RoeHuntingResourcesPodcast

With all of the attacks on sportsmen's values and opportunities these days by animal activists and/or anti-hunting organizations, pro-hunting advocacy from the sportsmen community is on the rise. Incredibly so. But exactly what IS the nature of our advocacy? Is it reasoned? Is it balanced? Is it thoughtful? Or is it based purely on emotion – the same type of emotion we criticize the activist organizations for? And what about dialog and advocacy/opposition to ideas within the sportsmen's community? Again, is it reasoned and balanced, or is it fired from emotion? In this episode, Chris goes through four examples of current events (in his own life and elsewhere) where sportsmen have – at least in some ways – triggered off of emotion, and thrust their personal advocacy into the public forum in what often seems like a "Fire, Aim, Ready!" manner. ...a manner that quite likely represents a losing strategy for all of us in the long run.

For this episode, we dive into a completely different type of conversation with long-time RHR subscriber Josh Benton. As the title suggests, we dive into lengthy discussion that ranges from: – Chris going cold-turkey on quitting alcohol and caffeine for at least the month of February; – High-functioning Alcoholics, and the addictions for so many folks these days; – The idea of Motivational Interviewing/how to conduct meaningful dialog; – How a kid from Martha's Vineyard got into elk hunting; – Why don't we see western hunters going "out-of-State" for fishing trips to experience the feeding frenzies of Striped Bass and Tuna off the New England coast?