Matt Rinella knocking it outta the park

[Nameless Range]

I’m not trying to connect dots to make an argument exactly logical, but one data point I observe that makes me think Matt’s too drunk on his own theory is the way he attacks Randy.

If the United States of America had exactly 0 influencers in the hunting sphere, soft-handed dorks in Washington DC would still be trying to skin Americans of their public lands.

Matt is a scientist, and something something correlation does not something something causation. It would be no less of a leap to tie the existence of influencers to the reduction of hunting opportunity or quality in given geographies than it would be to tie the existence of influencers to the massive network of oppositional momentum when those shitty ideas come out of those dorks in Washington DC. We recently saw that in fact.

From an anecdotal perspective extrapolated, I think a lot of the people reading this are far more educated and effective as advocates for hunting because of at least one influencer. I am.

To be clear, that’s not a defense of influencers at large nor a claim that everything Matt says is wrong - he’s just implementing the conclusion of his hypothesis too broadly and/or in the wrong way.

 

[Bowmannate2000]

These off season threads are heating up early this year!

 

[mevertsen]

I get my butt kicked by them every spring here. I've never hunted them out west but they must be as dumb as a blue grouse by the way people talk about them.

That was my impression of them when I hunted mine 15 years ago.

 

[SaskHunter]

Even worse is when people show up at the house.

Buddy, reading this gave me anxiety.

 

[Irrelevant]

I’m not trying to connect dots to make an argument exactly logical, but one data point I observe that makes me think Matt’s too drunk on his own theory is the way he attacks Randy.

If the United States of America had exactly 0 influencers in the hunting sphere, soft-handed dorks in Washington DC would still be trying to skin Americans of their public lands.

Matt is a scientist, and something something correlation does not something something causation. It would be no less of a leap to tie the existence of influencers to the reduction of hunting opportunity or quality in given geographies than it would be to tie the existence of influencers to the massive network of oppositional momentum when those shitty ideas come out of those dorks in Washington DC. We recently saw that in fact.

From an anecdotal perspective extrapolated, I think a lot of the people reading this are far more educated and effective as advocates for hunting because of at least one influencer. I am.

To be clear, that’s not a defense of influencers at large nor a claim that everything Matt says is wrong - he’s just implementing the conclusion of his hypothesis too broadly and/or in the wrong way.

I think that's the grey area that most of us have landed on.

But it's hard to make a clear and concise point, especially a controversial one, while only using grey colors. I also think Matt aligns with another point I've heard others make, we shouldn't NEED to hunt in order to be public land advocates. He similarly views that we don't need influencers and hunting media to be wildlife and hunting advocates. And/or that while Randy has certainly helped most of us become better advocates its come at too great of cost when you talley all the negatives.

 

[sclancy27]

I think that's the grey area that most of us have landed on.

But it's hard to make a clear and concise point, especially a controversial one, while only using grey colors. I also think Matt aligns with another point I've heard others make, we shouldn't NEED to hunt in order to be public land advocates. He similarly views that we don't need influencers and hunting media to be wildlife and hunting advocates. And/or that while Randy has certainly helped most of us become better advocates its come at too great of cost when you talley all the negatives.

I'd go a step further and say high 90's% of public land advocates are not hunters, in my experience.

 

[MTGomer]

I feel so bad for people who have never had to go toe-to-toe with a gobbler on public in the Southeast.

I’m sure it’s actually a good time and a challenge but this is my daily reality. Probably has me biased

Took this 10 minutes ago.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I’m sure it’s actually a good time and a challenge but this is my daily reality. Probably has me biased

Took this 10 minutes ago.

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My view of them is much the same. I could shoot them off my deck frequently (legally - i'm not in city limits) and I could have shot turkeys from my tree stand most sits this fall so the path to hunting them doesn't appeal. I'm sure if I intentionally tried to hunt them where they aren't reliably located i'd get my ass handed to me.