Hunt Quietly

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

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

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.   

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.  

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

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

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.  

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.

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

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

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!

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.     

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

Matt talks with Mark Norquist from Modern Carnivore.  This is Marks second time on the podcast.,

Matt Talks with Land Tawney, former President/CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and current leader of American Hunters & Anglers.

Hunt Quietly contributors Nick Buckley and Matt Rinella talk about a range of topics including a bit about Real Tree's involvement in commodifying hunting lands.

Hunt Quietly contributors Matt Rinella and Ben Loss talk with whitetail guru John Eberhart.  

The Hunt Quietly team conducted in-depth research into NWTF over the last several months.  This research uncovered widespread problems with their reporting.  NWTF grossly overreports the acres they conserve and the dollars they devote to their mission.   Evan Curtin, Nick Buckley, and Matt Rinella explain all of this and try to determine if these problems stem from corruption, incompetence, or both.  Hunt Quietly recommends against donating to organizations that do hunter recruitment, and NWTF does lots of that.  And in the case of NWTF, there are many additional reasons for Americans to spend their precious conservation dollars elsewhere.  A sincere...

Matt and Jim Durkin talk about several recent developments before turning their attention to Backcountry Hunters & Angers, an organization that, despite the name, works to reduce hunt quality and quantity.

Jim Durkin chats with Dr. Ed Ashby, Vice President of the Ashby Foundation.  Ed has dedicated 30 plus years to studying arrow performance and broadhead lethality on six continents.  

Matt talks with Chris about ridiculous stuff going on at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation amongst other topics.  Chris asked to remain anonymous due to potential repercussions from nonprofits he's involved with. 

Matt and Evan Curtin make the case that farm subsidies should encourage landowners to provide public access.

Matt talks with Hunt Quietly contributor Adam Miller.

Matt talks with Midwest hunter Damien Delozier.

John Kuntz and Jeff Hancock are the presidents of the Montana and Kansas chapters of Hunters for Access (HFA).  In this episode, they and Matt give an update of the organization's activities.  Though this episode was recorded in September, it provides an up-to-date account of what Hunters for Access has accomplished in 2024...We've been hunting a lot the last couple months, so not much has happened on the HFA front since this recording.  We look forward to resuming our HFA work now that hunting season is winding down!

Matt has another discussion with Australian hunter Rory Smith.

Hunt Quietly contributor Matt Feinhauer systematically analyzed Randy Newberg's platforms to determine if Randy has acheived anything concrete for conservation and access. The two Matts discuss the results.

Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin discuss a multitude of topics, including training a deer to come to a feeder at noon, shooting it from a hammock, then putting it on Instagram.

Matt Rinella and Adam Miller discuss this year's Responsive Management survey on American's attitudes on hunting and shooting sports.  

Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin discuss a panoply of topics, including about arrowing a bear in the face and putting it on Instagram.

Matt talks with Australian Rory Smith and learns that the land down under is suffering hunting commodification juist like the U.S.

Matt Rinella talks with parents Jill Grenon, Jim Durkin, and Ken Witt about raising the next generation of hunters.

Matt Rinella talks with New Mexico Wildlife Federation Executive Director Jesse Deubel and hunting advocate Brandon Wynn about wildlife privatization.

Hunt Quietly contributors Jim Durkin, Ben Loss, and Matt Rinella discuss the hunting competition-based television program Hunt Warz. To financially support Hunt Quietly, go to https://gofund.me/5adc6daa. To volunteer or financially support Hunters for access, go to huntersforaccess.org.

Jim Durkin is joined by Sgt. Matt Kramer of the Pennsylvania Game Commission to discuss the PA Hunter Access Program. Topics covered in their talk include the 88-year history of the program, landowner habitat improvements, and how the program has helped hunters and landowners alike.

Matt Rinella and Jim Durkin are joined by VP of Programming of the Outdoor Channel, Mitch Petrie. In this episode, Mitch shares his background in the outdoor television industry and talks about his experience producing the hit show "Wardens". He also dives into how Hunting TV has changed over the years during his tenure. Of course, there is also lots of banter between Matt and Mitch regarding the damage hunting TV has done to traditional, non-paid hunting.

Matt Rinella and Christopher Stanley discuss a large suite of topics with no ultimate purpose in mind.

Hunting entertainment is generally dishonest. Game is routinely wounded on camera, but that footage almost never makes the final cut. Important details are routinely omitted, including the eye-popping sums spent on access, and who looses access as a result. In this episode, John and Matt Rinella make the case that hunting luminaries Lee and Tiffany Lakosky, like so many others, peddle in half-truths and destroy hunting access.

Matt Rinella and Adam Miller discuss Adan's Reddit survey about motivations for hunting.

Matt Feinhauer recently categorized topics covered by hunting influencers in their social media posts. In this episode, he, Matt Rinella, and Omar Markhieh discuss the findings. But first, Omar gives an update on notorious hunting celebrity poacher Erik Van Woerkom (Muley Freak) and the companies that support him.