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Compound vs Crossbow, Bait vs no Bait, Mechanical vs Fixed Blade…these debates continue to rage on within the hunting community. I do believe there’s a time and place for healthy debates on such topics. However, when I see hunters continue to attack each other on social media and in public I can’t help but wonder why they believe their way is better. This episode focuses on the reality that the hunting communities’ biggest enemy is often times itself. I share my recent interaction with a turkey hunter who’s take actually blew my mind. I truly believe the mindset he displayed in our conversation could be the undoing of our hunting pastime unless we call it out. We can do things differently and still be on the same team.

Then we take it the next level by discussing a group of hunters that actually went as far as to have 3 months of their state’s coyote season shut down to all hunters. That’s right, hunters actually reducing their season and rights in the name of…what? Passionate Michigan predator caller Chris Kreiner joins us to shed light on the group of houndsmen who ultimately got Michigan to close coyote hunting for 3 months out of the year. Chris (along with many other passionate predator hunters) went to the commission meetings to protest the advances of these houndsmen but ultimately the Michigan Department of Natural Resources sided with the houndsmen citing “social science” as the reason the season needed to be shut down for 3 months each year.

Chris also explains Proposition G – a mid 90’s law that Michigan adopted to ensure that sound science had to determine all changes or closures in hunting regulations and seasons. So is “social science” really science at all? And if not, will this change in season dates ultimately be overturned in the legal system? It’s sets a terrible precedent when you label public perception as actual science. You can find more from Chris at his website: https://www.krop.com/ckreinermedia/#/