Hunt Quietly

The future of hunting is imperiled. More and more hunters are competing for limited numbers of licenses. Public land hunting is overcrowded, and private land hunting is increasingly unavailable to those unable or unwilling to pay for it. These are the dominant problems facing hunters today, and nobody in the hunting industry and hunting entertainment is talking about them. That is because they cause and even benefit from these problems, as do some hunting nonprofits. Join Matt Rinella and his guests as they rethink the future of hunting and implement steps to save our cherished pastime. Visit huntquietly.org to learn more.

Episode 169. The Downriver Project

Matt talks with Gil Damon from The Downriver Project, a group devoted to fighting environmental degradation of waterways in Florida.   

09-15
01:16:35

Episode 169. Nephi Cole

Matt talks with Nephi Cole, co-host of the Your Mountain podcast.

09-01
02:41:58

Episode 168. Unlike Outdoor Life, we are pleased the Take Me Fishing program was cut

Jim Durkin and Matt Rinella celebrate recent cuts to the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, the nonprofit that administers that Take Me Fishing program.  They also take issue with Outdoor Life coverage of this development.  

08-17
01:02:05

Episode 167. Does idolizing hunting celebrities make you less intelligent?

In addition to discussing research suggesting celebrity worship makes people dumber, Matt and Jim Durkin discuss the recent initiative to sell of public lands, an American express survey quantifying people's motivations for choosing travel destinations, DOGE cuts to fishing recruitment, and some ridiculous quotes by hunting promoters.  

07-31
01:32:57

Episode 165. Turkeys for Tomorrow

Matt talks with Jason Lupardus, CEO of Turkeys for Tomorrow.  This group is developing science-based solutions to the problem of declining turkey populations.

07-24
01:38:02

Episode 164. Miscellany with Phil Lewer

Matt and fellow Hunt Quietly contributor discuss feral cat trapping, hunting ethics, mushroom and asparagus spot-burning, juicing dogs, the new pope, what Phil is currently eating, and b.s. hunting orgs.

07-14
01:42:12

Episode 163. Ryan Busse

Matt talks with 2024 Montana gubernatorial candidate Ryan Busse.

07-07
01:20:26

Episode 162. Infinite outdoors and LandTrust

Matt Rinella and fellow Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller discuss growing threats to non-pay hunting from access commodification companies.

06-30
01:18:40

Episode 161. Antelope conservation

Matt talks with Robert Mahaffey from the South Dakota Antelope Foundation.

06-23
01:41:33

Episode 160. Flying V

Matt hones his amicable disagreement skills and finds some common ground with Brady Davis and Matt McCormick of Flying V, a ranch management and ducking hunting media company.   

06-17
01:54:38

Episode 159. Nonprofit salaries

Matt and Jim Durkin discuss the eye-popping salaries paid to some hunting nonprofit CEOs.  Other topics include the National Wild Turkey Federation, Hunters for Access, and Adam Weatherby literally eating feces to grow his Instagram followership.

06-09
01:25:53

Episode 158. Miscellany

Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin discuss hunting influencer Cam Hanes, the dishonesty of hunting TV, new farm bill provisions, and technology in hunting.

06-02
01:24:05

Episode 157. Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Matt talks with forester Tyler Ritchie about goings on with timber, public access, wolves, and deer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

05-26
01:07:29

Episode 156. Erik Nylund

Matt talks with ex-staffer for senator John Tester about a range of topics, including some of the b.s. that goes on at conservation nonprofits.  

05-19
01:41:36

Episode 155. Hunting advocacy

Hunt Quietly contributors Matt Rinella and Adam Miller discuss hunting advocacy, a topic that couldn't possibly be more relevant in this time of threats to public lands.

05-14
01:12:01

Episode 154. Hunter behavior

Matt talks hunter behavior with Hunt Quietly web designer and all around contributor Phil Lewer.

05-05
01:58:38

Episode 153. Panel discussion, Part 2

Matt talks with Jeremiah Goin, Erik Scarr, and Nick Buckley in this second of a two-part series involving hunters from throughout the country.

04-28
02:00:20

Episode 152. Panel discussion, Part 1

Matt talks with a panel of hunters from throughout the country.  Thanks to Joe Hogan, Robert Reardon, Scott Fitzwilliams, and Cameron Weddington for providing their insights in this episode!

04-21
01:46:21

Episode 151. Duck Psychopathy

Hunt Quietly contributor Jim Durkin chats with Justin Adamski of Full Color Waterfowl.  Justin is an outdoor photographer and digital creator focusing on waterfowl and waterfowl conservation.  Their conversation is centered around the alarming, disgusting trend of people posting videos with crippled waterfowl.  Justin has posted a series of videos condemning this behavior.     

04-07
01:05:44

Episode 150. The least crappy bow company

Matt Rinella and Hunt Quietly contributor Matt Love struggle to identify a compound bow company that isn't terrible for hunting.

03-30
01:25:24

Trey Jackson CF

I don't see how Aaron's numbers are adding up. I get usually between 250 and 300 lbs of meat back from one bull elk. If he eats 400 lbs a year there still isn't a way to justify what he said about typically just being in it for the meat if he shoots 35 animals a year.

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