EP 021: Randy visits with Boone & Crockett Club Tony Schoonen and Keith Balfourd

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Education, Wilderness, How To

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2016

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Topics covered include Conservation versus Environmentalism, history of conservation in America, Boone & Crockett Club history, record keeping, definition of "trophy hunting," hunting as a right or privilege, Conservation as "wise use," hunting motives that have public approval. the 77% in the middle, social media and the hunting message, do we have some bad actors, Cecil the Lion, fair chase, and the message hunting media should be providing.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Randy Newberg here. We are in Mizzula, Montana at one of the most
0:05.8	unbelievable amazing places in all of the hunting world and you're listening to
0:11.7	another episode of Hunt Talk Radio, also known as Randy Newberg Unfiltered.
0:16.5	And today I am with two guys who I think have the dream job in the hunting world.
0:24.0	Tony Shunin and Keith Balford of the Boon and Crocket Club are
0:30.1	they are in charge, I guess if I dare put that much responsibility on you guys, of the greatest
0:36.4	conservation legacy we have in the hunting world and that is the Boon and Crocket Club.
0:42.0	The first, the group that started the word conservation, the group that brought
0:48.0	conservation to the American ethos if you want to call it that.
0:52.7	And Tony and Keith, thanks for joining me today.
0:55.8	Thanks Randy.
0:57.0	Thanks for having me.
0:57.7	Thanks for having me.
0:58.5	I know you guys are humble, I know you're understated, that's kind of always been the mode of
1:03.1	operation of Boon and Crocket, but I'm going to try a price some of that out of you guys because I
1:10.6	I just, and you guys know I've been a lifetime associate at a Boon and Crocket for a long time.
1:16.4	And as much as I get a magazine from every organization I belong to,
1:20.8	the one that gets the most eyeball time for me is your Fair Chase magazine.
1:26.9	And I don't know if if I'm your target audience or what the deal is, but
1:31.9	the content that is in Fair Chase magazine, that's serious stuff, that stuff that affects my future
1:38.5	as a hunter, as someone passionate about conservation.
1:42.7	I mean, is that by design because in Fair Chase you're not going to read 10 tips to kill your
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