Hey folks, Randy Noberg here. Welcome to Lootful Ponce Dock of Radio.

Hey folks, Randy Noberg here with another episode of Lootful Tuntuck Radio.

Today is a very important episode. One I've been trying to figure out for a couple

weeks how we make this work, how we get everybody together, and it's going to be

around a topic that is uncomfortable. And that is inclusivity in the hunting space.

I know some of you who've listened to the podcast followed my content. I think it was episode

number 142. If you go back and listen to that one, there's a guest on that podcast, Orlando

Childs. You've seen Orlando in some of our videos, my moose hunt last year.

And I've tried to figure out how do I use my platforms to help with the idea that everybody

should have an outdoor experience like I'm able to have. How does everybody have a fun,

pleasurable experience? The motto of the group that we're having here today, hunters

of color, their motto is the outdoors are for everyone. And I think in my world, I

thought, well, gosh, that should be the case. But as I've gotten older, I've had to face

reality that that's not necessarily the case. So it's been an awakening for me. It's

almost embarrassing to say that given the realities of the world. But whenever I have questions

about these topics related to, they call it BIPOC, Black Indigenous people of color. And

how would they feel welcome or not welcome or safe or unsafe in the outdoor space? I've

always imposed on Lydia Parker. She's taken so many of my questions, spent so much time

having me perspectives and ideas on this that I'm very grateful to her for being that resource.

Because I'm sure you'll hear in the podcast that I'm kind of ignorant about these topics.

Because I want to be, it's just how my life has evolved where I grew up and the people

have been around. So I've always reached out to people who, when I know what if there's

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