Show Notes
In this episode of the Rack Junkies Podcast, Stephen Ziegler talks about wildlife studies that make hunters and outdoorsmen wonder what happened to common sense. This is not an anti-science episode. It is about the difference between useful wildlife research and studies that seem disconnected from real-world hunting, land management, predators, deer, conservation, and the people who actually spend time outdoors. Hunters support real conservation, but that does not mean every wildlife study de...
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