Ep. 114: Unpacking the Trophy vs. Meat Hunting Controversy

Cutting The Distance

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Jason and Dirk sit down to discuss trophy hunting. The conversation starts with the two struggling even to define what it is. They then make a strong case for what people consider trophy hunting. They discuss the value that hunting brings to the animals, they talk about the selective management taking place because of self-imposed maturity, as well as the amount of meat you "put in the freezer" because of harvesting more mature animals. The two also made sure to talk about where they feel trophy hunting may be hurting the genetics and age structure of the herd as well.

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0:54.0	Welcome back to another episode of Cutting the Distance.
0:56.4	Today I'm here with my good buddy, Derek Durham, and co-host.
0:59.3	And we're going to jump into a topic that, you know, it sparks a lot of debate, you know,
1:05.0	within the hunting community, outside the hunting community, maybe even more so.
1:09.3	Trophy hunting versus meat hunting. And I don't even understand what the difference is.
1:13.6	But it's also being thrown around now, you know, in potential legislation and bills.
1:17.3	I know it was specifically put in the Colorado bill that just thankfully got, you know, shot down by the voters.
1:23.4	You know, trophy hunting.
1:24.4	And it's, in my opinion, it's used to romanticize and pull to heartstrings of the voters.
1:30.2	And then some of what I would call like the over-the-top crazy protect animal at all cost types of people.
1:36.3	So welcome to the show, Dirk.
1:38.3	Yeah, yeah.
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