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Hunt Quietly
The future of hunting is imperiled. More and more hunters are competing for limited numbers of licenses. Public land hunting is overcrowded, and private land hunting is increasingly unavailable to those unable or unwilling to pay for it. These are the dominant problems facing hunters today, and nobody in the hunting industry and hunting entertainment is talking about them. That is because they cause and even benefit from these problems, as do some hunting nonprofits. Join Matt Rinella and his…
Episodes
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Episode 203. Idealism versus realism
Matt and South Dakota Antelope Foundation chair Robert Mahaffey discuss whether hunting fame would be better done away with or leveraged for good.
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Episode 202. Dark money
Matt talks with Beca Holmquist, who makes the case that increasing transparency in campaign contributions can strengthen access, conservation, and hunting…
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Episode 201. Jon Lavezzo
Hunt Quietly contributor Jim Durkin is joined by fly rod maker Jon Lavezzo. Jon is the owner of Tide Water Fly Rods and lives in Virginia. Their conversation…
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Episode 200. The Hunt Purity Index
Matt talks with Hunt Quietly contributor and Missouri Hunters for Access president Joe Hogan. Topics include clam digging, influencer desperation, and Joe's…
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Episode 199. Fair Chase
Matt talks with Hunt Quietly contributor and Montana Hunters for Access president John Kuntz about the origins of the fair chase principle and its relation to…
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Episode 198. Pennsylvania's hunting access program
Matt is joined by Hunt Quietly contributor Jim Durkin and Pennsylvania Game Commission employees Tyler Strohecker and Adam Hicks to discuss the new and…
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Episode 197. The Invention of the Grand Slam Killed Sheep Hunting for the Everyman
Matt speaks with Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller about an article the famous hunter Jack O'Connor wrote late in life (i.e. 1973). In "The Invention of the…
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Episode 196. Ryan Callaghan
Matt talks with Ryan Callaghan, CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.
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Episode 195. On Zoosadist Aron Snyder
Matt and Hunt Quietly contributor jim Durkin touch on bison hunting opportunity then discuss the fallout from hunting influencer Aron Snyder brutalizing a…
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Episode 194. The Cody Johnson controversy
Matt and Hunt Quietly contributor Erik Scarr talk about the backlash country music star Cody Johnson received from posting images from his grizzly hunt on line.
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Episode 193. Rack Junkies
Matt talks with Stephen Ziegler about issues with the National Deer Association, chronic wasting disease, and the Montana Guides and Outfitters Association…
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Episode 192. Why do we buy from brands that regularly screw us?
Matt and Hunt Quietly contributor Erik Scarr make the case that we should stop being the hunting industry's whipping boys and instead seek out companies that…
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Episode 191. Elk nerd
Matt and Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller discuss wound loss data with Evan Hunter. Check out Evan's YouTube channel, Elk Nerd, for information on…
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Episode 190. Hunters for Access update and critical turkey hunting advice
Matt and Montana Hunters for Access (HFA) president John Kuntz discuss goings-on with HFA and summarize essential, little-known, recently published advice from…
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Episode 189. The enigma of Randy Newberg, and eating feces and starving yourself for likes
Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin discuss the truly perplexing role Randy Newberg plays in the hunting space, and the lengths hunting influencers will go to for…
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Episode 188. What Jim Durkin and Matt Rinella hate about hunting TV
Jim Durkin has been watching hunting TV again, and he discusses how it's worse than ever. Matt reiterates his beliefs that it's a destructive form of…
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Episode 187. Issues with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Matt talks with Washington anglers Philip Olson and Alex Van Hine about problems with their states wildlife management agency.
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Episode 186. East coast fisheries and shenanigans with fishing nonprofits
Matt talks with longtime fisheries conservation advocate Charles Witek. To check out Charles' blog, search One Anglers Voyage.
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Episode 185. Emory Wanger
Matt talks with Emory Wanger about a range of topics, including how TV huntin ain't huntin.
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Episode 184. Landon Dekeyser
Matt talks with with Michigan outdoorsman Landon Dekeyser about steelhead fishing, and about crowding and opportunity in hunting.
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Episode 183. Fishing nonprofits often prioritize $ over fish
Matt talks with fisheries biologist Paul Kameen about issues in the fishing industry-nonprofit complex.
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Episode 182. Wisconsinites want conservation and access, their politicians do not
Matt talks with Ben Gruber, a conservation warden in Wisconsin about the imperiled Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, the state's conservation powerhouse that…
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Episode 181. Ken Sporalsky
Hunt Quietly contributor Jim Durkin talks with Ken Sporalsky about the difficulty of drawing western tags, reductions in non-resident tag allocations, and the…
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Episode 180. Ducks
Matt talks ducks, duck conservation, and duck hunting culture with Justin Adamski from fullcolorwaterfowl.com.
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Episode 179. Hunters ain't down with the Missouri Department of Conservation
Matt talks with Missouri hunters Heath Henry, Bill Kindell, and Craig Sondker of the Missouri Federation of Outdoor Resources.
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Episode 178. R1 versus R2
Matt and fellow Hunt Quietly contributors Jim Durkin and Nick Buckley discuss the copious data indicating that hunter recruitment and reactivation (R2) are at…
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Episode 177. Celebrity poaching
Matt talks Celebrity poaching with Wyoming hunter David Mercado.
