The Choice This season’s shows on The Choice are everything you have come to expect from ‘North America's Favorite Hunting Couple’ Ralph & Vicki, and the POSSE. Each week is packed with exciting adventure in the true sense of reality hunting. No one does it better! Not ones to stretch out just one hunt an episode, Ralph and Vicki pack each week full with true hunting at its best. The ups, the downs and all the in-betweens are what make the viewers come back each week to watch real hunting with real people and real adventures.
Ralph Cianciarulo
Chances are you've heard of Ralph Cianciarulo. Ralph bowhunts for a living in many places, throughout North America and into Africa and Russia in places that we are all familiar with to places that grab a hold of you when you're not looking and then don't let go for another forty years. His house is a taxidermist's paradise; lions, deer, bears, cape buffalos, elk, caribou, moose, zebra and countless other trophies line the walls.
Ralph is co-host of the number one bowhunting television show on Outdoor Channel, The Choice He discovered bowhunting at a very young age and has held it close to his heart ever since. He has taken a dream from an early age and made it a reality, hunting all over the world; bowhunting nearly everything you can imagine. From owning his own pro shop to where he is today, he knows what it takes to make it happen. Traveling year round, and through the seminars, DVD’s and the TV show that reach millions of people, Ralph’s message has never changed, ‘It’s more important to promote the sport of hunting to the entire family, no matter what the weapon you choose, just hunt!’
Ralph was fourteen years old when he harvested his first whitetail deer with his bow and has continued with determination to bowhunt for a living. At the age of twenty-three, Ralph opened Archer's Choice, Inc., which was one of the nation's top rated archery pro-shops. As Archer's Choice grew, so did Ralph's notoriety. This is where Ralph earned the respect of thousands of sportsmen. Ralph has served as a guide and instructor to many famous athletes and celebrities, including: Bo Jackson, Walter Payton, Kurt Russell and many others. Through the years Ralph has also ran many different bowhunting camps, for whitetail deer, black bear, elk, and mule deer.
In September 1991, Ralph was the first bowhunter in history to harvest a Eurasian brown bear within the interior of Russia; this hunt was sponsored by the Russian Ministry. In 1993, Ralph successfully stalked and harvested an African cape buffalo in the Republic of South Africa. Ralph's skills and enthusiasm has won him the admiration of the world hunting community. In 1994 and 1995, Ralph returned to South Africa and harvested some more animals. In 1996, Ralph harvested his second cape buffalo with his bow while in Tanzania and he was named to the "Hoyt USA Hunting All-Star Team" when he returned that same year.
Ralph is more interested in promoting the sport of hunting than just seeing his name up in lights. He believes that if we promote the sport all will prosper, instead of just a few. Ralph Cianciarulo, an international bowhunter, TV personality, seminar speaker, and noted videographer, is a man dedicated to teaching and instructing thousands of people on the sport of archery and hunting.
In January of 1997, Safari Club International recognized Ralph's video work by giving him the "Outstanding Bowhunting Videographer" of the year award. Ralph's experience and knowledge come from the wildlife habitat itself, not from text books. He learns daily, right from the highest authorities in business... the animals themselves. Ralph enjoys sharing this knowledge with many sportsmen and women.
Vicki Cianciarulo
Vicki Cianciarulo is also co-host of The Choice and everyone has watched her do what most men wish they could. Vicki’s hunting is second to none and without a doubt, one of the foremost women hunters in the country. Her banter back and fourth with Ralph has made this couple, ‘North America’s Favorite Hunting Couple’. Vicki also travels year round and through her work on the TV and via the seminars has the ability to reach and impact individuals and families like no other hunting personality. Thousands of women come to Vicki for advice and she never hesitates to help. Her passion and drive is what is needed to get more women involved in the sport of hunting.
Vicki Cianciarulo is an experienced bowhunter, as well as one of the editors at Archer’s Choice® Media, Inc. She is an enthusiastic photographer of the outdoors and nature, as she has always loved the outdoors. When she started bowhunting, she took her love for the outdoors a step further. Instead of just hiking and camping, she started spending many hours a day in treestands and in the field observing more nature than she ever thought possible. When Vicki is not in the field you’ll find her in the studio, behind one of her computers either editing or trying to get caught up with the day to day operations of Archer’s Choice Media, Inc. along with her husband/hunting partner, Ralph. In 2000 Vicki was appointed, by Governor Ryan, to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Advisory Board, which she served one term.
Vicki's first bow harvest was in the Republic of South Africa; it was a 30-yard shot at a blesbok antelope. She has become quite a successful hunter/bowhunter, outdoorswoman, and teacher of archery. Vicki has taken numerous whitetail deer, as well as, several black bear, with the largest skull scoring 21 8/16". Other animals which Vicki has been successful in harvesting include: Yukon and Canadian moose, mule deer, Dahl sheep, turkey, wild boar, alligator, javelina and several African animals including kudu, gemsbok, impala, red hartebeest, blue wildebeest, blesbok, ostrich, Eland, and Waterbuck. Vicki has taken on a very active roll of getting more women and kids into the sport of hunting and archery. Women and kids are the fastest growing group of individuals to get started into archery & hunting, and Vicki wants to keep it growing.
