What Hunters Have Done

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The latest Meateater podcast had a couple PHs from Tanzania discussing African hunting. They described much of what your saying. Specifically they stated that the debacle about the lion killed by the dentist a few years back led to extensive loss of habitat and other issues. Rapid drop in demand for lion hunts led to hunting outfits giving up their lion-heavy concessions that were no longer profitable. Without these people acting as good stewards over the land there was deforestation, increased development, increased poaching, etc as soon as they weren't there to prevent it. The revenue from hunting and the lease of concessions funds the conservation efforts. Without the hunters the governments don't have the funds to take care of it themselves. Very interesting.

Steve Rinella is a very knowledgeable conservationist and seems like a good guy. I haven't listened to his podcast, I will have to check it out.

[Inkslinger]

Steve Rinella is a very knowledgeable conservationist and seems like a good guy. I haven't listened to his podcast, I will have to check it out.

Steve is a gift to the world of hunting and conservation. I highly recommend his documentary on Netflix. Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story.

[e z money]

Steve is a gift to the world of hunting and conservation. I highly recommend his documentary on Netflix. Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story.

I will check it out. He is also an author, I hear his book "American Buffalo" is good but I haven't read it. Also he has been on Joe Rogan's podcast a few times. Very interesting conversations. I think Steve is the one that got Joe started hunting.

[Hank6046]

Steve is a gift to the world of hunting and conservation. I highly recommend his documentary on Netflix. Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story.

I watched that with my wife, great doc and helped her to better understand that my hunting trips were more then an excuse to have a boys drinking weekend (mostly).