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Episode 176. John Long
Matt talks with John Long, a lifelong hunter and backcountry guru.
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Episode 175. Gold medal in hypocrisy
Matt and Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller discuss some paradigmatic examples of hypocrisy amongst hunting celebrities and organization.
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Episode 174. Wild Origins Canada
Matt talks with Mark Hall from Wild Origins Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to conveying the truth around conservation and sustainable use of wildlife.
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Episode 173. The Ethical Predator
Matt talks with Grant Richardson from the Ethical Predator Movement.
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Episode 172. North American Grouse Partnership
Hunt Quietly contributors Ben Loss and Matt Rinella talk with Ted Koch from the North American Grouse Partnership. If you care about the future of prairie…
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Episode 171. Hunters for Access is working!
Matt talks with hunters for access volunteers Chad Richards, John Kuntz, Jeff Hancock, and Joe Gaff. Please go to huntersforaccess.org and support our efforts!.
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Episode 170. Celebrating hunters more than wildlife
Matt talks with John Bohuniek about realigning the hunting community away from idolizing hunters towards celebrating wildlife.
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Episode 169. The Downriver Project
Matt talks with Gil Damon from The Downriver Project, a group devoted to fighting environmental degradation of waterways in Florida.
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Episode 169. Nephi Cole
Matt talks with Nephi Cole, co-host of the Your Mountain podcast.
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Episode 168. Unlike Outdoor Life, we are pleased the Take Me Fishing program was cut
Jim Durkin and Matt Rinella celebrate recent cuts to the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, the nonprofit that administers that Take Me Fishing…
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Episode 167. Does idolizing hunting celebrities make you less intelligent?
In addition to discussing research suggesting celebrity worship makes people dumber, Matt and Jim Durkin discuss the recent initiative to sell of public lands…
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Episode 165. Turkeys for Tomorrow
Matt talks with Jason Lupardus, CEO of Turkeys for Tomorrow. This group is developing science-based solutions to the problem of declining turkey populations.
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Episode 164. Miscellany with Phil Lewer
Matt and fellow Hunt Quietly contributor discuss feral cat trapping, hunting ethics, mushroom and asparagus spot-burning, juicing dogs, the new pope, what Phil…
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Episode 162. Infinite outdoors and LandTrust
Matt Rinella and fellow Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller discuss growing threats to non-pay hunting from access commodification companies.
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Episode 161. Antelope conservation
Matt talks with Robert Mahaffey from the South Dakota Antelope Foundation.
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Episode 160. Flying V
Matt hones his amicable disagreement skills and finds some common ground with Brady Davis and Matt McCormick of Flying V, a ranch management and ducking…
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Episode 159. Nonprofit salaries
Matt and Jim Durkin discuss the eye-popping salaries paid to some hunting nonprofit CEOs. Other topics include the National Wild Turkey Federation, Hunters for…
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Episode 158. Miscellany
Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin discuss hunting influencer Cam Hanes, the dishonesty of hunting TV, new farm bill provisions, and technology in hunting.
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Episode 157. Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Matt talks with forester Tyler Ritchie about goings on with timber, public access, wolves, and deer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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Episode 156. Erik Nylund
Matt talks with ex-staffer for senator John Tester about a range of topics, including some of the b.s. that goes on at conservation nonprofits.
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Episode 155. Hunting advocacy
Hunt Quietly contributors Matt Rinella and Adam Miller discuss hunting advocacy, a topic that couldn't possibly be more relevant in this time of threats to…
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Episode 154. Hunter behavior
Matt talks hunter behavior with Hunt Quietly web designer and all around contributor Phil Lewer.
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Episode 153. Panel discussion, Part 2
Matt talks with Jeremiah Goin, Erik Scarr, and Nick Buckley in this second of a two-part series involving hunters from throughout the country.
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Episode 152. Panel discussion, Part 1
Matt talks with a panel of hunters from throughout the country. Thanks to Joe Hogan, Robert Reardon, Scott Fitzwilliams, and Cameron Weddington for providing…
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Episode 151. Duck Psychopathy
Hunt Quietly contributor Jim Durkin chats with Justin Adamski of Full Color Waterfowl. Justin is an outdoor photographer and digital creator focusing on…
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Episode 150. The least crappy bow company
Matt Rinella and Hunt Quietly contributor Matt Love struggle to identify a compound bow company that isn't terrible for hunting.
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Episode 149. Mark Norquist
Matt talks with Mark Norquist from Modern Carnivore. This is Marks second time on the podcast.,
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Episode 148. Land Tawney
Matt Talks with Land Tawney, former President/CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and current leader of American Hunters & Anglers.
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Episode 147. Real Estate dealings at Real Tree
Hunt Quietly contributors Nick Buckley and Matt Rinella talk about a range of topics including a bit about Real Tree's involvement in commodifying hunting…
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Episode 146. John Eberhart
Hunt Quietly contributors Matt Rinella and Ben Loss talk with whitetail guru John Eberhart.
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Episode 145. Corruption and/or incompetence at National Wild Turkey Federation
The Hunt Quietly team conducted in-depth research into NWTF over the last several months. This research uncovered widespread problems with their reporting…