Chris Brackett is a professional

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

, bow expert, and the former host of ''Arrow Affliction''. Brackett is from

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. He is the founder of Brackett Outdoors, which organizes several outdoor activities including

bowfishing Bowfishing is a method of hunting fish that uses specialized archery equipment to lethally shoot and retrieve the animal. Fish are shot with a barbed arrow that is attached with a special line to a reel mounted on a bow or crossbow. Historically, ...

. In 2008, Brackett hosted the show ''Arrow Affliction'' on

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. After that, he has served as a trainer in

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's ''

Top Shot ''Top Shot'' is an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel on June 6, 2010. In the show, 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, compete in various types of shooting challenges. One by one, the contestants are ...

'' and has started other projects like

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's ''Fear No Evil'', with Zac Brown. In early 2016 Brackett achieved notoriety in social media and the outdoor press resulting from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article in which he was quoted claiming

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is not fatal. (“There has never been an animal die of CWD,” Brackett said. “Never, never, never.”) He also attributed the source of CWD as being "...from nuclear testing out West," These claims were widely debunked. In 2019, Brackett pleaded guilty in federal court to a poaching offense. Brackett had killed two bucks minutes apart during filming of an episode of his show. The state of Indiana permitted hunters to kill only one buck per season. Brackett admitted that he transported the second, 11-point buck to his home, while instructing his cameraman and producer to hide footage of the kill of the first, smaller eight-point buck. He was sentenced to 30 months of probation, during which he was banned from hunting worldwide, and agreed to pay $3,500 in restitution to the State of Indiana and to pay a $26,500 fine.

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External links

Official Website
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