I'm Gail Strav and you're listening to She Explorers.

This week we're sharing a story from another podcast, Human Nature.

That's Human Nature with one end.

It's a show that tells stories about where humans and

our habitat meet. This particular story is about one of the oldest human activities,

the hunt. You might be thinking a story about hunting on she

explores. Well, I thought that too, but before I heard the story. Hunting isn't an activity I grew up around.

It's not a way of harvesting food that I really understand.

And this is what I love about listening to podcasts. I love learning about people

with different backgrounds and experiences. It's exciting. It can help us grow.

This particular story made me question the biases I held around hunting, and it led to my reflecting on the sheep and pigs my family raised for food growing up in New Hampshire.

I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts too.

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Jesse Johnson has devoted her life to conservation and ethical hunting. She works for one nonprofit, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation,

and co-founded another, Artemis.

Quote, a group of bold and passion sportswomen

who are out to change the face of conservation.

Every day Jesse practices shooting her bow.

And as she tells human nature is Caroline Ballard, Every year Jesse leaves the nonprofit world

behind for the backcountry. I take the month of September off. It is my time to be out and sort of connect with

everything that I work so hard to protect and it reminds me on the days

are a little tougher why I'm out there doing it. I live in Lander, Wyoming, so right

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