Protect the Hunt
According to the National Fish and Wildlife Service data, Western states saw a 14.67% increase while the rest of the nation only saw a 3.14% increase.
Wake up! It's not 1979 - it's 2019 and your lack of social media awareness can directly lead to the erosion of public support for hunting. Use common sense and good taste when posting hunting related media.
Not sure what that means? Stick to our guidelines.
A report completed this week by Mountain Pursuit, analyzes eighteen anti-hunting groups, and breaks them into two categories:
(1) Total Anti-Hunting - Against hunting all animals for any reason including food, sport, or trophy.
(2) Anti-Predator Hunting - Against predator hunting, especially charismatic predators such as grizzly bears and wolves. Not against Fair Chase hunting of ungulates for food.
Mountain Pursuit founder Rob Shaul, was interviewed last week in the Mountain Journal, an online publication from respected journalist Todd Wilkinson covering the challenges facing the intermountain west.
A report completed by Mountain Pursuit analyzed and graded hunting industry Instagram accounts perspective of the non-hunter.
Mountain Pursuit considers the ethical issues and disturbing coyote hunting social media, hunting contests and other images as a potential public perception threat to the future of big game hunting in the West.
The Best of the West TV show, website, and youtube channel, focus on extreme-range big game hunting, and extreme-range hunting violates the ethic of Fair Chase.
