The world of hunting: Diversity in plain sight
Every once in a while, a non-hunter asks me, “What’s the hunter’s perspective on such-and-such?”
conservation
When tree-huggers hunt: An update on AOH
The spread of Adult-Onset Hunting (AOH) continues to worry experts.
A hunting culture in decline: Causes and consequences
We conserve and protect what we care about. If we don’t care much, where in our hearts can a serious conservation ethic possibly take root?
The ‘sport’ of hunting: Why I don’t call it that
In a world like ours, where discussions of hunting are already full of pitfalls and confusions, “sport” and “recreation” only get in the way.
Food in an ideal world
What would your ideal, sustainable world look like?
The good and the slobby: Hunting, logging, living
Everyone I know—hunter or non-hunter—detests slob-hunting: Animals wounded carelessly or maliciously. Bodies and body parts dumped along roadsides. Shots fired at unidentified flashes of movement. And so on. We agree that such behavior is callous and wasteful, disrespectful and dangerous. But why should it surprise us? Recently, while revising a chapter for my book, I … Read more
Mother Nature’s Child (or Girl the Hunter)
Even before the film started, my antennae were up. Cath and I had gone to the January 25th screening of Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age out of general curiosity. The documentary’s message would, I expected, be much like that presented by Richard Louv’s compelling book Last Child in the Woods. In … Read more