#470: Steven Rinella on Hunting (And Why You Should Care), Reconnecting with Nature, Favorite Trips, and More

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Episode: #470: Steven Rinella on Hunting (And Why You Should Care), Reconnecting with Nature, Favorite Trips, and More
Pub date: 2020-10-08


Podcast Notes Key Takeaways In a lot of states, many of the fish & game agencies get no hard funding. In other words, when you pay state tax, they don’t receive any of it.“The bulk of the state fish & game agency’s finances comes from the sale of licenses, tags, and stamps. Hunting licenses, fishing licenses, permits, tags, all the stuff that goes with hunting and fishing.” – Steven Rinella“Even if you hate hunters and anglers, you can’t get around the fact that hunter and anglers fund your state’s wildlife apparatus.” – Steven RinellaWhen you help one species, chances are you’re helping other wildlife species in that environment:“By helping elk through improving their habitat and protecting their habitat, you’re helping everything on the landscape. From songbirds to insects…you’re helping everything.” – Steven RinellaHunting foundations do exactly that:“Every year they add to the net amount of pristine wildlife habit that exists in this country. And you cannot say the same thing about PETA.” – Steven RinellaWhen saving wildlife becomes political, sometimes the animals get caught in the crossfire:“When conservation becomes so partisan and so political, often times an animosity towards the animal develops. Because the animal becomes emblematic of what some people might view as Federal overreach.” – Steven RinellaReconnect with nature by trying to identify where your water source comes from and how it leads back into the ocean:“Ask yourself, when you turn on your faucet and water comes out, where did that water come from? Did it fall as snow, rain? Where was it collected? Is it from an aquifer? What feeds the aquifer? Then ask yourself, when it goes down the drain, what is its path to where it hits the ocean?” – Steven Rinella

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Steven Rinella (@StevenRinella) is the host of the Netflix Originals series MeatEater and The MeatEater Podcast. He's also the author of seven books dealing with wildlife, conservation, hunting, fishing, and wild foods, including the forthcoming The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival, coming out on December 1st, 2020.

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