TheLordOfWinterfell

Are Les Stroud's criticisms of Bear accurate? Some examples: The first from his first AMA

"That being the case - lets establish one thing first - he acts - (they act) - I survive. As far as the survival instruction and gimmicks shown, i will speak only as a survival instructor and not the guy who first put survival on TV: many of the actual survival skills taught are bogus - It is NOT possible to squeeze drinkable water out of elephant dung - well it is when your cameraman has soaked it with bottled water. Others are pure tv stunt entertainment and do not relate to the real world of survival - so my 'professional' opinion of BG as you have directly asked is that he is a TV host - acting out scenarios based on what he and his producers dream up and glean from books and from the on-location consultants advice, they hired for an individual show. I would even go as far as to say that some of the skills if followed and attempted in a real survival situation could result in worsening the situation.

And the second is from his most recent AMA:

"he doesnt survive - he is only a tv host and i am told by members of the crew that he 'hates' survival sorry"

Great response. I agree, just curious about what someone from Bear's camp would say.

I find this surprising. You've played against Fitz, Calvin Johnson, TO, and others, and Morgan is the most physical? Sounds more like a guy complimenting his teammate than anything else, and I respect that but I do not believe it.

Edit: Curiosity over this debate led me to ask a question over at r/AZCardinals.