In today's show, we answer the difficult question of, "How do hunters kill the animals they love and care about?" We discuss the conservation and wildlife management benefits, but also the personal and emotional reasons for why we hunt and kill the animals we love and care about so much.

On this week's episode of the Dear Hunter Podcast, Cody and Erich give an update on their time spent in the outdoors during December, which saw Cody filming hunts in Texas and Mexico, and Erich hunting sandhill cranes in Texas and consulting in Virginia. They also recap their experience at the 2020 ATA Show and discuss whether the problems a lot of hunters speak of in the hunting industry really exist or not.

In today's show to the Dear Hunter Podcast, Cody and Erich follow up on their previous episode and share their thoughts and opinions on some of the topics and issues on social media in the hunting community. They share personal stories on how social media has impacted them in hunting and the outdoors, as well as some of the positive attributes social media can have on the hunting community. 

In today's show, we talk about social media in the hunting community - the pros and cons, good experiences and bad, how we can use it for good, and how we can use it more responsibly. We also discuss how social media impacts the future of hunting and conservation and how it can be used to better communicate the hunting lifestyle to the non-hunting public.

Today on the show we talk about managing expectations during the whitetail rut, finding value in the little things throughout a hunting season, as well recapping our 3-day rut hunt in Ohio in which Cody's brother harvested his first buck with a bow. 

In episode 2 of the Dear Hunter Podcast, we chat with the Vice President of Marketing and Communications with the Sportsmen's Alliance, Brian Lynn. We chat with Brian about the many challenges today's sportsmen face from the animal rights movement, as well as of the ways we can paint hunting in a more positive light in today's society, all while celebrating the many accomplishments hunters have contributed to conservation all across the world.

In the first official episode of the Dear Hunter Podcast, we learn about our hosts, Cody Altizer and Erich Long, and their mission with The Dear Hunter Project and what they hope to accomplish with The Dear Hunter Podcast.