Jillian Garrett shares a piece she wrote a while back, but its theme remains ever topical. Predators, especially wolves seem to bring out extreme viewpoints on both sides of the aisle. This essay is an exploration of the flaws in those ideas.

Anti-hunter turned hunting rights activist Brant Macduff is the author of The Shotgun Conservationist. Host Ryan Garrett sits down with him to discuss it's appeal to non-hunters who care about the environment that hunting might not be the big bad destroyer of the environment that they think it is.

We also talk about how we can better get out of our echo chamber and engage with the broader public.

You can follow him on Instagram: @stuffinmyapartment

and his book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1643261037?k=shotgun%20conservationist

Field and Stream author, and consummate conservationist Alice Jones Webb sits down with hose Ryan Garrett to discuss some of the misconceptions that non-hunters have about our lifestyle.

She also shares how her father was a huge part of the reason she became an outdoor writer.

If you want to check out what Alice is up to the best way to do it is to subscribe to her newsletter Take it Outside on Substack.

Host Ryan Garrett shares a piece that describes his origin story as a hunter, farmer, and artisan, and cook. He describes the importance of self-sufficiency, desire for self-improvement, and the need for a connection to something bigger than yourself.

Host Ryan Garrett interviews Kelsey Ross, with the Conservation Coalition of Washington state. Full disclosure, Kelsey has helped with this show more times than could be properly counted. Her knack for keeping track of every potential threat to conservation in Washington State and nationally as well as carefully documenting the key points of who said what and when has been instrumental in organizing efforts to preserve hunting as a heritage.

If you want to follow the Coalition, you can check out their Instagram: @Conservation_coalition_of_wa

Listen to Jillian Garrett explain in her own words the moral complexities of hunting predators as it relates to the current politics of Washington state.

This is an episode for hunters and non-hunters alike.

If you want access to content like this on a regular basis consider signing up for her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/JillianGarrett/about

Host Ryan Garrett discusses the weaponization of of the term "Trophy Hunting" with BHA board-member Clarence Rushing. People coming from different backgrounds can hear the same term and have wildly different interpretations of it, in this episode we explore how we might be able to bridge that communications gap.

And make sure you read Clarence's article on the subject here:
https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article283850398.html

Jillian Garrett discusses the concept of "compassionate conservation" with host Ryan Garrett. Anti-hunting groups have spent a lot of money looking for a term that sounds like a great replacement to the North American Model of Conservation. But it is clear they did not put a lot of thought into the negative impacts of such a system.

Host Ryan Garrett sits down with Malcolm for an honest discussion about the racial divide that exists for hunting in North America, and how some organizations like Hunters of Color exist to break that divide down.

If you have 12 minutes I highly recommend you watch their promotional video I mentioned in the show. It was eye opening for me.

This episode was honestly a difficult one for me to record as HB2118 effectively puts me out of business as a gunsmith in Washington. We discussed how this bill got to this point, how bad it was in the beginning and the similarities between 2A rights activism and hunting activism.