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DETROIT, MI-In apparent response to the wild success of their top-rated television program, Hunting The World…Southern Style!, the Outdoor Channel is reportedly in talks with Detroit rapper “Ghetto Child” to host a new television series aimed at recruiting young hunters.    

Representatives for both the Outdoor Channel and Ghetto Child, aka Detrick Homey, declined comment on the pending deal.  But this much is known:The USFW service has reported a steady decline in hunter participation and recruitment over the last decade.  That has the hunting industry worried along with game managers across America whose operating budgets largely depend on revenue garnered from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and taxes on outdoor related products.       

According to insiders close to the project, the new show will be titled, Hunting with Homey.  Even if reported talks with Detrick Homey fall through, sources close to the negotiations say the name of the show will not be changed as long as another “homey” can be found to take on hosting duties.    

He’s Black Y’all, And That’s A Fact Y’all

Hunting the World…Southern Style!  has gained wide acceptance among younger, outdoor television viewers thanks to the on-air antics of rapping, redneck hosts Hal Shaffer and Ken Cobb.  By adopting personas that capitalize on stereotypical black behavior and lingo, the rotund Shaffer and sidekick Cobb have found an audience of 18 to 29 year-olds while still appealing to older viewers thanks to regular appearances by professional wrestling, country music, and NASCAR celebrities.

But unlike Shaffer and Cobb who caricature men of color, Homey is a bonafide black man.  Sources say Outdoor Channel executives are hoping this element of “thuggish realism” will appeal to an even broader section of young hunters and inspire them to venture “out of da hood and into da woods.”