostly, I like the wing shooting stuff, but they have "Tracks Across Africa" and the only way I'll ever see African hunting is on TV. The feeder watching stuff gets as old as bass fishing. I mean, you've seen one bass caught, you've seen 'em all. Fishing shows bore me about as much as golf or baseball. I'm a little bored by the turkey hunting, too. I like the stuff up in the mountains, the bear hunting (usually over bait) and that sort of thing that I don't get to do.
I'm totally turned off by using camo in a stand, but then I've never used camo, ever, when deer hunting. It's unnecessary. And, all that whispering baloney: Why not just do a voiceover after editing the film?
One of my tripods is open, just a seat with a gun rest between your legs that swivels. I camo out in that one. I've got the camo anyway. You don't go duck hunting without camo. I've been hunting waterfowl for 40 years.