Show # 1 Cruisin’ for Caribou in the Territories
Watch as Ralph and Zendal head up to Northwest Territories with Aurora Caribou Camp. Zendal’s lucky enough to fill both of his tags with his TC, after he gives it a whirl with his Hoyt. And of course, Ralphie couldn’t be outdone, so he just shoots a monster bou—talk about luck.
Show # 2 Posse Whitetail Bash
The Posse is chasing big ‘ole bucks this week in Kansas and Arkansas. Hunter Enloe is hunting Kansas’ early youth rifle season and scores on an awesome buck. The Beem brothers connect on a great 10 during Kansas’ early muzzleloader season. Bucky Beckham takes a great buck from his Dad’s Kansas farm, and last but not least, Eric Burnett finally scores on a great Arkansas buck that he’s been after all season.
Show # 3 Calling all Swamp Lizards
This is not your typical predator calling show. Gators are at the top of the food chain. Watch as everyone from the office uses an electronic gator call to entice these big lizards into range. The show is sure to keep you entertained, cuz heck, Ralph almost gets eaten!!!
Show # 4 Gobble This…Stupid Turkeys
We’re down in Florida with Uncle Hoppy and Osceola Outfitters chasing birds. Ralph takes out his frustrations on a great Osceola Tom. Hoppy gives into peer pressure and shoots his first bird on film EVER… Oh yeah, Ralph drags Ma through the Florida “Jungle” chasing hogs.
Show # 5 Vicki’s Alaskan Quest
Watch as Vicki joins Renfro’s Alaskan Adventures, again, trying to fill her 5-year journey after an Alaskan Brown Bear. And watch to see if Jackie Renfro, Wade’s wife, can “cure” her phobia of bears.
Show # 6 Hoggin’ Down in Florida
This week we travel back down to Florida with Osceola Outfitters. This show features some youngsters and first timers…Amy Rush; (Joe’s wife) is in the blind with their girls. Kestrel and Katelyn Smoot are hunting with their Dad, Gary. Fun is the operative word for this weeks show and there’s plenty of it to go around.
Show # 7 Need Adrenaline?!?
Join Ralph, Vicki, and the POSSE as they head up to Manitoba with our good friends at Adrenaline Outfitters on an Adrenaline-filled black bear hunt. Watch Ralph take a monster blackie, while hunting from a “Penthouse”. POSSE member Dave Wozniak, scores on his last day in camp during a downpour, and Vicki fills her tag on another great Manitoba black bear.
Show # 8 So Long Boys…We’re Outta Here!!!
Finally Vicki’s had enough! Watch as Vicki, Kandi Kiski, Brenda Potts, and a score of other ladies leave the men behind as they head up to the tundra of Quebec to chase Caribou with Safari Nordik. These ladies had a heck of a hunt in Quebec, as well as a blast back at camp… Ladies, if you’re on the fence about becoming a hunter, tune in this week and let us sway your decision…
Show # 9 Impossible Weather Antelope
We head to South Dakota with Routier Outfitters chasing the world’s 2nd fastest land mammal—the Pronghorn. POSSE member Scott Wolfe connects on a great goat, but not after encountering his share of weather related issues. Kevin Dishong makes a great shot on his buck. From high winds and hot weather to 18 inches of snow, this episode will show you how to succeed when Mother Nature throws you a curveball!
Show # 10 POSSE Buffet
Our POSSE travels all over this week, hunting whatever is in season. From Alberta bears to Kansas long beards, this weeks’ show will definitely “fill you up” with hunting action from start to finish!
Show # 11 Crossbow Connection
We let our Tenpoint crossbows do the talking this week. We’ll follow POSSE member Dusty Perillo in Ohio as she takes a monster buck with her Tenpoint. POSSE member Dave Wozniak films his sister, Jill Garrison, take her first buck and 8 year old, Jarrod Cunningham, takes his first buck with his Tenpoint. This weeks’ show is sure to change the opinion of so many people, that you may find yourself picking up a crossbow for the first time.
Show #12 & 13 Muzzleloader Madness in Pike County
We head down to Pike county Illinois with our good friends Ted & Tina Sprague at Eagle Lake Outfitters. There was so much action during muzzleloader season that we had to make it into two shows. POSSE members Amy Rush, Ted & Tina Sprague, Meegan Turnbeaugh, Katelyn & Kestrel Smoot, let their TC Triumphs lay the smack down on some awesome Illinois whitetails. Freddy, the cameraman, has to pull Joe off his biggest whitetail ever, and Zendal puts the hurtin’ on his biggest buck ever. There’s so much action, you’ll have to tune in for both weeks, and see Pike County hunting at its’ finest!!!
