Chris Brackett

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Chris Brackett
NationalityAmerican
Known forBow expert, host of Arrow Affliction

Chris Brackett is a professional archer, bow expert, and the former host of Arrow Affliction.

Brackett is from Bartonville, Illinois. He is the founder of Brackett Outdoors, which organizes several outdoor activities including bowfishing.

In 2008, Brackett hosted the show Arrow Affliction on Sportsman Channel. [1] After that, he has served as a trainer in History Channel's Top Shot and has started other projects like Outdoor Channel's Fear No Evil, with Zac Brown. [2]

In early 2016 Brackett achieved notoriety in social media and the outdoor press resulting from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article [3] in which he was quoted claiming Chronic Wasting Disease 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. [4]

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. [5]

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References

  1. Exclusive Interview With Chris Brackett: Why He Left Arrow Affliction and What’s Next! on WiredToHunt (February 1, 2010)
  2. Zac Brown and Chris Brackett Fear No Evil on Outdoor Channel (April 4, 2011)
  3. "Outdoor TV star Chris Brackett bucks conventional wisdom on fatal deer disease" . Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. "Chris Brackett Has it Wrong on CWD" . Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. "Former Host of Cable Hunting Show Pleads Guilty to Poaching Deer". www.justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.