Matt and fellow Hunt Quietly contributors Jim Durkin and Nick Buckley discuss the copious data indicating that hunter recruitment and reactivation (R2) are at cross-purposes with hunter retention (R1).  They also discuss new data indicating that hunting social media is eroding our reputation among the non-hunting public.

Episode 179. Hunters ain't down with the Missouri Department of Conservation

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 guests as they rethink the future of hunting and implement steps to save our cherished pastime.  Visit huntquietly.org to learn more.