Ep. 5: Shane Mahoney
The Hunting Collective
MeatEater
4.5 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2018
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Shane Mahoney is a conservationist to his core. He loves wildlife and has poured his entire life into their well being. Talk with him for a few minutes about hunting and you’ll hear it in his voice and know he means business. Over more than 30 years of experience working primarily as a scientist, wildlife manager, policy innovator and strategic adviser, Mahoney has gained a unique perspective on our world and the hunter’s place in it.
I was joined by Mahoney on the phone for episode No. 5. It was an enlightening conversation that covers our history as hunters, the rise of conservation in America, how we take care of wildlife and how hunters can better represent our pursuits. Shane is to me, clearly the most interesting man in conservation. I hope you enjoy this talk.
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| 0:00.0 | Schools out. Hey, do you remember that Alice Cooper? |
| 0:03.2 | Was that Alice Cooper? Schools out. |
| 0:08.4 | Humb that Alice Cooper song and then think about this. My new title. |
| 0:12.4 | Ketch a crayfish, count the stars. |
| 0:14.8 | Chock full of fun activities and adventures that will help build serious outdoor kids. |
| 0:20.8 | We're talking knowledgeable, tough, competent kids with a little bit of a raw edge to them. |
| 0:29.0 | You want to build up a good hunting buddy, a good fishing buddy out of your kid? |
| 0:33.2 | Well, started me young by teaching them how to build a wildlife viewing blind, |
| 0:38.2 | how to gig a bullfrog, how to navigate through the wilderness using a variety of |
| 0:42.6 | orientating skills. They'll also learn how to climb trees, build emergency shelters, |
| 0:47.6 | hunt for fossils, gut fish, track critters and much more. |
| 0:51.6 | It's me, eaters first, but for kids. |
| 0:54.2 | And one, I've been wanting to write my whole career. |
| 0:56.8 | I was just waiting until I had kids long enough to give me some expertise on the subject. |
| 1:00.6 | And now that my oldest is 13, I've been at this a long time. |
| 1:04.8 | We've got projects and activities for the whole family to do together and for kids to try out on their own. |
| 1:11.0 | Go to the meater.com to order your copy today available wherever books are sold for kids eight and up. |
| 1:19.2 | Hey everybody. |
| 1:22.8 | Welcome. |
| 1:24.2 | Episode number five of the hunting collective. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm Ben O'Brien. |
| 1:29.2 | I'm joined today by a unique individual to say the least. |
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