Ep. 1036: Foundations - Personal Ethics and the Truth About Feeling Good as a Deer Hunter
Wired To Hunt Podcast
MeatEater
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
What's right and what's wrong when it comes to deer hunting invovles more than just regulations and laws. Our personal choices matter, and hunters who explore their ethics and try to do right by the deer are far more likely to feel good about their hunting every season.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:29.6 | fieldwear gear at firstlight.com. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer |
| 0:40.1 | hunting, presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind. |
| 0:47.5 | First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now, your host, Tony Peterson. |
| 0:53.4 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought |
| 0:57.0 | you by First Light. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm your host, Tony Peterson, and today I'm taking a deep dive into ethics and deer hunting |
| 1:03.0 | and how we are all probably hypocrites on this front, but that's okay. |
| 1:08.0 | What is right and what is wrong? |
| 1:10.0 | Not lawfully, although that comes into play plenty in hunting, |
| 1:14.5 | but personally, ethics, and your own journey to establish them and then adjust them to life as it |
| 1:20.1 | changes are important. They guide us and honestly, probably contribute more to our feelings of success |
| 1:26.4 | than shooting any individual deer ever does. |
| 1:29.7 | Maybe that doesn't make sense, but I'm about to sort it all out. |
| 1:32.6 | So buckle up, my dear loving friends, because it's time to get started. |
| 1:42.8 | Humans have weird views on animals. Scratch that. We have weird views on animals. |
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